RoonBridge on Volumio Raspberry Pi Image?

Have you tried:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install systemd

You could also try:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

See this thread on the Volumio forums

Sadly much the same stillā€¦I posted in the link on Volumio forum now too - I think its just the bzip2 that needs to be installed but that alone causes a similar error message.

volumio@volumio:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install systemd
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org jessie InRelease       
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/main Sources    
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/contrib Sources
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/non-free Sources
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/main armhf Packages
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/contrib armhf Packages
Hit http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/non-free armhf Packages
Ign http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Ign http://archive.raspbian.org jessie/non-free Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done                                                                                                                
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 systemd-sysv : Depends: systemd (= 215-17+deb8u5) but 215-17+deb8u6 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
volumio@volumio:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libpam-systemd : Depends: systemd (= 215-17+deb8u6) but 215-17+deb8u5 is installed
 systemd : Depends: libsystemd0 (= 215-17+deb8u5) but 215-17+deb8u6 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
volumio@volumio:~$

I donā€™t use Volumio anymore. Iā€™m now using Mopidy. Itā€™s more work to set up, but itā€™s also far more flexible (here is a blog post how I set it up).

If you donā€™t want the hassle of installing Mopidy you could also try Rune Audio. It shares some similarities with Volumio (both originate from the same project I believe).

Thanks Julius, Ill check those out. I want something stand alone for demoā€™s on the road but operable with Roon when Im at home :stuck_out_tongue:

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for whatever reason I have no idea the exact same commands today work perfectly and I can install Roon Bridge under Volumio again - must have been something messed up in the repositories

This time all that was needed is as follows

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bzip2
curl -O http://download.roonlabs.com/builds/roonbridge-installer-linuxarmv7hf.sh
chmod +x roonbridge-installer-linuxarmv7hf.sh
sudo ./roonbridge-installer-linuxarmv7hf.sh

I hate computers sometimes :triumph:

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Iā€™ve added a 7" LCD display and case from element 14 to the volumio/roon bridge setup with some case modsā€¦pretty happy so far managing to squeeze the IQAudIO DigiAMP+ in there too with some degree of success. Iā€™ll do a build log sometime soon too

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Great wizard I am new to Volumio and diet pi
I see you have mastered the dark art of loading Roon Bridge to Volumio
Is there any chance I could get some guidance starting from

  1. switch on monitor.
  2. Start raspberry pi
    3ā€¦ oh god someone speak English to me this is killing me :weary:

Perhaps someone will get you to the ssh stage but Iā€™m not able to do so at this time sorry. The rest is posted above

all good!
it worked!
followed the command lines above

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FYI now both my setups are using Ropieee as I am happy with just Roon as a source.

I need a distro for Raspberry Pi B+ (gen 1, V1.2) without a HAT installed to just run as an endpoint for Roon with ethernet in and USB out. Ropieee does not run on this old model. Could I use Volumio, with or without Bridge, or any other Ā«standardĀ» distro?

Iā€™d suggest Ropieee. Itā€™s more stable than Volumio and it comes ready to go with Roon support, in fact, that is all it does.

So Ropiee does run on Pi B+ generation 1, V1.2 and not only 2 and 3? I have one unsuccessful install, but with a 32GB card. Ropiee recommends 4 or 8 GB.

I missed the generation. Harry @spockfish would have to comment on whether you can use it in the early generation.

You can Install RoonBridge on Volumio. I have this setup in my kitchen. But you need to Install RoonBridge manually from command line (afaik).

Unfortunately the Generation 1 wonā€™t work for that, as RoonBridge is not available for that architecture (it uses a ARM1176JZF-S cpu and only supports ARMv6). RoonBridge requires ARMv7 or ARMv8, which is used on the Raspberry Pi 2 and/or later.

You could use your Pi still with volumio and use Airplay as the audio protocolā€¦

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Thanks. I have enough AirPlay/Sonos endpoints, so I guess IĀ“m finding another project for the oldā€™Berry and buy a 3 for Bridge or Ropieee.