Moosic Box Tutorial

By Jayson Cofell <kerick At Shiftedbit Dot Net>

Version: .8  A.K.A. If I think or get suggestions of more to add I will.

REQUIREMENTS
Linux (I am using Slackware)
At least 1 Soundcard
Alsa sound system (should be fairly standard)
Moosic - Latest version recommended
Audio Programs to play MP3s - Sox, MPG123 or MPG321, or another favorite console player
Apache (any version)
PHP 4 or higher
Python 2.3 or higher
Libtagedit
*for ogg support you need the libogg and libvorbis development libraries
**for flac support you need libflac development libraries

Step 1. Install Moosic

Find the latest version at http://www.nanoo.org/moosic

# wget http://www.nanoo.org/moosic/moosic-1.5.1.tar.gz

# gunzip moosic-1.5.1.tar.gz

# tar xvf moosic-1.5.1.tar

# cd moosic-1.5.1

Then Make and install moosic

# ./setup.py build
# ./setup.py install

Step 2. Install Libogg and libvorbis dev

# wget http://www.vorbis.com/files/1.0.1/unix/libogg-1.1.tar.gz

# gunzip libogg-1.1.tar.gz

# tar xvf libogg-1.1.tar


Then Make and install the libraries

# ./configure 

If there are problems finding the ogg libraries with lib vorbis then try:
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="INSERT PATH TO OGG LIBRARY HERE"

Step 3. install LibFLAC

# wget http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/flac/flac-1.1.2.tar.gz

Then Make and install the libraries

# ./configure && make && install

Step 4. install SIP

# wget http://www.river-bank.demon.co.uk/download/sip/sip-4.2.1.tar.gz

# python configure.py

# make && make install

Step 5. install libtagedit

if problems finding libvorbis' package file
# export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="INSERT PATH TO ogg.pc HERE : INSERT PATH TO vorbisfile.pc HERE"

if problems finding libFLAC
it is most likely /usr/local/lib
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="INSERT PATH to libFLAC* HERE"

# cd python-bindings

# python ./configure.py

# make && make install

TEST IT

# python

>>import tageditor
press control-D

if an error comes up, then you will have to reinstall and make sure your steps are right

Step . Install Apache

I am using Apache 2

# wget http://apache.intissite.com/httpd/httpd-2.0.53.tar.gz

Then make and install

# ./configure && make && make install

Step 6. Install PHP

I have downloaded PHP 5, but 4 is also just fine.

configure PHP to have apache module support

./configure --with-apxs2filter=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs

then make and install

# make && make install

copy the php ini file
# cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini

If php5 is installed make sure this line is in your httpd.conf
LoadModule php5_module libexec/libphp5.so
if you're using php 4 then this line should be there
LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so

Add these lines to httpd.conf
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

Step If you need it. Install kernel

I enjoy to install the latest kernel I can get my hands on generally, Thus this is an obvious step.
2.6's sound support is better than 2.4 in my opinion anyway.
If for some reason you don't want the 2.6 kernel you will need to install the alsa drivers instead.

Step 7. Install Alsa Libraries and Tools

As of the latest Kernels, AKA 2.6, The sound system used is most likely 1.0.8; Which at the time of this writing is the latest ALSA Driver.

# cd alsa-lib-1.0.8 && ./configure && make && make install
# cd alsa-tools-1.0.8 && ./configure && make && make install

Step 8. Install SOX

I felt like using SOX and needed to install it.

Needed for Sox alsa support with the 2.6 kernel
# export CFLAGS="-I/usr/src/linux/include"
# export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/src/linux/include"

# wget http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sox/sox-12.17.7.tar.gz

# ./configure
make sure there is alsa and ogg support
# make && make install

Step . Install mpg123

# make linux

# make install

Step 9. Install OGG123

first, get libcurl, libao, and POSIX threads libraries if you need them
chances are you have the threads libraries, but you may need to install the others.

# wget http://www.vorbis.com/files/1.0.1/unix/vorbis-tools-1.0.1.tar.gz

# ./configure 

If there is a problem with finding the libOGGFLAC library, try reconfiguring flac and reinstalling it.

# make && make install

Step 10. Configure Moosic
Enter your home folder and the .moosic folder within
open up config in your favorite editor (Vi for me)
# vi config

Make sure that the appropriate programs are installed and what you want to use
for the given filetypes

At this point all you have to do is install Sine, start apache ( /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start), and enjoy your new moosic box.