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Command-line client for MPD

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mpc

mpc is a command-line client for the Music Player Daemon <http://www.musicpd.org/>__.

Installing mpc from source

You need:

  • a C99 compliant compiler (e.g. gcc)
  • libmpdclient 2.16
  • Meson 0.47 <http://mesonbuild.com/>__ and Ninja <https://ninja-build.org/>__

Run meson:

meson . output

Compile and install::

ninja -C output ninja -C output install

Using mpc

Read mpc's manual page for usage instructions.

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.

Links

  • Home page and download <http://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/>__
  • git repository <https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpc/>__
  • Bug tracker <https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpc/issues>__
  • Forum <http://forum.musicpd.org/>__