So when I first started using Slackware years ago I found this neat little script called 'soma' that let me listen to SomaFM in the terminal. I only recently realized that that script still exists! However, none of the channels work.

So my question is, is there a way to make it work? I would hate to touch the script because I tend to break stuff, but I am willing to try.

I'm on 14.2 by the way. Stable is generally the only way I fly.

Soma is still around and the developer will announce new releases on this forum. You can find his info here. Based on the SlackBuild, it doesn't look like it needs to be compiled for various versions of Slackware, so you should be able to grab the latest package from -current and install this on 14.2 without issue.

What about the package that comes installed by default? I didn't know there was a build on SlackBuilds. It's in my /use/bin/ after a clean install.

Oh wait, you didn't say SlackBuilds... oops. Should I uninstall the default and use his.package?

It doesn't look like the developer has a package on their site. Just some files to download with a SlackBuild so you can generate your own package. But it is in -current, and from what I can tell, it should be safe to pull this package from -current and install it on 14.2 (generally this doesn't work, but it looks like it's just a repackaging of binaries, not compiling something, so this should be one of the few exceptions that works).

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Oh it's a bash script I'm pretty sure. I will just pull the -current version. I'm sure it doesn't rely on Bash 5.X.

Unless someone has a better fix.

To expand, the only real problem seems to be that all the links on somafm are different from the links in the script.

as root how about instead

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That should be upgradepkg, not installpkg, since he already has a different version installed.

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I just downloaded the package from Slackware current and installed it (upgradepkg) on 14.2

http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwa...5-noarch-1.txz

Thank you glorspitz, it seems that the package that comes preinstalled just doesn't work. The package you and other referred to works just fine. Thank you very much all for your help.

Some stations are out since for some years. I saw the win and deb GUI app SOMA and stated that should have a refreshed one.

The Soma bash script works fine in both 15.0 and -current and should be already installed

The file /etc/soma/stations holds all the stations, over time some of them have changed but with somafm stations its very easy to find out the new links.

Go to the somafm page and hover over the links and it will tell you the new address at the bottom of the browser. Just fill in the change usually its nothing more than changing the name of the *.pls.

You should be able to update the BBC links too, at least I did on my last install. I'm at work at present and don't have access to my home machine but over the next couple of days, if I feel motivated , i'll post my stations file.

Irrelevant to the post but this script was my first major study when learning bash so I have a strong affection for it