Polaris is an open-source music streaming server. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Polaris on Void Linux.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following:
Polaris requires Node.js and NPM to be installed on the system. Let's make sure we have the latest version of Node.js and NPM installed.
sudo xbps-install -S nodejs npm
If Node.js and NPM are already installed, you can skip this step.
Now that we have installed the dependencies, let's download Polaris. We can clone the Polaris repository using Git.
git clone https://github.com/agersant/polaris.git
If you don't have Git installed, you can install it using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -S git
Navigate to the downloaded polaris directory.
cd polaris
Before installing, let's make sure we have the latest version of NPM.
sudo npm install -g npm
Once we have the latest version of NPM, we can install Polaris.
sudo npm install -g polaris
Now that we have installed Polaris, let's start it.
polaris start
By default, Polaris uses port 3000. You can access Polaris by visiting http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Polaris on your Void Linux system.
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