There are 3 ways to install Logitech Media Server on you FreeBSD computer: ports, packages and DIY (yes … you have to compile everything)
Package built by me (beta)
Ports are not constantly updated so I decided to create an installer which is easy to maintain for my personal use.
This will allow you to 1- Install Logitech Media Server, 2- Uninstall Logitech Media Server, 3- Update LMS whenever I’ll publish an updated version (works only if you have installed LMS with this software)
It will install Logitechmediaserver 7.9.3 updated at the latest commit (refer to the date written in the changelog) with these included binaries:
- SoX with DSD support
- Flac 1.3.3
- Faad2 2.8.8
- Wavpack 4.80.0
Instructions (must be executed as root!)
pkg install curl
curl -o /usr/local/bin/lms_installer https://audiodigitale.eu/repo/freebsd/lms_installer
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/lms_installer
lms_installer
Please, this software is still in beta, I really do need some feedback from you all! If something is not working as expected leave a comment below!
Using this software you are agreeing to its EULA.
For those of you who installed lms_installer when it was in ALPHA please delete it and reinstall it.
Installing LMS from my installer script means that you are accepting Logitechmediaserver license -> License_eng
Ports
Just type:
pkg install portmaster
portmaster audio/logitechmediaserver
IMPORTANT: while configuring the options of all softwares you are going to install, when logitechmediaserver options will be prompted make sure that “TEST” will NOT be ticked.
Note that the last update of this port was at the 11th July 2017.
DIY, aka: compile everything from source
Before starting this is what you need:
- libtime.a
- libpatience.a
- Knowledges about what are jails (I will use CBSD to manage them)
Let’s start creating a jail that we will use to build everything:
cbsd jconstruct-tui
In “pkglist” insert manually:
unzip bash gmake rsync nasm wget libgd gcc perl5-5.24.1 automake libtool
Enter in the jail:
cbsd jstart build
cbsd jlogin build
I’m going to use /tmp to download everything and build lms:
cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/7.9/sc/3adb1b4/logitechmediaserver-7.9.1-1489743085.tgz
wget https://github.com/Logitech/slimserver-vendor/archive/public/7.9.zip
unzip 7*
tar xjf l*
Let’s start compiling:
cd slimserver-vendor-public-7.9/CPAN
./buildme.sh -t | tee /tmp/build.log
cd /tmp/logitechmediaserver-7.9.1-1489743085/CPAN/arch/5.24
rm -rf 5.1* && rm -rf 5.8 && rm -rf 5.22 && rm -rf 5.20
cp -Rp /tmp/slimserver-vendor-public-7.9/CPAN/build/arch/5.24/amd64-freebsd-thread-multi .
rm -rf x*
cd /tmp
tar cf FreeBSD-lms-7.9.1.tar logitechmediaserver-7.9.1-1489743085
wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/flac/flac-1.3.2.tar.xz
tar xf f*
cd flac-1.3.2
autoreconf -i
./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
make
cd /tmp
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/faac/faad2-2.7.zip
unzip faad2-2.7.zip
cd faad2-2.7
./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
make
cd /tmp
wget http://www.wavpack.com/wavpack-5.1.0.tar.bz2
tar xf wavpack-5.1.0.tar.bz2
cd wavpack-5.1.0
autoreconf -i
./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
make
Now we have to exit from this jail and move everything we have just compiled to a new jail when logitechmediaserver will run.
First of all exit from the build jail:
exit
Create a new jail like we did before including the following packages:
wget perl5-5.24.1 libiconv
cbsd jstart lms
mv /usr/jails/jails-data/build-data/tmp/FreeBSD-lms-7.9.1.tar /usr/jails/jails-data/lms-data/tmp
cbsd jlogin lms
Now I’m going to copy lms and the binaries we have compile above in the “lms” jail. I will include the modified version of SoX able to convert in DSD; for further info: Logitechmediaserver, C-3PO and PCM to DSD conversion
cd /tmp
tar xf F*
pw groupadd -n lms -g 20000
pw useradd -n lms -u 20000 -g lms -s /usr/sbin/nologin -c "Logitech Media Server" -d /nonexistent
mkdir /usr/local/lms
mv logitechmediaserver-7.9.1-1489743085 /usr/local/lms/
cd /usr/local/lms
mv logitechmediaserver-7.9.1-1489743085/* /usr/local/lms
rmdir logitechmediaserver-7.9.1-1489743085
rm -rf Bin/a* && rm -rf Bin/i* && rm -rf Bin/p* && rm -rf Bin/s* && rm -rf Bin/x*
cd Bin
wget https://audiodigitale.eu/repo/sox/sox-FreeBSD
mv sox-FreeBSD sox
exit
Move flac, faad, wavpack binaries into the Bin folder of LMS:
mv /usr/jails/jails-data/build-data/tmp/flac-1.3.2/src/flac/flac /usr/jails/jails-data/lms-data/usr/local/lms/Bin/
mv /usr/jails/jails-data/build-data/tmp/faad2-2.7/frontend/faad /usr/jails/jails-data/lms-data/usr/local/lms/Bin/
mv /usr/jails/jails-data/build-data/tmp/wavpack-5.1.0/cli/wvunpack /usr/jails/jails-data/lms-data/usr/local/lms/Bin/
Back into lms jail:
cbsd jlogin lms
chown -R lms:lms /usr/local/lms
chmod -R 755 /usr/local/lms/Bin
mkdir /var/log/lms
mkdir /var/db/lms
mkdir /var/db/lms/cache
mkdir /var/db/lms/prefs
mkdir /var/db/lms/playlists
chown -R lms:lms /var/db/lms
chown -R lms:lms /var/log/lms
cd /etc/rc.d
wget https://audiodigitale.eu/repo/freebsd/lms
chmod 555 lms
echo 'lms_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf && echo 'lms_logdir="/var/log/lms"' >> /etc/rc.conf && echo 'lms_cachedir="/var/db/lms/cache"' >> /etc/rc.conf && echo 'lms_prefsdir="/var/db/lms/prefs"' >> /etc/rc.conf && echo 'lms_playlistdir="/var/db/lms/playlists"' >> /etc/rc.conf
exit
Now restart the jail and Logitech Media Server will start at boot (if you are lucky 😉 )
cbsd jstop lms
cbsd jstart lms
Many thanks for this!
I couldn’t get the port to install no matter what, so your pkg has been a big help!
Any chance we can have an update to the latest 7.9.1 please?
Thanks!
Hi Wayne! At the moment I am quite busy but I think that within the end of January I can update the packages, be patient and thanks again!
No worries there is no rush. 7.9.0 is working very nicely at the moment. Again thanks very much for doing this! Much appreciated 🙂
Well, it seems that you are quite lucky! Try to pkg update and pkg upgrade and tell me if logitechmediaserver will upgrade to 7.9.1. I tried on my VM and it works!
Yes pkg upgrade is done quick and easy. I’ll do some proper testing tomorrow and I find anything strange I’ll report back.
Thanks a lot!!
Hi, I am gettin error when try to LMS from ports
fetch: https://codeload.github.com/Logitech/slimserver/tar.gz/c835a1f?dummy=/Logitech-slimserver-7.9.0.g2016.09.30-c835a1f_GH0.tar.gz: size of remote file is not known
Logitech-slimserver-7.9.0.g2016.09.30-c835a1f_ 179 MB 6178 kBps 00m30s
=> Fetched file size mismatch (expected 187923230, actual 187921541)
=> Trying next site
=> Attempting to fetch http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/Logitech-slimserver-7.9.0.g2016.09.30-c835a1f_GH0.tar.gz
fetch: http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/ports-distfiles/Logitech-slimserver-7.9.0.g2016.09.30-c835a1f_GH0.tar.gz: Not Found
=> Couldn’t fetch it – please try to retrieve this
=> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles// and try again.
*** Error code 1
Stop.
make[1]: stopped in /usr/ports/audio/logitechmediaserver
*** Error code 1
Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/ports/audio/logitechmediaserver
===>>> make build failed for audio/logitechmediaserver
===>>> Aborting update
===>>> You can restart from the point of failure with this command line:
portmaster audio/logitechmediaserver audio/faad audio/mac devel/yasm audio/sox audio/flac audio/libogg audio/gsm audio/lame audio/libao audio/libid3tag audio/libmad audio/libsndfile audio/libvorbis audio/opusfile audio/opus devel/libltdl
This command has been saved to /tmp/portmasterfail.txt
root@LMS:/ #
any idea how to solve this?
I did try to do pkg upgrade.
It seems that your port list is not updated. You are using the port for lms 7.9.0 but there is already a port for 7.9.1 Try to First update the ports list.
I used your repository to install in a FreeNAS jail. I had to do:
echo ‘logitechmediaserver_enable=”YES”‘ >> /etc/rc.conf
service logitechmediaserver start
To get it to start, and it seems to be working now.
Many thanks for this!
is it possible to install it on version 10.3.0.3 – Pilingitam (revisione 4374) ?
I think you are using NAS4Free. I’ve never tested on this s.o. but as long it uses pkg (like FreeBSD) as package manager you should be able to install everything. Just try and let me know!
Sorry for my English
I’ve tried but it gives me a version error (use version 11)
I tried with a virtual Nas4free version 11 and it works but I installed the 10 on my nas.
If you want, I can send you the error. I install a virtual Nas4free with the same version of my real
This is the error
pkg: wrong architecture: freebsd:11:x86:64 instead of FreeBSD:10:amd64
pkg: repository audiodigitale contains packages with wrong ABI: freebsd:11:x86:64
Resolved
setenv ABI freebsd:11:x86:64
Perfect 😉 Is everything working?
Thanks for the great tips and instructions!
Just a note that you can make your life easier if you build against a static Perl installation that is not dependent on ports changes. Just download Perl sources from CPAN (http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.24.3.tar.gz) and install into alternate location, e.g.:
cd perl-5.24.3
./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/home/squeezeboxserver/perl-5.24.3-LMS -Dusethreads
make
make test
make install-strip
Now you can build LMS using this alternate version of Perl with “./buildme.sh -t -p /home/squeezeboxserver/perl-5.24.3-LMS/bin/perl”, and next time you upgrade FreeBSD release, you just need to re-build Perl 5.23.4 as above, and you are good to go! Remember to update the interpreter command in the start-up script and the perl executable in slimserver.pl to /home/squeezeboxserver/perl-5.24.3-LMS/bin/perl.
BTW, I had a problem building latest CPAN modules, and had to make a change to the buildme.sh script (comment out one patch line:
#patch -p0 < ../../icu58_patches/digitlst.cpp.patch). You might want to uncomment build IO::Socket::SSL as well if you are planning to ever use Spotty plugin.
Thanks for the tips, really useful!
Thanks for all of the information. I installed via pkg but run into an error when I try to start the service:
Starting logitechmediaserver
The following modules failed to load: DBI EV XML::Parser::Expat JSON::XS Digest::SHA1 YAML::XS Sub::Name
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
Mmm, I have an idea. When you install a package pkg tries to find the dependencies from all the mirrors, if you have multiple mirrors he will choose the one with the last version ofc. Maybe (?) the compiled version of LMS in my repo has some problem with the last version of perl. You can try to uninstall the packages and dependencies that you have installed, comment the link to the official repository and leave only my repository, try to install LMS and only after that restore the the FreeBSD.conf file.
I will recompile and update every package as soon as possibl, but for the moment try to do this and let me know.
I completely removed the FreeBSD repository from the file. I then installed LMS and it is running. I did receive an error when I started the service but I forgot to capture the error before deploying the unit. I will try to grab it next time I am connected to that machine and post it back here. I believe it was a SSL error but am not 100% positive. Thanks for the info on the repo solution!
> Ports are not constantly updated so I decided to create an installer script which is easy to maintain for my personal use.
Why not just update the Ports instead? Then everybody will benefit from your work without having to go outside the package manager 🙂
Because with ports you have to compile everything. It take hours and it’s not user friendly at all. This is a quick and functional solution that is way more convenient that I created for myself and shared. And anyone can benefit from it anyway!
I installed your package in Freenas 11.2 u7 and had no problems,
Thank you
installed no problems and i can see the service is running but i cant access the server / webinterface port 9000
any ideas ?
Are you running LMS in a jail? If so you might need to add a firewall rule to enable port forwarding for port 9000. Let me know!
Rule on my PFSense or in freenas ?
if PFSense then i dont understand why
and i cant find any firewallrules in Freenas 🙂
FreeNAS. Have you created the jail using NAT or VNET? Tested right now with VNET and it works
right now i am trying again
reinstalled Freenas 11.3 last night
now i choose
BASIC PROPERTIES
Name = LMS
Jail Type= Clone Jail
Release= 11.3
DHCP=True
NAT= False
VNET=TRUE
BERKLEY= TRUE
AUTOSTART=TRUE
————–
JAIL PROPERTIES i dont touch
————
NETWORK PROPERTIES
host_domainname = My domain.dk
host_hostname
lms
————–
CUSTUM PROPERTIES i dont touch
————-
it installs Jail no problem
I Shell in and rupdate the jail
root@lms:~ # pkg update
root@lms:~ # pkg upgrade
all packages is up to date.
i install curl
root@lms:~ # pkg install curl
i get your script
root@lms:~ # curl -o /usr/local/bin/lms_installer https://audiodigitale.eu/repo/freebsd/lms_installer
i chmod the script
root@#lms:~ # chmod +x /usr/local/bin/lms_installer
i run the installer
root@lms:~ # curl -o /usr/l
option 1= install LMS
option 2 = 7.9.3
it install no problems.
Service -e shows
Introduction to manual pages: man man
FreeBSD directory layout: man hier
Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement.
root@lms:~ # service -e
/etc/rc.d/cleanvar
/etc/rc.d/netif
/etc/rc.d/newsyslog
/etc/rc.d/virecover
/etc/rc.d/motd
/urs/local/etc/rc.d/logitechmediaserver
/etc/rc.d/cron
i restart the Jail
and everything checks out again
LMS is loaded.
IFCONFIG
root@lms:~ #
root@lms:~ # ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384
options=680003
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=21
groups: lo
epair0b: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 9000
options=8
ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
hwaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
inet 192.168.110.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.110.255
nd6 options=1
media: Ethernet 10Gbase-T (10Gbase-T )
status: active
group: epair
i see no problems.
and it is working.
hmm yesterday i used 8.0
could it be the problem ?
this is strange
yes the same procedure but with 8.0 do not work.
i restarted the jail 4 times now an now it is working
sorry to have wasted your time.
For the LMS server to have access to the mountpoint i need to set permissions.
i am guessing i have to create a user on Freenas
User = slimserv
but how about password
or do you have another idea ?
\\Thomas
Please Thomas edit the same post otherwise it’s a bit confusing. Now the problem is that you want to mount the storage where your music library is inside the jail right? For this refers to FreeNAS handbook: https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.2/jails.html?highlight=mountpoint . You can create the user without a password using adduser, just leave it empty. Or you can use pw to add a user, refers to FreeBSD handbook for syntax.
Sorry 🙁 Thanks ill give it a try.
got patreon or something else for donating ?
Greets
Thomas
No problem. At the bottom of the article “SqueezeCore a minimal audio OS” there is the PayPal link. Thanks for support; if the problem persist write here in the comments, we’ll figure out a solution for sure!
Hey Simone,
thank you so much for this tutorial! Everything works fine so far, except one thing: My SqueezeBox Radio refuses to connect to the new LMS server (version 8), saying that the LMS server needs an update. The version check probably fails. I can still assign an SBox Radio to a particular LMS-Server (I have one per child, so switching them is essential for me) but do you know any workaround? Should I try an older version of the LMS?
Thanks for you help!
Hi Christian. V8.0.0 Is still in beta. Can you please try the stable One? (7.9.3)
Thanks for your time, working just fine on a freenas 11.3U1 Jail
Simon, how did you do it? I have tried multiple times, but it will not start. After installing I restart the jail, and then tried to load the page http://IPaddress:9000, but nothing shows.
If I ssh into the jail and try starting og restarting I’m getting error message:
root@lms:~ # service logitechmediaserver restart
logitechmediaserver not running? (check /var/run/logitechmediaserver/logitechmediaserver.pid).
Starting logitechmediaserver.
sh: /usr/local/share/logitechmediaserver/slimserver.pl: not found
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/logitechmediaserver: WARNING: failed to start logitechmediaserver
I can see “slimserver.pl” in the correct place, so something is wrong.
Can you tell me how you did it?
BR
Hi Ole, I’ve read your comments. Sorry for the late reply but my development server had 1 hard disk failure, I’m waiting for the replacement but due to covid19 the shipping Is pretty slow. In these days I’ll try to use a virtual machine on my laptop to analyze the problem and try to help you. Cheers
Hi Simone
Trying to install LMS 7.9.3 on 11.3U7
root@LMS:/ # service logitechmediaserver start
Starting logitechmediaserver.
sh: /usr/local/share/logitechmediaserver/slimserver.pl: not found
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/logitechmediaserver: WARNING: failed to start logitechmediaserver
root@LMS:/ # ls -l /usr/local/share/logitechmediaserver/slimserver.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 slimserv slimserv 33040 Feb 29 11:28 /usr/local/share/logitechmediaserver/slimserver.pl
Any ideas?
Of course I meant FreeNAS 11.3U2, NOT 11.3U7 (which is not out yet!)
Hi Russel, in these days I’ll try to use a virtual machine to help you to debug this problem. Please be patient. Cheers, Simone.
Russel, what method have you used to install LMS? Compiled or with my script?
Your script. Apologies getting back to you, I did not receive a notification
Ok, I just updated my FreeNAS version on VM to match your version. 11.3U2. Created a new jail and used lms_installer, everything went buttery smooth. Analyzing your problem: you cannot start logitechmediaserver with “start” you shall use “onestart” if you want to start it manually. the lms_installer verison is updated? The jail was a new one ? What Perl version have you installed?
No I don’t want to start it manually, I want it to auto-start with the jail. I was just showing you the error
lms_installer is updated? Yes, downloaded (again) today
Jail was a new one? Yes, created (again) today. Add basejail 11.3-RELEASE-p7
What Perl version have you installed?
root@Squeeze:/ # perl -v
This is perl 5, version 30, subversion 2 (v5.30.2) built for amd64-freebsd-thread-multi
As installed by your lms_installer
Same error as before:
root@Squeeze:/ # service logitechmediaserver start
Starting logitechmediaserver.
sh: /usr/local/share/logitechmediaserver/slimserver.pl: not found
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/logitechmediaserver: WARNING: failed to start logitechmediaserver
This is so strange. And this error happened to me some yrs ago, and if you look to some forums someone else had and no one have debugged it deeply. First of all do you have both perl5.30.2 and perl in /usr/local/bin?
root@SqueezeTest:/ # ls -l /usr/local/bin/perl*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7824 Apr 23 09:18 /usr/local/bin/perl
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4 Apr 23 09:18 /usr/local/bin/perl5.30.2 -> perl
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 45824 Apr 23 09:18 /usr/local/bin/perlbug
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 274 Apr 23 09:18 /usr/local/bin/perldoc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10831 Apr 23 09:18 /usr/local/bin/perlivp
-rwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 45824 Apr 23 09:18 /usr/local/bin/perlthanks
I have managed to setup LMS 7.9.2 in a jail using ports using:
echo “DEFAULT_VERSIONS=perl5=5.28” > /etc/make.conf
setenv ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_SYSTEM 1
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get ALAC decoding to work, so it is of no use + your script would/should allow me to upgrade much more easily
There was also an SSL error: Async::HTTP: Unable to load IO::Socket::SSL
which I tried to resolve with: pkg install p5-IO-Socket-SSL-2.0 eg. 67
Sadly this overwrote the version of perl so that LMS would no longer work afterwards
Compiling with ports is just a tremendous waste of time because everytime some new problem appears. It’s definetly a perl linking problem imo. Try to check symlinks in /usr/bin/.
ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/perl5.30.2 /usr/bin/perl5
ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/perl5.30.2 /usr/bin/perl
If you want, since the comment section is becoming big we can continue with email info@audiodigitale.eu. Once we find the solution I’ll update directly the article (and lms_installer if needed)
Hello! This seems great, but I’m not finding the server. I’m on FreeNAS-11.3-U1 and have used your script. After installing I have restarted the jail, and then tried to load the page http://IPaddress:9000
root@lms:~ # service logitechmediaserver restart
logitechmediaserver not running? (check /var/run/logitechmediaserver/logitechmediaserver.pid).
Starting logitechmediaserver.
sh: /usr/local/share/logitechmediaserver/slimserver.pl: not found
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/logitechmediaserver: WARNING: failed to start logitechmediaserver
Am I missing something or is there a bug in the script?
Best regard!
This is fantastic – thank you so much!
I’ve a fresh install of FreeNas 11.3-U2 (was previously on 9.10 for the longest time). I needed to put LMS back on, and tried to go the ports route “to be clean”. Well, after literally several hours of pressing return for config choices that I don’t understand and then watching the compiler do it’s thing, of course it crashes out.
So then I admit defeat and try the “Package Built By Me” instructions. Ha! It took just a couple of minutes and worked perfectly first time. I might have known!
So, thanks again for providing this software to the community and keeping my five Squeezebox devices alive.
Hey Ben, I’m glad It worked for you and I really appreciate your feedback, the updater Is still in beta so every feedback Is precious. I haven’t upload any update in these days due to a hard disk failure on my development server, once the replacement arrives I’ll continue to update LMS regularly. Have a nice day!
Well, I managed to find the solution following another thread lms-on-freenas.61495/post-582588 on ixsystems. I had to install perl5.28. I haven’t yet tried your script because I installed this with ports, but I think this is the missing piece.
root@lms:~ #portmaster lang/perl5.28
Best regards
Yes, often wrong Perl version cause errors. I usually use always the most updated One.
Regards
Hi, there is a plugin called DSDPlayer for playing .dsf files. It uses a .exe called dsdplay which I don’t think exists for FreeBSD. Think it uses https://github.com/SqueezeOnArch/dsdplay
Would it be possible to get this working on FreeBSD af well?
Lms do not reproduce files. It sends file to the client (can be squeezelite or a squeezebox). If the client can reproduce dsd no need for plugin. If the client cannot play dsd you can use C-3PO as a plugin to convert them to PCM
DSDPlayer is an official plugin that can be installed from the Server, but does not work with FreeBSD because of the missing .exe. DSDPlayer can do DOP (DSF over PCM)
I did find a compiled dsdplay for FreeBSD on https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/utility/ and got the plugin working properly.
Maybe C-3PO does something simular.