RoonCommandLine Release Notes
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.4 release 1 provides support for unattended installation.
- Set and export the
ROON_UNATTENDED
environment variable to perform an unattended installationexport ROON_UNATTENDED="unattended"
- Use
sudo -E ...
to install Debian or RPM format packages - Alternately,
./Install unattended
will also perform an unattended installation - After an unattended installation, execute
/usr/local/bin/roon -c discover
.
- This release checks and repairs the RoonCommandLine Python virtual environment
- Can occur if the system Python is upgraded and the previously installed Python is removed
- Typically this issue is restricted to Homebrew installs of Python
Installation
The installation automatically detects and stores the Roon Core IP and port. There is no need for any manual configuration.
Download the latest Debian or RPM package format release from the Assets section below.
Install the package on Debian based systems by executing the command
sudo apt install ./RoonCommandLine_2.1.4-1.deb
Install the package on RPM based systems by executing the command
sudo yum localinstall ./RoonCommandLine-2.1.4-1.rpm
Removal of the package on Debian based systems can be accomplished by issuing the command:
sudo apt remove rooncommandline
Removal of the package on RPM based systems can be accomplished by issuing the command:
sudo yum remove RoonCommandLine
To install on Mac OS X or a Linux system without support for Debian or Red Hat installation packages, clone the repository and execute the Install
command:
git clone https://github.com/doctorfree/RoonCommandLine.git
cd RoonCommandLine
./Install
Release history
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.3 release 2 integrates the Roon Community Remote
GUI for Linux
- Add menu options to install, update, and open the Roon GUI
- Install
figlet
,gum
, andfzf
in postinstall - Add splash screen to menu open
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.3 release 1 provides support for specifying the default zone and last zone used
- Add usage to
get_zone_info
- Add
-P
flag tonow_playing
to list paused zones - Upgrade checks to prevent malformed
roon_api.ini
- Add
-z default
and-z last
to most commands to specify default or last zone used - Updated man pages
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.2 release 4 provides improved info and formatting for now playing and media search.
now_playing
info includes statenow_playing
output formatted withrich
if available- Fixes for upgrades on systems with
BSD sed
(e.g.macOS
) - Media search and selection enhancements
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.2 release 3 provides support for:
- Add signal handler to Python scripts
- Add tracks listing, track play and album track play commands
- Add
Examples
andUsage
to main menu - Install
jq
inmacInstall
- Improve info when selecting and listing in menus
- Improved
show_info()
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.2 release 2 provides support for:
- Installation and use of the
roon-tui
Roon terminal user interface- Install
roon-tui
withroon -I
- Open
roon-tui
withroon -O
- Install
- Add
roon-tui
wrapperroontui
- Add shortcuts to RoonCommandLine menus
- Add
list_album_tracks
command - Use
fzf
to fuzzy select and list media
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.1 release 1 provides support for shuffled artist/genre/playlist playback
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.0 release 6 provides a more robust Python virtual environment installation of pip
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.0 release 5 ensures that pip is installed in the Python virtual environment
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.0 release 4 adds the capability to transfer the current queue from one Roon zone to another
RoonCommandLine version 2.1.0 release 3 moves to a Python virtual environment to support Ubuntu 23.04, Debian 12, and later
RoonCommandLine version 2.0.8 release 5 is a minor bug fix release and provides PEP 8 conformance
RoonCommandLine version 2.0.8 release 4 is a minor bug fix release, only restore saved roon_api.ini
if in new format.
RoonCommandLine version 2.0.8 release 3 provides support for Homebrew installed Python and several bug fixes.
RoonCommandLine version 2.0.8 release 2 provided compatibility with volume handling changes in the Python Roon API. Volume change/setting can now be made using a percentage. This release also adds support for fading track play volume immediately with the roon_fade now
command along with Mac installation fixes.
RoonCommandLine version 2.0.7 release 1 was a minor feature and bugfix update. That release added support for fading track play volume and fixed possible stale authentication tokens.
Changelog
This release primarily adds support for installation on Ubuntu 23.04, Debian 12 and later in which a Python virtual environment is required.
The previous releases added support for:
- Check for python3 in roon set_default
- Support for Homebrew installed Python etc
- Don't error out in postinstall
- Postinstall fails when there is a directory in /home that is not a valid user
- Check if run as root user in Install
- Always upgrade roonapi during install
- Mac installation fixes
- Restore ensurepip in Mac install
- Fix permissions errors during Mac install
- Remove symlinks in /usr/local/bin in Mac uninstall
- Redirect stderr when invoking tput to set BOLD and NORMAL text
- In Linux and Mac manual install scripts, upgrade roonapi if installed
- Support percentage volume change using new roonapi methods
- Handle negative volume levels in roon_fade
- Compatibility with latest
roonapi
volume methods - Support for percentage volume change/setting
- Add immediate mode to roon_fade with
now
argument - Implement non-interactive immediate fading
- Add interactive menu system (
roon_fade -i
) - Set man permissions correctly in manual install scripts
Version 2.0.7 release 1 added support for:
- Save authentication token right after we get a RoonApi handle (bug fix)
- Add options to
roon
command for controlling fading - Add fade feature (
roon_fade
user command androon_faded
fade daemon) - Man pages for fading and new commands
- Fixes for
now_playing
,get_zone_volume
, andget_zone_attributes
- Add
get_zone_remaining
to get remaining time for now playing in zone - Add
get_zone_volume
andget_zone_attributes.py
View the full changelog for this release at https://github.com/doctorfree/RoonCommandLine/blob/v2.1.3r2/CHANGELOG.md
See CHANGELOG.md for a full list of changes in every RoonCommandLine release