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date = 2022-07-25
title = "CurseRadio: Listening to the Radio on the Command Line"
description = ""
draft = false
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# Overview
While exploring some interesting Linux applications, I stumbled across
[curseradio](https://github.com/chronitis/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
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.
```sh
sudo dnf install python3 pip3 mpv
```
Next, use `pip3` to install `requests`, `xdg`, and `lxml`:
```sh
pip3 install requests xdg lxml
```
## Repository Source Installation
Once all the dependencies are installed, we can clone the source code and enter
that directory:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/chronitis/curseradio && cd curseradio
```
Once you're within the `curseradio` directory, you can install the application
with the provided `setup.py` script.
```sh
sudo python3 setup.py install
```
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.
```sh
sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/python3.10/
sudo mkdir /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/
```
```sh
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/lib/python3.10/
```
# Run the Application
Once fully installed without errors, you can run the application!
```sh
python3 /usr/local/bin/curseradio
```
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