# Caldera headless installation - how to authenticate etc?

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**Created:** [June 22, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/caldera-headless-installation-how-to-authenticate-etc/939905 "2026-06-22T14:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![draakko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@draakko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/draakko)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/caldera-headless-installation-how-to-authenticate-etc/939905/1 "2026-06-22T14:35:51Z")

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> sudo curl -sSL [https://releases.caldera.homes/music/headless/install.sh](https://releases.caldera.homes/music/headless/install.sh) | bash  
> Installing caldera-music for aarch64…
> 
> Installed to /home/me/caldera-music
> 
> Next steps:
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> 1. Authenticate: /home/me/caldera-music/caldera-music --login --player-name NAME
> 2. Start service: systemctl --user enable --now caldera-music
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> Optional: set audio device with --device (list with --list-devices)
> 
> To upgrade later: curl -sSL [https://releases.caldera.homes/music/headless/upgrade.sh](https://releases.caldera.homes/music/headless/upgrade.sh) | bash

What do I enter after this command? /home/me/caldera-music/caldera-music --login --player-name NAME? What is the NAME I need to enter?

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**Author:** ![draakko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@draakko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/draakko)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/caldera-headless-installation-how-to-authenticate-etc/939905/2 "2026-06-22T14:45:11Z")

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Just giving it a name like Livingroom, I get the following error

/home/me/caldera-music/bin/caldera-music: cannot execute: required file not found

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**Author:** ![draakko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@draakko](https://forums.plex.tv/u/draakko)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/caldera-headless-installation-how-to-authenticate-etc/939905/3 "2026-06-22T14:54:46Z")

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Looks like I need to have a 64 bit raspberry pi os for this and mine is 32 bit.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/caldera-headless-installation-how-to-authenticate-etc/939905/4 "2026-09-20T14:55:07Z")

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