Before executing the commands, go to https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/releases and copy the location of the latest snapclient installer file. The Installer file for Raspberry Pi usually has armhf in it as the RPis have arm processors.
Make sure you update file name in the command below snapclient_x.xx.x_armhf.deb below and execute the command.
wget https://github.com/badaix/snapcast/releases/download/v0.11.0/snapclient.xx.x_armhf.deb
after downloading the file, execute the following command to install the software. Again, replace the file name with correct version.
sudo dpkg -i snapclient_x.xx.x_armhf.deb
After installation, run the following to install any missing libraries
sudo apt-get -f install
It is time to "restart" the Raspberry Pi. Use the following command to restart.
sudo reboot
The snapclient configuration can be edited by using the following command:
sudo vi /etc/default/snapclient
You can check the status by running the following command
systemctl status snapclient
Upon executing the above commands, restart the Raspberry Pi using the following command.
sudo reboot
After the restart, the snapcast client automatically connects to the snapcast server within the network. If you are using Home Assistant, masure sure you check the version compatibility, and restart Home Assistant (HA), to see these snapcast clients as media players.
When you run snapclient, sometimes you get errors that cookies not found in /var/lib/snapclient/.config/pulse. To get around that problem, I simply copy cookie files from ~/.config/pulse to respective folder in /var/lib folder. Run the following commands:
cd /var/lib
sudo mkdir snapclient
sudo chmod 777 .
cd snapclient
sudo mkdir .config
sudo chmod 777 .
cd .config
sudo mkdir pulse
sudo chmod 777 .
cd pulse
cd ~
cd .config
cd pulse
sudo cp *.* /var/lib/snapclient/.config/pulse
sudo cp * /var/lib/snapclient/.config/pulse
Make sure you restart snapclient after copying the cookies.
sudo systemctl restart snapclient
sudo systemctl status snapclient