Headphones is a popular music manager and downloader designed to work with the Usenet and torrent clients. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Headphones on Void Linux.
Before starting, there are a few prerequisites that you need to fulfil:
You need to have a working installation of Void Linux.
You must have a non-root user account with sudo privilege.
Before installing Headphones, you need to make sure that all the required dependencies are installed on your system. Run the following command in your terminal to install these dependencies:
sudo xbps-install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel unrar git
The easiest way to install Headphones is to clone its official repository. Run the following command in your terminal to clone the Headphones repository:
git clone https://github.com/rembo10/headphones.git
Next, you need to configure Headphones by creating a configuration file. Run the following command:
cp ~/headphones/config.ini.sample ~/headphones/config.ini
Now, you need to edit the config.ini file using the text editor of your choice. Run the following command:
nano ~/headphones/config.ini
In the configuration file, you need to set the following parameters:
[General]
http_host = 0.0.0.0
http_port = 8181
http_root = /
http_username = headphones
http_password = somepasswordhere
log_path = /var/log/headphones/
scgi_port = 5050
scgi_bind_address = 127.0.0.1
http_host: Set this to 0.0.0.0 to allow access from any remote host.
http_port: Set this to the port number you want to use for accessing the Headphones web interface.
http_root: This should be set to / by default.
http_username and http_password: Set these to secure values for accessing the Headphones web interface.
log_path: The path where the Headphones logs will be stored.
scgi_port: The port which we will use to communicate between SABnzbd, NZBGet or Transmission with Headphones.
scgi_bind_address: Leave it as is.
Finally, to install Headphones, navigate to the headphones directory that you cloned in the first step and run the following command:
sudo python3 setup.py install
To run Headphones, navigate to the headphones directory that you cloned and run the following command:
python3 Headphones.py
Headphones should now be running on the port you specified in the configuration file. Open your web browser, and navigate to http://localhost:8181.
Enter the username and password you set in the configuration file and press Login. This should take you to the Headphones dashboard, where you can add your preferred music albums and manage your downloads.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install and configure Headphones on Void Linux. You can now enjoy a seamless music downloading experience using Headphones.
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