Snapcast is a multi-room audio solution where all connected clients play perfectly synchronized audio. In this tutorial, we will install Snapcast on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before starting, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
Follow these steps to install Snapcast:
Open the Terminal and enter the following commands to install dependencies:
sudo zypper install -y git make gcc g++ pkg-config libasound2-devel libvorbis-devel libopus-devel alsa-utils alsa-plugins-pulseaudio pulseaudio-utils
Next, clone the Snapcast repository:
git clone https://github.com/badaix/snapcast.git
Change into the cloned directory:
cd snapcast
Run the make command to build the Snapcast server:
make
Install the Snapcast server:
sudo make install
Next, allow the user to start the Snapcast server, and enable it to run at system startup:
sudo systemctl enable snapserver
sudo systemctl start snapserver
You can check if Snapserver is running with the following command:
sudo systemctl status snapserver
Install the Snapcast client by running the following command:
sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:axiles/openSUSE_Leap_15.3/home:axiles.repo
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install snapclient
Once installed, start the Snapcast client with the following command:
snapclient
You can also start the Snapcast client as a system service:
sudo systemctl enable snapclient
sudo systemctl start snapclient
You can check if Snapclient is running with the following command:
sudo systemctl status snapclient
You have successfully installed Snapcast on your OpenSUSE Latest system. You can now use Snapcast to stream audio in synchronized form across multiple devices.
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