How to Install Open Streaming Platform on Void Linux

Open Streaming Platform is a free, open source video streaming platform. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Open Streaming Platform on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation, you need to have the following prerequisites set up on your system:

  1. Void Linux installed on your computer
  2. Internet connectivity
  3. A user account with sudo privileges

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

First, we need to install the dependencies required by Open Streaming Platform. Open a terminal and run the following command to install the dependencies:

sudo xbps-install -S git make gcc pkg-config libtool autoconf automake ffmpeg-devel libopenssl-devel libtool-devel libudev-devel libxml2-devel libcurl-devel libmicrohttpd-devel

Step 2 - Install Open Streaming Platform

Once the dependencies are installed, run the following command to clone the Open Streaming Platform repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/OpenStreamingPlatform/openstreamingplatform.git

Now, change the directory to the cloned repository by running the following command:

cd openstreamingplatform

Next, run the following command to configure the installation:

./configure

Then, run the following command to compile the code:

make

Finally, install Open Streaming Platform by running the following command:

sudo make install

Step 3 - Start Open Streaming Platform

Once the installation is complete, you can start Open Streaming Platform by running the following command:

sudo /usr/local/openstreamingplatform/openstreamingplatform

This will start the Open Streaming Platform server. You can now access the Open Streaming Platform web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to http://127.0.0.1:8080.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Open Streaming Platform on Void Linux. By following these steps, you should now have a fully functional Open Streaming Platform installation on your system.

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