howto-install-logitechmediaserver-on-cubieboard2.markdown

Created 2013-12-10

Install logitechmediaserver server on cubieboard 2

Howto install the logitech media server formerly known as squeezebox server on Cubieboard 2 (arm linux) via cubian.

• Cubian: http://cubian.org/
• Site: http://downloads.slimdevices.com/
• Current version: LogitechMediaServer_v7.7.3

Prepare build environment

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales # choose en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8 (the later just for my convenience)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata # i choose Europe/Berlin
sudo apt-get install build-essential bzip2

Install perl via homebrew

This keeps the system perl untouched.

wget -O - http://install.perlbrew.pl | bash

Append the follwoing to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc:

source ~/perl5/perlbrew/etc/bashrc

Re-login to the machine or start a new zsh or just source the mentioned file.

Now install perl-5.14 to the home directory:

perlbrew install perl-5.12.4 -D usethreads -D use64bitint -A ccflags=-fno-stack-protector -A ldflags=-fno-stack-protector
perlbrew switch perl-5.14.2

Build required perl modules

sudo apt-get install zlib1g zlib1g-dev
sudo apt-get install subversion
svn co http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/7.7/trunk/vendor/ slimdevices-vendor
cd slimdevices-vendor/CPAN
export PERL_514=$HOME/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.14.2/bin/perl5.14.2
./buildme.sh

The perl modules can be found in $HOME/slimdevices-vendor/CPAN/build/5.12/lib/perl5/armv7l-linux-thread-multi-64int or if on a different arch, in the corresponding directory.

Fetch and test logitechmediaserver

wget http://downloads.slimdevices.com/LogitechMediaServer_v7.7.3/
tar xvfz logitechmediaserver-7.7.3-noCPAN.tgz
cd logitechmediaserver-7.7.3-1375965195-noCPAN
perl -I $HOME/slimdevices-vendor/CPAN/build/5.12/lib/perl5/armv7l-linux-thread-multi-64int ./slimserver.pl -v

Browse to http://your-ip:9000/ to try the server.

Start on boot

Place the attached logitechmediaserver file to /etc/init.d.

To make the server really autostart on boot:

sudo update-rc.d logitechmediaserver defaults

Added bonus

Announce device in local network without hassle and messing with DNS:

sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon

Spindown harddisk to reduce noise:

cat /etc/hdparm.conf

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9500325AS_5VEGWP68 {
	apm = 1
	spindown_time = 12
}

cat /etc/sysfs.conf

devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 60000 
devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq = 60000

EOF

logitechmediaserver

#!/bin/sh
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
 # Provides:          logitechmediaserver
 # Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
 # Required-Stop:
 # Should-Start:      $syslog
 # Should-Stop:       $syslog
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
 # Default-Stop:      0 1 6
 # Short-Description: Logitechmediaserver start script
 # Description:       Starts logitechmediaserver.
 ### END INIT INFO

 #set -x

 # PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 DESC="Logitech Media Server"
 NAME=logitechmediaserver
 SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
 BIN=/home/cubie/logitechmediaserver-7.7.3-1375965195-noCPAN/slimserver.pl
 PERL=/home/cubie/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.12.4/bin/perl
 DIR=/home/cubie/logitechmediaserver-7.7.3-1375965195-noCPAN
 PERLINC=/home/cubie/slimdevices-vendor/CPAN/build/5.12/lib/perl5/armv7l-linux-thread-multi-64int

 # Exit if the package is not installed
 [ -x "$BIN" ] || exit 0

 # Read configuration variable file if it is present
 [ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME

 # Define LSB log_* functions.
 . /lib/lsb/init-functions

 do_start()
 {
     # Return
     #   0 if daemon has been started
     #   1 if daemon was already running
     #   other if daemon could not be started or a failure occured
     start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $PERL --chdir $DIR --pidfile $PIDFILE -- -I $PERLINC ./slimserver.pl --user cubie --daemon --pidfile $PIDFILE
 }

 do_stop()
 {
     # Return
     #   0 if daemon has been stopped
     #   1 if daemon was already stopped
     #   other if daemon could not be stopped or a failure occurred
     start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $PERL --chdir $DIR --pidfile $PIDFILE
 }

 case "$1" in
   start)
     log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$RSYSLOGD"
     #create_xconsole
     do_start
     case "$?" in
         0) sendsigs_omit
            log_end_msg 0 ;;
         1) log_progress_msg "already started"
            log_end_msg 0 ;;
         *) log_end_msg 1 ;;
     esac

     ;;
   stop)
     log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$RSYSLOGD"
     do_stop
     case "$?" in
         0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
         1) log_progress_msg "already stopped"
            log_end_msg 0 ;;
         *) log_end_msg 1 ;;
     esac

     ;;
   restart|force-reload)
     $0 stop
     $0 start
     ;;
   status)
     status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE && exit 0 || exit $?
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|rotate|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
     exit 3
     ;;
 esac

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