New package: mpd

[Arthur Demchenkov]

package: mpd

url: ​http://musicpd.org/

category: audio/video

proposed BLFS category: chapter 38 - Audio Utilities

version: 0.13.0

download: ​http://musicpd.org/uploads/files/mpd-0.13.0.tar.bz2

dependencies: alsa-utils

optional input dependencies: libmad, libvorbis, flac, audiofile, libmikmod

short description: mpd is a daemon for playing music.

long description: Music Player Daemon (MPD) allows remote access for playing music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Mod, and wave files) and managing playlists. MPD is designed for integrating a computer into a stereo system that provides control for music playback over a local network. It also makes a great desktop music player, especially if you are a console junkie, like frontend options, or restart X often.

build:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

As root user:

make install
useradd -c "Music Player Daemon" -d /dev/null -g audio -s /bin/false -u 999 mpd

configuration: /etc/mpd.conf

init script: in attachment

my rc.d structure:

$ find /etc/rc.d -name '*mpd'
/etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K15mpd
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K15mpd
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S75mpd
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mpd
/etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K15mpd
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S75mpd
/etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S75mpd
/etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K15mpd

MPD clients: ¶

package: mpc

url: ​http://musicpd.org/mpc.shtml

version: 0.12.1

download: ​http://musicpd.org/uploads/files/mpc-0.12.1.tar.bz2

dependencies: none

description: mpc is a command line tool to interface MPD.

build:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

As root user:

make install

package: ncmpc

url: ​http://musicpd.org/mpc.shtml

version: 0.11.1

download: ​http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~shank/ncmpc-0.11.1.tar.gz

dependencies: glib-2

description: ncurses interface for MPD

build:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

As root user:

make install

package: Sonata

url: ​http://sonata.berlios.de/

version: 1.3

download: ​http://download.berlios.de/sonata/sonata-1.3.tar.bz2

dependencies: PyGTK

optional dependencies: ZSI ​http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/ for lyrics support

description: Sonata is GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon.

installation:

python setup.py install

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mpd init script

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