Navidrome Music Server is a lightweight open-source music streaming server that allows users to manage and stream their music collections from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Navidrome Music Server on Manjaro in a few easy steps.
Follow the steps below to install Navidrome Music Server on your Manjaro system.
Before installing any new package on your system, it is always recommended to update the existing packages. Use the following command to update your system packages.
sudo pacman -Syu
Navidrome Music Server requires a few dependencies to be installed on your system. You can install them with the following command.
sudo pacman -S git gcc make
Navidrome Music Server is built on the Go programming language. Therefore, you need to install the Go programming language on your system. You can install it with the following command.
sudo pacman -S go
Once the installation is complete, add Go's bin directory to your PATH environment variable.
echo "export PATH=\$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Navidrome Music Server is open-source software, and its repository is available on GitHub. Clone the Navidrome Music Server repository to your desired location with the following command.
git clone https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome.git
After cloning the repository, run the following command to build the Navidrome Music Server.
cd navidrome
make
Once the build process is complete, you can install Navidrome with the following command.
sudo make install
By default, Navidrome Music Server uses port 4533, and you can access its web interface by opening your web browser and visiting http://localhost:4533/. Before you can use Navidrome, you need to configure it. First, create Navidrome's configuration file with the following command.
sudo navidrome -configure
The configuration file will be created at /etc/navidrome/navidrome.toml. You can edit this file to configure Navidrome according to your needs.
After configuring Navidrome, start it with the following command.
sudo systemctl start navidrome
You can also enable Navidrome to start automatically at system boot time with the following command.
sudo systemctl enable navidrome
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Navidrome Music Server on Manjaro. You can now manage and stream your music from anywhere using Navidrome.
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