Linux Remote

This is a web based application that uses playerctl in it backend to control remotely your audio using the frontend as remote control.

Downloading and setup

First download with git

git clone https://github.com/AlphaTechnolog/linux-remote

Then install dependencies for backend and frontend

cd linux-remote
cd api
npm install
cd ../app
npm install
cd ../

Running the backend

First copy the .env.sample file to .env

cd linux-remote/api
cp -r ./.env.sample ./.env

To run the backend simply run the start script:

npm start

Running the frontend

First copy the configuration for the api example and replace values with the correct:

cd linux-remote/app
cp -r ./src/api/conf.sample.json ./src/api/conf.json

Then build the application:

npm run build

Then install serve to make an http server:

sudo npm install -g serve

And execute this to make the server works:

cd dist
serve

If you want you can use apache, simply put the dist folder content to the root of the apache folder

Running application for development

Use the start.sh script:

cd linux-remote
bash start.sh