Building & running Squeezeplay v7.8 trunk on Ubuntu 12.04

**Braklet** · 2013-01-01, 11:08

The subject of building Squeezeplay on Linux comes up occasionally but the most popular Googled guides are also a bit out of date, so here's what I just pulled off on my i386 Xubuntu box.

1. Set up your environment:

I'm not sure if this dependency list is up to date since I know I've had to update these libraries for other projects from time to time. Therefore I simply copied this list from the excellent though old http://www.jfwhome.com/2009/11/22/co...-ubuntu-amd64/ . If you're doing this from scratch you may find that you have to update the library list, but this will at least get you moving in the right direction.

sudo apt-get install build-essential flex bison subversion automake libtool libpng12-dev libjpeg62-dev libexpat1-dev libreadline5-dev xorg-dev libflac++-dev libvorbis-dev libvorbisidec-dev libasound-dev

2. Pull a Squeezeplay v7.8 snapshot:

cd <builddir>
svn co http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/jiv...nk/squeezeplay

3. Tweak <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/Makefile.linux:

On line 10, change ${PWD} to $(shell pwd) . After the change, line 10 will look like this:

SRC_DIR = $(realpath $(shell pwd)) .

Search for 'luaprofiler-2.0', change line from:
cd luaprofiler-2.0 && make -f Makefile.linux install
to:
cd luaprofiler-2.0 && LD="gcc -shared" make -f Makefile.linux install

4. Tweak <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/squeezeplay/src/audio/decode/decode.c:

Search for 'elapsed:%llu' , change printf line from '%llu' to '%"PRIu64"' . After the change, the line will look something like this:

printf("elapsed:%"PRIu64" buffers: %0.1f%%/%0.1f%%\n", elapsed, dbuf, obuf);

5. Kludge the Squeezeplay PulseAudio library by downloading the latest library snapshot:

http://www.portaudio.com/archives/pa_snapshot.tgz

Delete all contents in <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/portaudio_v19_1360, then expand the library snapshot in this directory.

6. Kludge the Squeezeplay SDL library by downloading 1.2.15 source from:

http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php

Delete all contents in <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/SDL-1.2.13 then expand the latest source in this directory.

7. cd <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/, execute "sudo make -f Makefile.linux" . If the build succeeds your results will be in <builddir>/squeezeplay/build (as directories you can copy to /opt/squeezeplay AND a tarball).

This gets you a working build but there's some other stuff you'll have to tweak to get around PulseAudio.

8. Modify your ALSA configuration:

a. Copy /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf to /usr/share/alsa/alsa-nopulse.conf.
b. Comment OUT any Pulse invocation in also-nopulse.conf. In my case I commented every alsa.conf.d invocation within the @hooks/files section of this file, leaving "/etc/asound.conf" and "~/.asoundrc" in place, e.g.:

@hooks [
{
func load
files [
# {
# @func concat
# strings [
# { @func datadir }
# "/alsa.conf.d/"
# ]
# }
"/etc/asound.conf"
"~/.asoundrc"
]
errors false
}
]

9. Modify the squeezeplay.sh script you just built (<builddir>/squeezeplay/bin/squeezeplay.sh) to bypass PulseAudio using your new script:

Change "./jive" to:

ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/share/alsa/alsa-nopulse.conf ./jive

10. My system has some remaining permissions issues so I have to run /opt/squeezeplay/bin/squeezeplay.sh with root privilege. I got tired of tracking problems down so if anyone knows how to get it running as a normal user, please add to the thread.

**DJanGo** · 2013-01-06, 15:21

Originally Posted by Braklet

10. My system has some remaining permissions issues so I have to run /opt/squeezeplay/bin/squeezeplay.sh with root privilege.
I got tired of tracking problems down so if anyone knows how to get it running as a normal user, please add to the thread.

Hi does it not run or do you hear no sound?

if you dont hear sound you maybe not in the audio group take a look @:

Code:

grep ^audio /etc/group

if your username isnt isted there add it to the gruop audio

Code:

sudo usermod -G audio -a username

cheers

**Braklet** · 2013-01-19, 06:52

Originally Posted by DJanGo

if you dont hear sound you maybe not in the audio group

Hi Jan, that's a good guess but isn't the case on my system. Normal user is part of all the audio related system groups:

Code:

groups rlr
rlr : rlr adm dialout cdrom audio plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare mythtv vboxusers pulse pulse-access

Squeezeplay-as-user-rlr runs, does not play any sound, and generates the following errors:

Code:

Squeezeplay 7.8.0 r9704M
20130119 13:40:22.564 INFO   squeezeplay - JiveMain.lua:265 SqueezePlay version 7.8.0 r9704M

20130119 13:54:48.841 ERROR  audio.codec - decode_alsa_init:210 shmget error Permission denied

20130119 13:40:24.965 ERROR  squeezeplay.applets - AppletManager.lua:371 Error configuring meta for SetupAppletInstaller:/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/AppletManager.lua:710: fopen: Permission denied
stack traceback:
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/AppletManager.lua:371: in function '_evalMetas'
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/AppletManager.lua:403: in function 'discover'
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/JiveMain.lua:516: in function 'reload'
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/JiveMain.lua:378: in function </opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/JiveMain.l

20130119 13:40:26.222 ERROR  net.thread - NetworkThread.lua:264 Error running notify_playerAlarmState:/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/AppletManager.lua:710: fopen: Permission denied
stack traceback:
	...pt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/net/NetworkThread.lua:264: in function 'notify'
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/slim/Player.lua:1251: in function '?'
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/slim/Player.lua:236: in function 'func'
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/net/Comet.lua:952: in function '_response'
	/opt/squeezeplay/share/jive/jive/net/Comet.lua

Squeezeplay works great via "sudo /opt/squeezeplay/bin/squeezeplay.sh" so I haven't tracked down the source of these errors.

Thanks for your input!

**Braklet** · 2013-01-19, 07:10

Originally Posted by Braklet

Squeezeplay-as-user-rlr runs, does not play any sound, and generates the following errors:

Well, after replying, I started playing around with Squeezeplay and permissions.

Running Squeezeplay seems to leave detritus scattered about the filesystem. If you run anything with root privilege, you will only be successful running with root privilege from that point on. The only way to eliminate this restriction is to power cycle.

I was able to successfully run Squeezeplay under normal user privilege after cycling power.

Now I have to go change all my menu scripts...

In any case, thanks for inducing me to take another look.

**mvheezik** · 2013-04-09, 08:20

Hi,

Great post. It helped me a great deal.
I had to make 1 additional adjustment before building.

I had to comment out line 371 to 376 in <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/squeezeplay/src/ui/jive_framework.c

After my tweak it looks like:

/* check queue size */
/* if (perfwarn.queue) {
if (SDL_EventQueueLength() > perfwarn.queue) {
printf("SDL_event_queue > %2d : %3d\n", perfwarn.queue, SDL_EventQueueLength());
}
}*/

If I don't do that it keeps complaining that the SDL_EventQueueLength is an unknown function.

Regards,

Martijn

**MFHFozzy** · 2013-04-13, 20:22

I had to do a few extra steps...unfortunatly, i cant make a post with a link in it till i have more than 1 post...sooo...see next post.

**MFHFozzy** · 2013-04-13, 20:22

Originally Posted by Braklet

The subject of building Squeezeplay on Linux comes up occasionally but the most popular Googled guides are also a bit out of date, so here's what I just pulled off on my i386 Xubuntu box.

1. Set up your environment:

I'm not sure if this dependency list is up to date since I know I've had to update these libraries for other projects from time to time. Therefore I simply copied this list from the excellent though old http://www.jfwhome.com/2009/11/22/co...-ubuntu-amd64/ . If you're doing this from scratch you may find that you have to update the library list, but this will at least get you moving in the right direction.

sudo apt-get install build-essential flex bison subversion automake libtool libpng12-dev libjpeg62-dev libexpat1-dev libreadline5-dev xorg-dev libflac++-dev libvorbis-dev libvorbisidec-dev libasound-dev

2. Pull a Squeezeplay v7.8 snapshot:

cd <builddir>
svn co http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/jiv...nk/squeezeplay

3. Tweak <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/Makefile.linux:

On line 10, change ${PWD} to $(shell pwd) . After the change, line 10 will look like this:

SRC_DIR = $(realpath $(shell pwd)) .

Search for 'luaprofiler-2.0', change line from:
cd luaprofiler-2.0 && make -f Makefile.linux install
to:
cd luaprofiler-2.0 && LD="gcc -shared" make -f Makefile.linux install

4. Tweak <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/squeezeplay/src/audio/decode/decode.c:

Search for 'elapsed:%llu' , change printf line from '%llu' to '%"PRIu64"' . After the change, the line will look something like this:

printf("elapsed:%"PRIu64" buffers: %0.1f%%/%0.1f%%\n", elapsed, dbuf, obuf);

5. Kludge the Squeezeplay PulseAudio library by downloading the latest library snapshot:

http://www.portaudio.com/archives/pa_snapshot.tgz

Delete all contents in <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/portaudio_v19_1360, then expand the library snapshot in this directory.

6. Kludge the Squeezeplay SDL library by downloading 1.2.15 source from:

http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php

Delete all contents in <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/SDL-1.2.13 then expand the latest source in this directory.

7. cd <builddir>/squeezeplay/src/, execute "sudo make -f Makefile.linux" . If the build succeeds your results will be in <builddir>/squeezeplay/build (as directories you can copy to /opt/squeezeplay AND a tarball).

This gets you a working build but there's some other stuff you'll have to tweak to get around PulseAudio.

8. Modify your ALSA configuration:

a. Copy /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf to /usr/share/alsa/alsa-nopulse.conf.
b. Comment OUT any Pulse invocation in also-nopulse.conf. In my case I commented every alsa.conf.d invocation within the @hooks/files section of this file, leaving "/etc/asound.conf" and "~/.asoundrc" in place, e.g.:

@hooks [
{
func load
files [
# {
# @func concat
# strings [
# { @func datadir }
# "/alsa.conf.d/"
# ]
# }
"/etc/asound.conf"
"~/.asoundrc"
]
errors false
}
]

9. Modify the squeezeplay.sh script you just built (<builddir>/squeezeplay/bin/squeezeplay.sh) to bypass PulseAudio using your new script:

Change "./jive" to:

ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/share/alsa/alsa-nopulse.conf ./jive

10. My system has some remaining permissions issues so I have to run /opt/squeezeplay/bin/squeezeplay.sh with root privilege. I got tired of tracking problems down so if anyone knows how to get it running as a normal user, please add to the thread.

I needed some extra steps for my system: Ubuntu 12.10, intel i5 64bit

libreadline5-dev doesnt seem to be available for my system via apt-get, but libreadline6-dev is:
Sudo apt-get install libreadline6-dev

ncurses was also needed but not installed:
sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev

From here i had to download replace 4 files from the tarball linked
files to be replaced are in the <build>/squeezeplay/src/SDL-1.2.13 dir *after* you download and expand the latest version (1.2.15 as of today)

After that, i got a successful make.

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