A number of the perl modules (and their dependencies) bundled with LMS haven't been updated for some time. As I needed to rebuild my LMS installation, I decided to upgrade these to the latest available versions. Since this seems to have worked out pretty well (so far ;-), here are some notes on this topic.
ADVANTAGES Stability, performance and security improvements in the new versions of the perl modules and support libraries (not tested) may compile on architectures not yet supported by official version DISADVANTAGES May introduce new bugs (interaction between new modules and LMS, unexpected side effects etc.) OTHER NOTES Only rudimentarily tested on Linux x64 / perl 5.24 (i.e. has been running for a couple of days without any obvious errors) Older perl versions (<5.22) most likely won't work Not all libraries have been updated (notably ffmpeg, which is only used for videos) Can be easily combined with 'Opus support' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107011-Howto-play-Ogg-Opus-files) INSTRUCTIONS Make sure your build environment is set up (gcc, nasm, -dev packages for Debian/Ubuntu etc.) Create a folder somewhere Unzip the attachment into it Download all required sources. There is a file included (CPANsources.txt) containing the URLs, so simply do Code: -------------------- wget -v -nc -i CPANsources.txt -------------------- Execute the build script Code: -------------------- export PERL_CANARY_STABILITY_NOPROMPT=1 chmod +x buildme.sh ./buildme.sh &> build.log -------------------- (Note: if you want to use a non-standard perl, you can tell buildme.sh like this: Code: -------------------- PERL_524=/opt/perl-5.24-LMS/bin/perl5.24.0 ../buildme.sh &> build.log -------------------- ) Check build.log for errors. If the build was successful, you'll find the perl modules in Code: -------------------- ./build/arch/<perl version>/<architecture> -------------------- e.g. for perl 5.24 on Linux 64bit: Code: -------------------- build/arch/5.24/x86_64-linux-thread-multi -------------------- copy the build/arch directory to your LMS installation's CPAN folder e.g. if your LMS is in opt/logitechmediaserver-7.8-0-noCPAN, the full final path will be Code: -------------------- /opt/logitechmediaserver-7.8-0-noCPAN/CPAN/arch/5.24/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/Audio ... -------------------- Finally, edit your modules.conf Code: -------------------- Audio::Scan 0.93 0.96 -------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: lmsmodbuild.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=22201| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ [ extGUI4LMS - an alternative web interface: 'forum' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98186-Announce-Alternative-Web-Interface-(beta)) / 'homepage' (https://www.nexus0.net/pub/sw/extgui4lms/) | 'music visualizer' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103073-Announce-music-visualizer-for-squeezelite) for squeezelite | 'Howto' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99648-Howto-build-a-self-contained-LMS): build a self-contained LMS ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roland0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56808 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107040 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
