Announce: Squeezelite - a small headless squeezeplay emulator for linux (alsa only)

Hi,

In article <Mnyb.5lik1c (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>,
Mnyb<Mnyb.5lik1c (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote:
>> Even better would be a .deb (and associated source) so that it can be
>> installed on Debian without too much difficulty.
>>
>> Andy
>
> sbp wrote:
>> Hi Andy
>>
>> I understand what you are saying, but Squeezeplay is only one file and
>> it can simply be put in a directory and run from there.
>
> It's actually not a bad idea to make a deb later when it's a bit more
> developed, it is more than one file if you want it run automatically in
> the background and hence a package is good idea you are going to loose
> track of them eventually.

A deb would mean that it could easily be deployed onto (say) a raspbmc image
(with is based on Debian) giving a dual purpose to the RasPi from a single
SD card image.

Even if it is only one file, a .deb lists dependencies and the like, so a
simple 'apt-get -f install squeezelite' would automatically pull in all the
required flac and mp3 libraries, meaning the end user has to do next to
nothing.

Worth considering if you can.

Andy