I'm using the latest beta versions of SqueezeCenter with VortexBox. Now Logitech have changed the package name and some folder names to “squeezeboxserver” and “squeezebox”.
How would I go and uninstall SqueezeCenter, then install SqueezeBoxServer in the most compatible way?
Also, will VB break? I reckon some scripts might use the old names or look for the old binaries …
You might want to check out the SqueezeBox Forums.
Oh well. The following seems to work, if you are willing to start from a clean SqueezeBox Server install (i.e., re-scan your library, re-enter your favorites, podcasts, RSS feeds, user names and passwords).
A word of caution: Do not do this if you want to have a stable system and just enjoy your music — SqueezeBox Server and the Controller firmware are currently pretty much under deveolopment and will break one thing or another almost every day. This is just for people who want to actively participate in the current beta development and don't fear some manual work and/or things not working!
1. If you wish, backup your “favorites.opml”, “infobrowser.opml” and “podcast.prefs” files from the previous SqueezeCenter beta installation (>= 7.4).
2. Check that your SqueezeCenter (SqueezeBox Server) repo is “squeezecenter-unstable”.
3. De-install the existing SqueezeCenter:
yum remove squeezecenter
4. Manually remove the leftover folders from the previous installation:
rm -Rf /usr/share/squeezecenter/
rm -Rf /etc/squeezecenter/
rm -Rf /var/lib/squeezecenter/
rm -Rf /var/log/squeezecenter/
5. Install the new “SqueezeBox Server” beta:
yum install squeezeboxserver
Warning: Only install revisions greater or equal to r28243 — there was a folder name/installation problem on revisions below and those would probably not even start!
6. If you made a backup of your “favorites.opml”, “infobrowser.opml” and “podcast.prefs” in step 1 above, you can now copy these back into the new installation. The path names have changed from “…/squeezecenter/…” to “…/squeezeboxserver/…”, i.e., the favorites.opml for example is now located at “/var/lib/squeezeboxserver/prefs/favorites.opml”.
7. In order to make sure that everything will work okay even after a power fail, you might want to restart your VortexBox:
reboot
8. After a while, it should come up with a login screen again, stating its IP number in your local network, like for example:
For web access to your VortexBox web GUI use this URL
http://192.168.178.129
vortexbox login:
9. You will now have a fresh install of SqueezeBox Server (beta). Access it via a web browser, complete the setup by entering all your information again (user names, passwords, plugins, settings, &hellip, then, if prompted, restart your SBS (plugins might have updated):
service squeezeboxserver stop
service squeezeboxserver start
10. If you have a SqueezeBox Controller, switch it on, connect it to your VortexBox (and one of your players), and perform the required firmware update, if so requested.
From the SBS web UI, from the “Settings/Basic Settings” tab, select “Clear library and rescan everything” then press the “Rescan” button to initiate a full rescan of your music library. (Which took about 2:30 hrs here, for a ~28.000 file library on a 900 MHz Pentium 3 system.)
11. Voilą! You can now play with the latest beta version of SqueezeBox Server!
In order to be able to save playlists from SqueezeBox Server, you'll also need to change the file /opt/vortexbox/motd.sh as follows:
Change the line reading
chown -R squeezecenter:squeezecenter /storage/music/playlist/
to
chown -R squeezeboxserver:squeezeboxserver /storage/music/playlist/
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