What is that?

This script repackages the latest version of the BluOS Controller to make it work on Linux.

See: https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360033533054-BluOS-controller-app-on-Linux

Build using Podman

Podman is an alternative to Docker, which does not require any daemon or special permissions to run.

mkdir -p downloads output
podman run --rm -v ./output:/output:Z -v ./downloads:/downloads:Z ghcr.io/frafra/bs-bashpatch

Open the output directory and run the generated AppImage.

Common issues

Program crashes when opened after few seconds

Try to delete the configuration and try again:

rm -rf ~/.config/BluOS\ Controller

Advanced topics

Build container image with Podman

podman build -t bs-bashpatch-custom .
mkdir -p downloads output
podman run --rm -v ./output:/output:Z -v ./downloads:/downloads:Z bs-bashpatch-custom

Build without using containers

Install dependencies

• bash
• wget
• lynx
• jq
• p7zip
  • Debian: p7zip-full
  • OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: p7zip-full
  • OpenSUSE Leap 15: p7zip
  • Fedora: p7zip-plugins
• patch
• npm
  • OpenSUSE: npm10

Run the script

./bs-bashpatch.sh

Remove temporary files

In case the script fails, a temporary directory will be kept, which can be removed with this command:

rm -r bluos-controller.*

Electron logging

Run the latest generated AppImage and print console messages:

ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=true "$(ls output/*.AppImage | sort | tail -n1)"

Share a folder

Here is how to run Samba in a container, to share the default music folder:

sudo podman run --rm -it -p 139:139 -p 445:445 -v $(xdg-user-dir MUSIC:/mount:ro -d dperson/samba -p -n -s "music;/mount"

Here is the path of the network resource which should be added to BluOS Controller:

echo '\\'$(hostname)'\'music