Squeeze center (LMS) on OSMC

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Hi guys

Wondering if this is possible? Lots of discussion on debian install which seems quite convoluted here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?91014-Ubuntu-11-10-Install-error&highlight=mythtv

Tried following this http://www.havetheknowhow.com/Install-the-software/Install-Squeezebox-server.html, but the repo seems to be broken “unable to locate package” and dependency errors.

Tried downloading the .deb Some Software Beta Downloads - Version 7.7 and moving the package to /var/cache/apt/archives/ before installing, but no bananas! I get logitechmediaserver depends on perl (>= 5.8.8); however: Package perl is not installed. Should I be installing Perl?

Should I give up? :smile:

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yes you should install Perl since LMS is built on Perl :smile: and then dpkg -i (name of lmspackage).deb to install lms

if you cant figure out how to i can make a a tutorial this weekend

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Ok Thanks Toast! Just trying to figure out how and it doesnt seem easy. Reading that Perl should be installed by default but guessing it may have been stripped out to make OSMC perform better. Do you think installing this on my Pi2 would kill it performance wise?
Appreciate a guide thanks if you think its worth doing…

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It wont slow down performance and yes perl is installed per default

so just dpkg -i (name of the package)

and then set it up

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Hi. I am also struggling with this. Not sure how to install perl (or if I even need to?). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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sudo apt-get install perl
wget http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/7.9/sc/a7665ca/logitechmediaserver_7.9.0~1440333638_all.deb 
sudo dpkg -i logitechmediaserver_7.9.0~1440333638_all.deb

then wait

Selecting previously unselected package logitechmediaserver.
(Reading database ... 60240 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack logitechmediaserver_7.9.0~1440333638_all.deb ...
Unpacking logitechmediaserver (7.9.0~1440333638) ...
Setting up logitechmediaserver (7.9.0~1440333638) ...
Adding system user `squeezeboxserver' (UID 109) ...
Adding new user `squeezeboxserver' (UID 109) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/usr/share/squeezeboxserver'.
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u1) ...

then

http://(yourosmcip):9000/settings/server/wizard.html

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or you could go with subsonic

wget wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/subsonic/subsonic/5.2.1/subsonic-5.2.1.deb
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless 
sudo nano /etc/default/subsonic

change this line

SUBSONIC_USER=root

to

SUBSONIC_USER=osmc

then

sudo service subsonic restart

access subsonic

http://(yourosmcip):4040/

then setup remote access

http://www.subsonic.org/pages/getting-started.jsp#2

good luck have fun :smile:

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Thanks for the quick reply!

I tried what you suggested but I’m getting this back…

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of logitechmediaserver:
logitechmediaserver depends on perl (>= 5.8.8); however:
Package perl is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package logitechmediaserver (–install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u1) …
Errors were encountered while processing:
logitechmediaserver

What am I missing? Thanks again

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sudo apt-get install perl
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After trying to install perl I got this…

osmc@osmc:~$ sudo apt-get install perl
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
perl : Depends: perl-modules (>= 5.20.2-3+deb8u1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgdbm3 (>= 1.8.3) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a solution).

Tried running sudo dpkg -i logitechmediaserver_7.9.0~1440333638_all.deb again but still not recognising perl?

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try aptitude install perl then might give a solution too your problem

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Thanks a lot for your help, can probably tell I’m new to this haha!

Might have a look at what subsonic is like at some point.

Thanks again.

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yo - this dude seems to be on the money… http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?41188-How-to-Install-Perl-5-8-8-on-Clarke-Connect

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or

sudo apt-get install aptitude
sudo aptitude install perl
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woohooo - think it just worked for me!

getting required perl 5.8.8 from here- wget http://cpan.org/src/perl-5.8.8.tar.gz
then just running:as per toasts earlier post…

sudo apt-get install perl
wget http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/7.9/sc/a7665ca/logitechmediaserver_7.9.0~1440333638_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i logitechmediaserver_7.9.0~1440333638_all.deb

now I can logon to LMS via web browser to my Pi’s IP port :9000

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hello- just a quick update on this…
seems Ive made my system fairly unstable messing about with this! maybe too much trial and error I may have to do a rebuild :frowning:
pulsar addon doesnt work anymore since the last OSMC update too, not sure if related to what Ive butchered here!

Installed google play plugin too which may have made things worse…LOL LMS seems to crash regular. went to bed last night switching TV & AMP off, …4:30am I think the Pi crashed, rebooted & auto started my music playlist turned tv & amp on nice n loud! haha missus wasnt happy!

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congrats dunno how you managed to do that mine is running stable over 100 days of uptime

try removing and purging packages and redo the installation