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.. _debian:
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Debian package
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The Mopidy Debian package is available from `apt.mopidy.com
<http://apt.mopidy.com/>`__ as well as from Debian, Ubuntu and other
Debian-based Linux distributions.
Installation
============
See the Debian/Ubuntu section in the :ref:`installation` section.
Running as a system service by default
======================================
The Debian package comes with an init script and, by default, it starts Mopidy
as a system service running as the ``mopidy`` user which is created by the
package.
If you've installed Mopidy from the Debian package and don't want to use the
init script to run Mopidy as a system service, but instead just run Mopidy
manually using your own user, you need to disable the init script and stop
Mopidy by running::
sudo update-rc.d -f mopidy remove
sudo service mopidy stop
Differences when running as a system service
============================================
If you want to run Mopidy using the init script, there's a few differences
from a regular Mopidy setup you'll want to know about.
- All configuration is in :file:`/etc/mopidy`, not in your user's home
directory. The main configuration file is :file:`/etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf`.
You can do all your changes in this file.
- Mopidy extensions installed from Debian packages will sometimes install
additional configuration files in :file:`/etc/mopidy/extensions.d/`. These
files just provide different defaults for the extension when run as a system
service. You can override anything from :file:`/etc/mopidy/extensions.d/` in
the :file:`/etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf` configuration file.
- The init script runs Mopidy as the ``mopidy`` user. The ``mopidy`` user will
need read access to any local music you want Mopidy to play.
- To run Mopidy subcommands with the same arguments, and thus the same
configuration files, as the init script uses, you can use ``sudo service
mopidy run <subcommand>``. In other words, where you'll usually run::
mopidy config
You should instead run the following to inspect the system service's
configuration::
sudo service mopidy run config
The same applies to scanning your local music collection. Where you'll
normally run::
mopidy local scan
You should instead run::
sudo service mopidy run local scan
- Mopidy is started, stopped, and restarted just like any other system
service::
sudo service mopidy start
sudo service mopidy stop
sudo service mopidy restart
- You can check if Mopidy is currently running as a system service by running::
sudo service mopidy status
- Mopidy installed from a Debian package can use both Mopidy extensions
installed both from Debian packages and extensions installed with pip.
The other way around does not work: Mopidy installed with pip can use
extensions installed with pip, but not extensions installed from a Debian
package. This is because the Debian packages installs extensions into
:file:`/usr/share/mopidy` which is normally not on your ``PYTHONPATH``.
Thus, your pip-installed Mopidy will not find the Debian package-installed
extensions.