This document contains instructions for installing forked-daapd from the git tree.
The source for this version of forked-daapd can be found here: ejurgensen/forked-daapd
The original (now unmaintained) source can be found here: jblache/forked-daapd
See the instructions here: Improved forked-daapd (iTunes server) - Raspberry Pi Forums
If you are the lucky kind, this should get you all the required tools and libraries:
sudo apt-get install \
build-essential git autotools-dev autoconf automake libtool gettext gawk \
gperf antlr3 libantlr3c-dev libconfuse-dev libunistring-dev libsqlite3-dev \
libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavfilter-dev libswscale-dev libavutil-dev \
libasound2-dev libmxml-dev libgcrypt20-dev libavahi-client-dev zlib1g-dev \
libevent-dev libplist-dev libsodium-dev libjson-c-dev libwebsockets-dev \
libcurl4-openssl-dev
Note that forked-daapd will also work with other versions and flavours of libgcrypt and libcurl, so the above are just suggestions.
While forked-daapd will work with versions of libevent between 2.0.0 and 2.1.3, it is recommended to use 2.1.4+. Otherwise you may not have support for simultaneous streaming to multiple DAAP clients.
Optional packages:
Feature | Configure argument | Packages |
---|---|---|
Chromecast | --enable-chromecast |
libgnutls*-dev libprotobuf-c-dev |
Spotify | --enable-spotify |
libspotify-dev |
iTunes XML | --disable-itunes |
libplist-dev |
Device verification | --disable-verification |
libplist-dev libsodium-dev |
Player web UI | --disable-webinterface |
libwebsockets-dev |
Live web UI | --with-libwebsockets |
libwebsockets-dev |
Pulseaudio | --with-pulseaudio |
libpulse-dev |
Then run the following (adding configure arguments for optional features):
git clone https://github.com/ejurgensen/forked-daapd.git
cd forked-daapd
autoreconf -i
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
make
sudo make install
Finally, read the section Long version - after installation in the bottom of this document, which describes configuration, setting up init scripts and adding a system user. Also see the README.md for usage information.
If you haven't already enabled the free RPM fusion packages do that, since you will need ffmpeg. You can google how to do that. Then run:
sudo yum install \
git automake autoconf gettext-devel gperf gawk libtool \
sqlite-devel libconfuse-devel libunistring-devel mxml-devel libevent-devel \
avahi-devel libgcrypt-devel zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel ffmpeg-devel \
libplist-devel libsodium-devel json-c-devel libwebsockets-devel
Clone the forked-daapd repo:
git clone https://github.com/ejurgensen/forked-daapd.git
cd forked-daapd
Now you need to install ANTLR3, but you probably can't use the version that comes with the package manager (but do try that first). Instead you can install it by running this script:
scripts/antlr35_install.sh
Then run the following:
autoreconf -i
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
make
sudo make install
Finally, read the section Long version - after installation in the bottom of this document, which describes configuration, setting up init scripts and adding a system user. Also see the README for usage information.
You can use the ports framework to handle dependencies and build options, so the following is sufficient to build from source on FreeBSD:
cd /usr/ports/audio/forked-daapd
make install
Otherwise, there is a script in the 'scripts' folder that will at least attempt to do all the work for you. And should the script not work for you, you can still look through it and use it as an installation guide.
This workflow file used for building forked-daapd via Github actions includes all the steps that you need to execute: .github/workflows/macos.yml
Caution: macports requires many downloads and lots of time to install (and sometimes build) ports... you'll want a decent network connection and some patience!
Install macports (which requires Xcode): https://www.macports.org/install.php
Install Apple's Java (this enables java command on OSX 10.7+): https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?locale=en_US
Afterwards, you can optionally install Oracle's newer version, and then choose it using the Java pref in the System Preferences: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
sudo port install \
autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig git gperf libgcrypt \
libunistring libconfuse ffmpeg libevent json-c libwebsockets curl
Download, configure, build and install the Mini-XML library: https://www.msweet.org/projects.php/Mini-XML
Download, configure, build and install the libinotify library: https://github.com/libinotify-kqueue/libinotify-kqueue
Add the following to .bashrc
:
# add /usr/local to pkg-config path
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig
# libunistring doesn't support pkg-config, set overrides
export LIBUNISTRING_CFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include
export LIBUNISTRING_LIBS="-L/opt/local/lib -lunistring"
Optional features require the following additional ports:
Feature | Configure argument | Ports |
---|---|---|
Chromecast | --enable-chromecast |
gnutls protobuf-c |
iTunes XML | --disable-itunes |
libplist |
Device verification | --disable-verification |
libplist libsodium |
Pulseaudio | --with-pulseaudio |
pulseaudio |
Clone the forked-daapd repo:
git clone https://github.com/ejurgensen/forked-daapd.git
cd forked-daapd
Install antlr3 and library using the included script:
scripts/antlr35_install.sh -p /usr/local
Finally, configure, build and install, adding configure arguments for optional features:
autoreconf -i
./configure
make
sudo make install
Note: if for some reason you've installed the avahi port, you need to
add --without-avahi
to configure above.
Edit /usr/local/etc/forked-daapd.conf
and change the uid
to a nice
system daemon (eg: unknown), and run the following:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/var/run
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/var/log # or change logfile in conf
sudo chown unknown /usr/local/var/cache/forked-daapd # or change conf
Run forked-daapd:
sudo /usr/local/sbin/forked-daapd
Verify it's running (you need to Ctrl+C to stop dns-sd):
dns-sd -B _daap._tcp
Required tools:
- ANTLR v3 is required to build forked-daapd, along with its C runtime (libantlr3c). Use a version between 3.1.3 and 3.5 of ANTLR v3 and the matching C runtime version. Get it from https://www.antlr3.org/
- Java runtime: ANTLR is written in Java and as such a JRE is required to run the tool. The JRE is enough, you don't need a full JDK.
- autotools: autoconf 2.63+, automake 1.10+, libtool 2.2. Run
autoreconf -i
at the top of the source tree to generate the build system. - gettext: libunistring requires iconv and gettext provides the autotools macro definitions for iconv.
- gperf
Libraries:
- libantlr3c (ANTLR3 C runtime, use the same version as antlr3)
from https://github.com/antlr/website-antlr3/tree/gh-pages/download/C - Avahi client libraries (avahi-client), 0.6.24 minimum
from https://avahi.org/ - sqlite3 3.5.0+ with unlock notify API enabled (read below)
from https://sqlite.org/download.html - libav 9+ or ffmpeg 0.11+
from https://libav.org/ or https://ffmpeg.org/ - libconfuse
from https://www.nongnu.org/confuse/ - libevent 2.0+ (best with 2.1.4+)
from https://libevent.org/ - MiniXML (aka mxml or libmxml)
from https://minixml.org/software.php - gcrypt 1.2.0+
from https://gnupg.org/download/index.en.html#libgcrypt - zlib
from https://zlib.net/ - libunistring 0.9.3+
from https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/#downloading - libjson-c
from https://github.com/json-c/json-c/wiki - libcurl from https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/
- libasound (optional - ALSA local audio)
often already installed as part of your distro - libpulse (optional - Pulseaudio local audio)
from https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/Download/ - libplist 0.16+ (optional - iTunes XML support and Apple TV device verification)
from https://github.com/JonathanBeck/libplist/downloads - libsodium (optional - Apple TV device verification)
from https://download.libsodium.org/doc/ - libspotify (optional - Spotify support)
from https://developer.spotify.com - libgnutls (optional - Chromecast support)
from https://www.gnutls.org/ - libprotobuf-c (optional - Chromecast support)
from https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c/wiki - libwebsockets 2.0.2+ (optional - websocket support)
from https://libwebsockets.org/
If using binary packages, remember that you need the development packages to build forked-daapd (usually named -dev or -devel).
sqlite3 needs to be built with support for the unlock notify API; this isn't
always the case in binary packages, so you may need to rebuild sqlite3 to
enable the unlock notify API (you can check for the presence of the
sqlite3_unlock_notify symbol in the sqlite3 library). Refer to the sqlite3
documentation, look for SQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY
.
libav (or ffmpeg) is a central piece of forked-daapd and most other FLOSS multimedia applications. The version of libav you use will potentially have a great influence on your experience with forked-daapd.
Start by generating the build system by running autoreconf -i
. This will
generate the configure script and Makefile.in
.
The configure script will look for a wrapper called antlr3 in the PATH to invoke ANTLR3. If your installation of ANTLR3 does not come with such a wrapper, create one as follows:
#!/bin/sh
CLASSPATH=...
exec /path/to/java -cp $CLASSPATH org.antlr.Tool "$@"
Adjust the CLASSPATH
as needed so that Java will find all the jars needed
by ANTLR3.
The parsers will be generated during the build, no manual intervention is needed.
To display the configure options run ./configure --help
.
Support for Spotify is optional. Use --enable-spotify
to enable this feature.
If you enable this feature libspotify/api.h
is required at compile time.
Forked-daapd uses runtime dynamic linking to the libspotify library, so even
though you compiled with --enable-spotify
, the executable will still be able
to run on systems without libspotify (the Spotify features will then be disabled).
Support for LastFM scrobbling is optional. Use --enable-lastfm
to enable this
feature.
Support for iTunes Music Library XML format is optional. Use --disable-itunes
to disable this feature.
Support for the MPD protocol is optional. Use --disable-mpd
to disable this
feature.
Support for Apple TV device verification is optional. Use --disable-verification
to disable this feature.
Support for Chromecast devices is optional. Use --enable-chromecast
to enable
this feature.
The player web interface is optional. Use --disable-webinterface
to disable
this feature.
If enabled, sudo make install
will install the prebuild html, js, css files.
The prebuild files are:
htdocs/index.html
htdocs/player/*
The source for the player web interface is located under the web-src
folder and
requires nodejs >= 6.0 to be built. In the web-src
folder run npm install
to
install all dependencies for the player web interface. After that run npm run build
.
This will build the web interface and update the htdocs
folder.
(See README_PLAYER_WEBINTERFACE.md for more
informations)
Building with libwebsockets is optional, but required if you want the player
web interface (so not required for the admin web interface, where websockets
only improve the UI). It will be enabled if the library is present (with
headers). Use --without-libwebsockets
to disable.
Building with Pulseaudio is optional. It will be enabled if the library is
present (with headers). Use --without-pulseaudio
to disable.
Recommended build settings:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
After configure run the usual make, and if that went well, sudo make install
.
You may see two kinds of warnings during make.
First, /usr/bin/antlr3
may generate a long series of warnings that
begin like this:
warning(24): template error: context ...
Second, you may see compiler warnings that look like this:
RSPLexer.c: In function `mESCAPED':
RSPLexer.c:2674:16: warning: unused variable `_type' [-Wunused-variable]
ANTLR3_UINT32 _type;
^~~~~
You can safely ignore all of these warnings.
After installation:
- edit the configuration file,
/etc/forked-daapd.conf
- make sure the Avahi daemon is installed and running (Debian:
apt install avahi-daemon
)
Note that sudo make install
will not install any system files to start the
service after boot, and it will not setup a system user.
forked-daapd will drop privileges to any user you'll specify in the configuration file if it's started as root.
This user must have read permission on your library (you can create a group for
this and make the user a member of the group, for instance) and read/write
permissions on the database location ($localstatedir/cache/forked-daapd
by
default).
If your system uses systemd then you might be able to use the service file
included, see forked-daapd.service
.
Otherwise you might need an init script to start forked-daapd at boot. A simple
init script will do, forked-daapd daemonizes all by itself and creates a
pidfile under /var/run
. Different distributions have different standards for
init scripts and some do not use init scripts anymore; check the documentation
for your distribution.
For dependency-based boot systems, here are the forked-daapd dependencies:
- local filesystems
- network filesystems, if needed in your setup (library on NFS, ...)
- networking
- NTP
- Avahi daemon
The LSB header below sums it up:
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: forked-daapd
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $time
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $time
# Should-Start: avahi
# Should-Stop: avahi
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: DAAP/DACP (iTunes) server, support for AirPlay and Spotify
# Description: forked-daapd is an iTunes-compatible media server for
# sharing your media library over the local network with DAAP
# clients like iTunes. Like iTunes, it can be controlled by
# Apple Remote (and compatibles) and stream music directly to
# AirPlay devices. It also supports streaming to RSP clients
# (Roku devices) and streaming from Spotify.
### END INIT INFO