How to Install Koel on Manjaro

Koel is a free, open-source music streaming application that allows you to manage your music library, create playlists, and listen to your favorite tracks from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Koel on your Manjaro system.

Prerequisites

To install Koel on Manjaro, you will need:

• A Manjaro system with a non-root user account with sudo privileges
• A web server (such as Apache or Nginx)
• PHP 7.2 or higher
• Node.js
• NPM

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Ensure that your Manjaro system is up-to-date by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

To install the required packages on your Manjaro system, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S php php-fpm nginx nodejs npm

Step 2: Configure Nginx

Koel works with Nginx web server. To configure Nginx, create a configuration file with the following command:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/koel.conf

Copy and paste the following Nginx configuration into the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    root /var/www/koel/public;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Note that you need to replace example.com in the configuration file to your own domain name or server IP address.

Save and close the configuration file by pressing Ctrl + X, Y and Enter.

Test the Nginx configuration by running the following command:

sudo nginx -t

If the configuration is valid, reload Nginx:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 3: Install Koel

Download and extract Koel to your web server document root directory, /var/www/koel:

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/koel
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/koel
cd /var/www/koel
wget https://github.com/koel/koel/releases/latest/download/koel.zip
unzip koel.zip

Rename the .env.example file to .env:

mv .env.example .env

Edit the .env file:

nano .env

Change the following lines with your database name, username and password:

DB_DATABASE=koel
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Set the encryption key:

php artisan key:generate

Install the required packages using NPM:

npm install

Compile the front-end files:

npm run production

Create a new database and user by running the following MySQL commands:

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE koel;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON koel.* TO 'koeluser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 4: Test Koel

Open your web browser and navigate to http://example.com. You should see the Koel login page. Enter the default login credentials:

Username: admin@koel.dev Password: admin

You will be prompted to change your password.

That's it! You have successfully installed Koel on your Manjaro system. Use this powerful music streaming application to manage your music collection, create playlists and listen to your favorite tunes from anywhere.

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