Install from PyPI — Mopidy 3.4.1 documentation

# Install from PyPI

If you are on Linux, but can’t install from the APT archive or from the Arch Linux repository, you can install Mopidy from PyPI using the `pip` installer.

If you are looking to contribute or wish to install from source using `git` please see Contributing.

1. First of all, you need Python 3.7 or newer. Check if you have Python and what version by running:

       python3 --version

2. You need to make sure you have `pip`, the Python package installer. You’ll also need a C compiler and the Python development headers to install some Mopidy extensions, like Mopidy-Spotify.

   This is how you install it on Debian/Ubuntu:

       sudo apt install build-essential python3-dev python3-pip

   And on Arch Linux from the official repository:

       sudo pacman -S base-devel python-pip

   And on Fedora Linux from the official repositories:

       sudo dnf install -y gcc python3-devel python3-pip

3. Then you’ll need to install GStreamer >= 1.14.0, with Python bindings. GStreamer is packaged for most popular Linux distributions. Search for GStreamer in your package manager, and make sure to install the Python bindings, and the “good” and “ugly” plugin sets.

   Debian/Ubuntu

   If you use Debian/Ubuntu you can install GStreamer like this:

       sudo apt install \
           python3-gst-1.0 \
           gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 \
           gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 \
           gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
           gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \
           gstreamer1.0-tools

   Arch Linux

   If you use Arch Linux, install the following packages from the official repository:

       sudo pacman -S \
           gst-python \
           gst-plugins-good \
           gst-plugins-ugly

   Fedora

   If you use Fedora you can install GStreamer like this:

       sudo dnf install -y \
           python3-gstreamer1 \
           gstreamer1-plugins-good \
           gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free

   Gentoo

   If you use Gentoo you can install GStreamer like this:

       emerge -av gst-python gst-plugins-meta

   `gst-plugins-meta` is the one that actually pulls in the plugins you want, so pay attention to the USE flags, e.g. `alsa`, `mp3`, etc.

   macOS

   If you use macOS, you can install GStreamer from Homebrew:

       brew install \
           gst-python \
           gst-plugins-base \
           gst-plugins-good \
           gst-plugins-ugly

4. Install the latest release of Mopidy:

       sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade mopidy

   This will use `pip` to install the latest release of Mopidy from PyPI. To upgrade Mopidy to future releases, just rerun this command.

5. Now, you’re ready to run Mopidy.

## Installing extensions

If you want to use any Mopidy extensions, like Spotify support or Last.fm scrobbling, you need to install additional Mopidy extensions.

You can install any Mopidy extension directly from PyPI with `pip`. To list all the extensions available from PyPI, run:

    python3 -m pip search mopidy

To install one of the listed packages, e.g. `Mopidy-MPD`, simply run:

    sudo python3 -m pip install Mopidy-MPD

Note that extensions installed with `pip` will only install Python dependencies. Please refer to the extension’s documentation for information about any other requirements needed for the extension to work properly.

For a comprehensive index of available Mopidy extensions, see the Mopidy extension registry.