

If the dpkg installation not already added a user and group please do so: adduser squeezeboxserver Personally I used the most plattform version but depending on plattform just select a fitting deb: wget ĭpkg -i logitechmediaserver_8.0.0_1588799628_all.debĪs I tried older versions too and even tried a git checkout I hope I lack no detail another script has already done for me without noticing it. Then I got me a fresh deb-packet for version 8.0 (beta) from: So I deleted the old stuff in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/ I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and that broke my installation but I figured out how to make it work again:Īfter some tempering around, I considered to do a fresh install. If you use a firewall like ufw handling ports is explained here. Also, locations for Playlists should be chmod 775. UPDATE: Maybe the user squeezeboxserver needs to be added to group users. Then copy the file and sudo chown squeezeboxserver:nogroup /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/server.prefs.įinally, sudo systemctl start logitechmediaserver. To be able to do this you have to sudo systemctl stop logitechmediaserver. In case you want to avoid setting up everything new you can override server.prefs. This includes directories for the media library but also settings for local clients, like the size of the information shown in the display of an old Squeezebox Boom.

Start it with sudo service logitechmediaserver start.Ĭonnect to the server via Web-GUI availlable at Settings are in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/server.prefs. This will fail to install due to missing dependencies.

Copy the link to a file according to your system into clipboard.ĭownload the file to your system with wget link. You can find an overview of several other versions here. At the moment of writing latest version is 7.9.2.
