Music Player Command (mpc) - INSTALL Requirements ------------ * a C99 compliant compiler (e.g. gcc) * libmpdclient 2.0 Download -------- Get the latest release from of mpc from http://www.musicpd.org Compile ------- 1) unzip and untar the archive $ tar zxvf mpc-x.x.x.tar.gz 2) change to directory created $ cd mpc-x.x.x 3) Run configure script (this will determine what dependencies you have and write the Makefile) $ ./configure 4) Compile $ make Install (Optional) ------- $ su -c "make install" Run --- As default, mpc connects to localhost:6600, but otherwise can be specified by changing the MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT environment variables. This is mostly done by: $ export MPD_HOST=<host/ip> $ export MPD_PORT=1337 If a password is need for accessing mpd: $ export MPD_HOST=password@<host/ip> Commands -------- For more information about which commands do what, refer either to the help (mpc -h) or for more detailed information refer to the manual page at man 1 mpc. Bash-completion --------------- If you want to be able to tab-complete the commands for mpc, you can copy the contents of mpc-bashrc to your own ~/.bashrc . Using mpc --------- To use mpc, you should run MPD on a machine. You can download MPD at http://www.musicpd.org.
