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diff --git a/content/blog/2022-07-25-curseradio.org b/content/blog/2022-07-25-curseradio.org deleted file mode 100644 index fb2c55b..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2022-07-25-curseradio.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -#+title: CurseRadio: Listening to the Radio on the Command Line -#+date: 2022-07-25 -#+description: Use Curse Radio to listen to radio on the command line. -#+filetags: :linux: - -* Overview -While exploring some interesting Linux applications, I stumbled across -[[https://github.com/chronitis/curseradio][curseradio]], a command-line -radio player based on Python. - -This application is fantastic and incredibly easy to install, so I -wanted to dedicate a post today to this app. Let's look at the features -within the app and then walk through the installation process I took to -get =curseradio= working. - -* Features -#+caption: curseradio -[[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20220725-curseradio/curseradio.png]] - -The radio player itself is quite minimal. As you can see in the -screenshot above, it contains a simple plaintext list of all available -categories, which can be broken down further and further. In addition, -radio shows are available for listening, alongside regular radio -stations. - -For example, the =Sports= > =Pro Basketball= > =Shows= category contains -a number of specific shows related to Professional Basketball. - -Aside from being able to play any of the listed stations/shows, you can -make a channel your favorite by pressing =f=. It will now show up at the -top of the radio player in the =Favourites= category. - -** Commands/Shortcuts -| Key(s) | Command | -|------------+---------------------------------| -| ↑, ↓ | navigate | -| PgUp, PgDn | navigate quickly | -| Home, End | to top/bottom | -| Enter | open/close folders, play stream | -| k | stop playing stream | -| q | quit | -| f | toggle favourite | - -* Installation -** Dependencies -Before installing =curseradio=, a handful of system and Python packages -are required. To get started, install =python3=, =pip3=, and =mpv= on -your system. In this example, I'm using Fedora Linux, which uses the -=dnf= package manager. You may need to adjust this if you're using a -different system. - -#+begin_src sh -sudo dnf install python3 pip3 mpv -#+end_src - -Next, use =pip3= to install =requests=, =xdg=, and =lxml=: - -#+begin_src sh -pip3 install requests xdg lxml -#+end_src - -** Repository Source Installation -Once all the dependencies are installed, we can clone the source code -and enter that directory: - -#+begin_src sh -git clone https://github.com/chronitis/curseradio && cd curseradio -#+end_src - -Once you're within the =curseradio= directory, you can install the -application with the provided =setup.py= script. - -#+begin_src sh -sudo python3 setup.py install -#+end_src - -In my case, I ran into a few errors and needed to create the folders -that curseradio wanted to use for its installation. If you don't get any -errors, you can skip this and run the app. - -#+begin_src sh -sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/python3.10/ -sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ -#+end_src - -#+begin_src sh -sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/lib/python3.10/ -#+end_src - -* Run the Application -Once fully installed without errors, you can run the application! - -#+begin_src sh -python3 /usr/local/bin/curseradio -#+end_src |