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Add Squeezelite to an existing Raspberry installation

# Install required dependencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev libflac-dev libmad0-dev libvorbis-dev libfaad-dev libmpg123-dev liblircclient-dev libncurses5-dev

sudo apt-get install
# DO NOT Download the latest squeezlite version (as there seems to be a compatibilty issue between pulse audio and newer versions)
# https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezelite/
# cd /home/pi
# mkdir squeezelite
# cd squeezelite
# wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/squeezelite/linux/squeezelite-2.0.0.1486-armhf.tar.gz
# tar -xzf squeezelite-2.0.0.1486-armhf.tar.gz
# sudo mv squeezelite /usr/bin/squeezelite

Installed!

Connect Bluetooth Speaker

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

user@raspi$ bluetoothctl 
[NEW] Controller XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX raspi [default]
[bluetooth]# agent on
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
[bluetooth]# scan off
[bluetooth]# pairable on
Changing pairable on succeeded
[bluetooth]# pair XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Attempting to pair with XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
[CHG] Device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Paired: yes
Pairing successful
[bluetooth]# trust XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Changing XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX trust succeeded
[bluetooth]# connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Attempting to connect to XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
[CHG] Device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Connected: yes
Connection successful
[CHG] Device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ServicesResolved: yes
[bluetooth]# exit

pactl list sinks short
pactl set-default-sink 3

Configuration

Try out if the command works by executing squeezelite on the command line with all parameter beforehand. 

sudo bash -c 'cat >/etc/systemd/system/squeezelite.service <<EOL
[Unit]
Requires=bluetooth.service
After=network.target bluetooth.service
Description=Squeezelite Client

[Service]
# Workaround as it does not seem to work with the systemd User= config
# https://github.com/ralph-irving/squeezelite/issues/130
ExecStart=runuser -l  pi -c '/usr/bin/squeezelite -o default'

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

EOL'

sudo systemctl enable squeezelite
sudo systemctl start squeezelite

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