| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/owncast.git (read-only, click to copy) |
|---|---|
| Package Base: | owncast |
| Description: | Self-hosted live video streaming (chat included) |
| Upstream URL: | None |
| Licenses: | MIT |
| Submitter: | pjvds |
| Maintainer: | envolution |
| Last Packager: | envolution |
| Votes: | 8 |
| Popularity: | 1.14 |
| First Submitted: | 2020-12-20 13:10 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-01-21 18:45 (UTC) |
Thanks for packaging, quick question though, shouldn't ffmpeg be a dependency? Owncast will refuse to start if it can't find it:
Owncast v0.2.1-dev (20250317)
Unable to locate ffmpeg. Either install it globally on your system or put the fmpeg binary in the same directory as Owncast. The binary must be named ffmpeg.
looks good 👍 thank you
Updated - thanks for your help schlmm, please let me know if there's any issues with the updated build files
==> NOTE: ****************************************************************************************
==> NOTE: Default admin login is at localhost:8080/admin with user = admin and password = abc123.
==> NOTE: It is highly recommended to change this from the default.
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: Owncast's webroot (front-end) is /usr/share/webapps/owncast
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: The backend service can be enabled (and started) by: systemctl enable --now start owncast
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: for production environments use a proper webserver for the front-end (ie. apache/nginx)
==> NOTE: a sample nginx config file is at /usr/share/owncast/nginx.sample.conf
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: for documentation, visit https://owncast.online/docs/
==> NOTE: ****************************************************************************************
yeah it should only serve the static output from buildWeb.sh (which is ./static/web)
also it would be good to run buildWeb.sh before running the go build, so that https://github.com/owncast/owncast/issues/4149 doesnt happen (the developer thinks Releases are not shipped as source code, which breaks this PKGBUILD currently)
my nginx.conf now, with bundled output in /usr/share/webapps/owncast
server {
# server_name "..."
root "/usr/share/webapps/owncast";
location @proxy {
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Server $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
}
location / {
try_files $uri @proxy;
}
}
@schlmm thanks for your input. I think I've addressed most of the concerns but in all honesty I'm not sure if the final structure of /usr/share/webapps/owncast is correct. Should it serve only the static output from buildWeb.sh ?
updated instructions
==> NOTE: ****************************************************************************************
==> NOTE: Default admin login is at localhost:8080/admin with user = admin and password = abc123.
==> NOTE: It is highly recommended to change this from the default.
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: Owncast's webroot (front-end) is /usr/share/webapps/owncast/web
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: The backend service can be enabled (and started) by: systemctl enable --now start owncast
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: The frontend will need to be built by running:
==> NOTE: $ sudo chown -R owncast:owncast /usr/share/webapps/owncast
==> NOTE: $ sudo -u owncast /usr/share/webapps/owncast/bundleWeb.sh
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: You can test the front-end by running:
==> NOTE: $ sudo -u owncast npm run dev --prefix /usr/share/webapps/owncast/web
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: for production environments use a proper webserver for the front-end (ie. apache/nginx)
==> NOTE:
==> NOTE: for documentation, visit https://owncast.online/docs/
==> NOTE: ****************************************************************************************
if only the bundled web interface is included, i think its good to have it it in the package (allowing to profit from nginx/apache cache instead of proxying all the static files). but the complete web source code + node modules is a little overkill i think :)
@schlmm @Max-P thanks for the reports, I haven't the opportunity to look at this today but will address these issues as soon as I can. Would like to keep nvm if possible so we're not using potentially incompatible node versions. Would you guys prefer if the web portion was a separate package?
i don't see the advantage of having the frontend source code laying in /var/lib/owncast/web, because it is missing the npm run build step? so i have to go in there and run npm run build to serve the files directly via nginx?
another thing: when just proxying owncast via nginx (like before), there are some files 404ing:
also the backend doesnt work anymore and also have some 404s:
does this work for anybody?
update: okey the missing files isnt a problem of the aur package. if i manually build from source, same thing happens (upstream issue: https://github.com/owncast/owncast/issues/4149)
here is a patch for a working build.
i got rid of nvm and just use npm and build the web with ./build/web/bundleWeb.sh
also i changed the path of the builded web interface to /usr/share/webapps/owncast (like the package guideline suggests)
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 553628d..9471d37 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkgdesc='Self-hosted live video streaming (chat included)'
arch=(x86_64)
license=(MIT)
depends=(glibc)
-makedepends=(git go npm nvm)
+makedepends=(git go npm)
source=(
"$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/owncast/owncast/archive/refs/tags/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
owncast.tempfiles.conf
@@ -23,30 +23,17 @@ b2sums=('6b28be597b6c1089d0a207b114f789cb1e5c215aa7fa7529600fc3112ba3654d73aa51b
options=(emptydirs !strip)
install=$pkgname.install
-_ensure_local_nvm() {
- which nvm >/dev/null 2>&1 && nvm deactivate && nvm unload
- export NVM_DIR="${srcdir}/.nvm"
- source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh || [[ $? != 1 ]]
-}
-
-prepare() {
- _ensure_local_nvm
- nvm install --lts=iron
-}
-
build() {
cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+ # build the frontend
+ sed -i '/git rev-parse --show-toplevel/d' ./build/web/bundleWeb.sh
+ ./build/web/bundleWeb.sh
# Build backend
export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
export GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -ldflags=-linkmode=external -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
go build -o "${pkgname}" -ldflags "-extldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -s -w -X main.version=${pkgver}"
-
- #Build frontend
- _ensure_local_nvm
- cd web
- npm install
}
package() {
@@ -55,9 +42,10 @@ package() {
install -vDm644 $pkgname.tempfiles.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/$pkgname.conf"
cd $pkgname-$pkgver
install -vdm755 "$pkgdir/var/lib/$pkgname"
- cp -R web "$pkgdir/var/lib/$pkgname/"
- echo "lts/iron" >"$pkgdir"/var/lib/"$pkgname"/web/.nvmrc
install -vDm755 $pkgname -t "$pkgdir/usr/bin/"
install -vDm644 LICENSE -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/"
+
+ install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/webapps/owncast"
+ cp -r static/web/* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/webapps/owncast"
}
# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
This doesn't build on a clean system:
chown: invalid user: « owncast:owncast »
This is because on the build system, owncast is not installed so its user doesn't exist.
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envolution commented on 2025-01-21 18:47 (UTC)
Updated - thanks for your help schlmm, please let me know if there's any issues with the updated build files