Is there a MX repo associated with antiX-17?

[seaken64]

I like to use Streamtuner2 as my internet radio player. But the current version is not in the antix repos. Stevo helped me temporarily enable the MX15 test repo with my antiX-16 system and I was able to get it installed and then disable the MX15 test repo.

But I do not see a similar MX test repo associated with antiX-17 when I look in the sources lists. I thought I could do something similar to what I did with antiX-16 and the MX-15 test repo.

I tried the antix test repo but that did not pull in streamtuner2.

I know it is in the MX17 test repo. Can I enable the MX17 test repo in antiX-17?

Seaken64

[penguin]

Have you considered to use qmplay2 ?
Times ago I used Streamtunner2 but lately switched to qmplay2 that offers more and more than Streamtunner2.

Qmplay2

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https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases

Another possibility is Poor Man's Radio Player

Look explanations on this site :

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http://lxlinux.com/pmrp.html

Meanwhile the original site is

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https://github.com/hakerdefo/pmrp

Also have a look here :
Poor Man's Radio Player - Gui

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https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=4099

At last have you tried to download the latest deb of Streamtunner2 from this :

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http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/pool/test/s/streamtuner2/

and install as ordinary deb?
Hope it helps.

[anticapitalista]

To clarify.

MX test repo is not the same as antiX testing

antiX testing repo includes packages built from and for Debian testing and should only be used with Debian testing.

BTW - pmrp is included on antiX out of the box.

[seaken64]

To clarify.

MX test repo is not the same as antiX testing

antiX testing repo includes packages built from and for Debian testing and should only be used with Debian testing.

BTW - pmrp is included on antiX out of the box.

Thanks, yes, I knew that they were not the same. I didn't keep the antix testing repo enabled. I only tried to see if it had streamtuner2.

anti, do you think I can add the MX17 test repo to antiX-17? or is that a no-no?

Seaken64

[seaken64]

Have you considered to use qmplay2 ?
Times ago I used Streamtunner2 but lately switched to qmplay2 that offers more and more than Streamtunner2.

Qmplay2

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https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases

Another possibility is Poor Man's Radio Player

Look explanations on this site :

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http://lxlinux.com/pmrp.html

Meanwhile the original site is

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https://github.com/hakerdefo/pmrp

Also have a look here :
Poor Man's Radio Player - Gui

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https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=4099

At last have you tried to download the latest deb of Streamtunner2 from this :

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http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/pool/test/s/streamtuner2/

and install as ordinary deb?
Hope it helps.

Thank you penguin. I will check out that other player. I have tried PMRP before. But there is a particular station that I can find in streamtuner2 that I like.

And yes, I have used the .deb file to install before. I just want to make sure I don't screw this system up this time. This is the system I am trying to keep in good shape. I have other systems I don't care so much about.

Can I assume that downloading the deb from that link to the mxrepo.com location would be the same result as adding the MX17 test repo to my sources?

Seaken64

[skidoo]

anti, do you think I can add the MX17 test repo to antiX-17? or is that a no-no?

That is a great question, it merits a place in the FAQ

downloading the deb from that link to the mxrepo.com location would be the same result as adding the MX17 test repo to my sources?

No, not consistently the "same result".
Based on what's available via your enabled (antiX17 stable + debian stable) repositories, the newcomer package may have unmet dependencies.

Have you considered to use qmplay2 ?
Times ago I used Streamtunner2 but lately switched to qmplay2 that offers more and more than Streamtunner2.

ps: I really liked streamtuner2 but, regardless of packaging, its newer version(s) have become unreliable

[penguin]

Have you considered to use qmplay2 ?
Times ago I used Streamtunner2 but lately switched to qmplay2 that offers more and more than Streamtunner2.

Qmplay2

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https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases

Another possibility is Poor Man's Radio Player

Look explanations on this site :

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http://lxlinux.com/pmrp.html

Meanwhile the original site is

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https://github.com/hakerdefo/pmrp

Also have a look here :
Poor Man's Radio Player - Gui

Code: Select all

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=4099

At last have you tried to download the latest deb of Streamtunner2 from this :

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http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/pool/test/s/streamtuner2/

and install as ordinary deb?
Hope it helps.

Thank you penguin. I will check out that other player. I have tried PMRP before. But there is a particular station that I can find in streamtuner2 that I like.

And yes, I have used the .deb file to install before. I just want to make sure I don't screw this system up this time. This is the system I am trying to keep in good shape. I have other systems I don't care so much about.

Can I assume that downloading the deb from that link to the mxrepo.com location would be the same result as adding the MX17 test repo to my sources?

Seaken64

If you like a station a lot, just find his link(source) right click or something similar or look at the link when this station i played at vlc,

You can add manually in pmrp or qmplay2.

or simply look at these tuts(different configurations):

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https://askubuntu.com/questions/193737/how-to-listen-radio-from-terminal/193753

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http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/shoutcast.html

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http://blog.mistrynitesh.com/Light_Music___Internet_Radio_with_mpg123.html

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https://linuxconfig.org/listen-to-your-favorite-radio-station-with-a-single-command-on-linux

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https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=369

Seaken64. Try. Make regular backup of your system and try ... If you find out that package installer ask for new libraries from unstable Debian, simply do not install this package.

[thomasl]

anti, do you think I can add the MX17 test repo to antiX-17? or is that a no-no?

That is a great question, it merits a place in the FAQ

And the answer is... ?

Actually I've just tried exactly that, added the MX test repo to antiX, mostly because I want some stuff that I already have on MX installed as the same version (eg geany, Autokey). It seems to work fine but then again, who knows!?

One thing that should be kept in mind is that AFAIK adding the MX test repo and then doing a dist-upgrade will probably lead to problems. So I simply enable the MX test repo for a group of specified downloads, do only those, and then disable it again. YMMV.

(EDIT: That is one of the great features of a frugal install and persistence: you can backup your rootfs and then go ahead and do all sorts of crazy/dangerous stuff. If it breaks/explodes/implodes, simply get your rootfs backup and start afresh.)

[anticapitalista]

anti, do you think I can add the MX17 test repo to antiX-17? or is that a no-no?

Seaken64

You could give it a try, but there is no guarantee that it will work correctly (I assume it will because I trust the MX packagers) and, probably more importantly, whether any upgraded libs will effect other apps.

[Stevo]

In streamtuner2's case, it's compatible because I built it against plain vanilla Debian Jessie and Stretch in pbuilder schroots, as I do for packages which do not require newer libraries to build or enable features (like I build VLC against the MX 18 updated video libraries to make sure va-api acceleration work).

I would recommend that you manually download and install the deb with gdebi instead of adding the repo.

QMPlay2 is also in the main MX 17 repositories, which I noticed was not mentioned in penguin's recommendation. It's also built against and requires MX's newer ffmpeg libraries to make sure va-api works, which makes the deb incompatible with vanilla Debian.