HOWTO: Install and Customize Music Player Daemon in Ubuntu (v2)

[khaeru]

I got this working in edgy:

# Install (or use Synaptic)
sudo apt-get install mpd mpc gmpc

# Replace mpd music directory with symlink to your own; I have my music in /home/khaeru/Music
sudo rmdir /var/lib/mpd/music
sudo ln -s ~/Music /var/lib/mpd/music

# Restart and update database
sudo /etc/init.d/mpd restart
mpc update

Run gmpc from the GNOME menu, click the 'Configure gmpc' button, then 'Connect'. Should be good! I also like pympd -- it tells me I have 9135 songs, 27 days 4 hours and 12 minutes of music -)

[qball]

A new gmpc is making progress nicely, and if you want to try it before it's released you can follow the following howto (just something trown together, sorry for this, I will try to improve it)

http://musicpd.org/~qball/HowtoGmpc.html

For a few screenshots look here:
http://musicpd.org/~qball/Manual.chunked/
and:
http://images.qballcow.nl/gmpc/gmpc-metainfo.png

[Fab]

thanks, qball. worked perfectly fine (one req was missing afair, gob(2) )
I really like the new features

Oh yeah, which package(s) do I need for the wikipedia plugin? It says something about gtk-mozembed or similar (cant remember right now) missing..

[qball]

I indeed forgot to add gob2, I will add it...

you need firefox-dev and this: http://wordpress.qballcow.nl/2006/06...r-heres-a-fix/

[Fab]

works!

[qball]

Updated document here: http://sarine.nl/index.php?page=gmpc-compile-svn

[ShiftyPowers]

Hi,

When i run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure mpd

nothing happen in the terminal ...
All the packages are installed

Tnx,
Luca.

I tried this as well and get nothing coming up on the terminal when doing the dpkg-reconfigure. Also, after the sudo aptitude install mpd mpc gmpc I get absolutely no mpd.conf anywhere in my system. Anyone have any idea?

[elektronaut]

Don't rely on information found in posts that were made a year ago! Software changes quickly, especially if it's Open Source Software
Just follow this post, it worked for me.

[khaeru]

Don't rely on information found in posts that were made a year ago! Software changes quickly, especially if it's Open Source Software
Just follow this post, it worked for me.

Thanks, elektronaut! I've since stopped using gmpc, and after having tried almost all of the available MPD clients, I've settled on Sonata. I asked for it to be included in the Feisty repositories - in the meantime, an Ubuntu .deb is available at http://packages.matt-good.net

So, in my above post, only use

sudo apt-get install mpd mpc

... then follow the rest, and finally install the Sonata .deb. You're set!

[el_itur]

Khaeru, thanks for clearing things up.

I've tried up sonata. IT ROCKS.

Good by aoudacious, gmpc, and friends