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            <h1>Install Polaris Music Streaming Server on Debian</h1>
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          <h2>Installing Polaris</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install prerequisite software<br />
	sudo apt install&nbsp;binutils pkg-config libssl-dev -y<br />
	# install the rust compiler, press 1 when prompted&nbsp;<br />
	sudo curl --proto &#39;=https&#39; --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh<br />
	# add rust/cargo to current terminal<br />
	source $HOME/.cargo/env<br />
	# download the latest build of polaris<br />
	wget -Opolaris-latest.tar.gz https://github.com/agersant/polaris/releases/download/0.13.4/Polaris_0.13.4.tar.gz<br />
	# extract the downloaded .tar.gz<br />
	sudo tar xzvf polaris-latest.tar.gz<br />
	# install polaris<br />
	cd polaris<br />
	make install-xdg<br />
	# once the buld and installation complete, start the polaris server<br />
	~/.local/bin/polaris</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to&nbsp;http://DNSorIP:5050</li>
	<li>At the Welcome to Polaris screen click the Sounds Good button</li>
	<li>Enter a path for Polaris to look for media in and give it a name, ie ~/Music/ &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Enter a username and password to create a Polaris login &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Welcome to Polaris</li>
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<h2>Starting Polaris On System Boot</h2>

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	<li>Back in the terminal run the following command
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/polaris.service</div>
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	<li>Paste the following configuration into the polaris.service file, replacing i12bretro from the user, working directory and exec start values with the correct username
	<p>[Unit]<br />
	Description=Polaris Service<br />
	After=network.target</p>

	<p>[Service]<br />
	Type=simple<br />
	RemainAfterExit=yes<br />
	User=i12bretro<br />
	WorkingDirectory=/home/i12bretro/.local/bin<br />
	ExecStart=/home/i12bretro/.local/bin/polaris<br />
	Restart=on-failure<br />
	<br />
	[Install]<br />
	WantedBy=default.target</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to polaris.service</li>
	<li>Enter the following command to start the new service on system boot
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo systemctl enable polaris</div>
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	<li>Reboot the system</li>
	<li>Test that Polaris is running by opening a web browser and navigating to&nbsp;http://DNSorIP:5050</li>
	<li>Log back into Polaris with the username and password created earlier</li>
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