How to Install Icecast ?

[raffi007]

I guys i have tried to install icecast for the past 2 days
but since this is my first time using Linux
i didnt manage to do it
can some1 help me ?

thanks

[Sean]

Surely,

One of our support department members will respond to you shortly.

Samantha

[Sean]

Hello,

Following steps will allow to install Icecast very easily.

> Basically Icecast depends upon several external libraries such as libxslt and libxml2 that would compile with MAC OSx.

Perhaps, you can use the fink version, you can download it from sourceforge. To find libraries installed by fink, you will need to use the following commands ( this has been placed into my ~/.tcshrc ) :

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setenv CFLAGS -I/sw/include
setenv LDFLAGS -L/sw/lib
setenv CXXFLAGS $CFLAGS
setenv CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS
setenv ACLOCAL_FLAGS "-I /sw/share/aclocal"
setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH "/sw/lib/pkgconfig"

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In case the package does not utilize the variables, they need to be added to the -I/sw/include (for headers) and -L/sw/lib (for libraries). However, it is also a possibility that it may use non-standard varaibles ( EXTRA_CFLAGS or --with-qt-dir= configure options ).

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./configure --help
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The above command can assist you with more options. Once it has been installed, you may start a terminal session and utilize fink to install the dependancies such as follows :

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% sudo apt-get install libxslt
% sudo apt-get install libxml2
% sudo apt-get install curl

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Thereafter, you need Ogg Vorbis libraries :

% curl -O -# http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/o...g-1.1.3.tar.gz
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% gnutar zxf libogg-1.1.3.tar.gz
% cd libogg-1.1.3
% ./configure
% make
% sudo make install
% cd ..
% curl -O -# http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/v...s-1.2.0.tar.gz
################################################## ###################### 100.0%
% gnutar zxf libvorbis-1.2.0.tar.gz
% cd libvorbis-1.2.0
% ./configure
% make
% sudo make install % cd ..

In case you get few errors in envelop.c. You may edit ./lib/envelope.c and remove the white space from the beginning of lines 281 / 364 and 370

Get Icecast and also the fixes to them.

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% curl -O -# http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/i...t-2.3.1.tar.gz
% gnutar zxf icecast-2.3.1.tar.gz
% cd icecast-2.3.1
% cd src
% curl -O -# http://svn.xiph.org/icecast/trunk/icecast/src/fserve.c
% cd ..
% ./configure
% make
% sudo make install

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The documentation is located at file:///usr/local/share/doc/icecast/index.html and configuration file is located at file:///usr/local/etc/icecast.xml

Icecast requirest to run as root. However, it is possible to minimize the securtiy concerns by editing icecast.xml as follows :

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< paths >
< basedir >/usr/local/share/icecast< /basedir >

< logdir >/log< /logdir >
< webroot >/web< /webroot >
< adminroot >/admin< /adminroot >
< /paths >

< security >
< chroot >1< /chroot >
< changeowner >
< user >icecast< /user >
< group >staff< /group >
< /changeowner >
< /security >

(Ignore the spaces between <>)
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From the command-line, you will have to create a new user such as follows :

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% sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/icecast/{.,log,web,admin}
% sudo chown icecast /usr/local/share/icecast/{.,log,web,admin}
% sudo chgrp staff /usr/local/share/icecast/{.,log,web,admin}

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You may now start icecast

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% sudo icecast -c /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml
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Please check the file permissions that you are about to share.

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% sudo mkdir -p ${CATALINA_HOME}/metastream/
% sudo cp -r WebRoot/* ${CATALINA_HOME}/metastream/

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Edit ${CATALINA_HOME}/metastream/WEB-INF/web.xml

<param-name>mp3Host</param-name>
<param-value>http://rosenkrantz.geektimes.com:8000</param-value>

<param-name>mp4Host</param-name>
<param-value>rtsp://rosenkrantz.geektimes.com:554</param-value>

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Once dones, you may remove the install by following :

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% cd ~
% rm -rf ~/install

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We assume that would help

[raffi007]

Hello Samantha

Thanks for your prompt reply

i have tried what you have told me

i got to this point and i am having trouble

After downloading Icecast, Untaring it, when i do ./Configure
i get this error

[root@vps1246 icecast-2.3.1]# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
[root@vps1246 icecast-2.3.1]#
\

what should i do next ?

thanks

[Rodricks]

I think you will have to install GCC because you need a compiler.

[raffi007]

Originally Posted by Rodricks

I think you will have to install GCC because you need a compiler.

GCC is installed

[Christina]

Perhaps, you can run the following :

CC="cc_name" ./configure

[raffi007]

[root@vps1246 home]# cd icecast2
[root@vps1246 icecast2]# CC="cc_name" ./configure
-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
[root@vps1246 icecast2]#
[root@vps1246 icecast2]#


it didnt work