MPD (Music Player Daemon) is a lightweight and flexible music player server that allows you to play your music collection from different devices using various clients. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install MPD on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, make sure your system is up to date using the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
To install MPD, follow these steps:
Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.
Install MPD using the following command:
sudo apt-get install mpd
Once the installation is complete, you should see the MPD package on your system.
Now that MPD is installed, we need to configure it to point to our music directory.
Navigate to the configuration file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/mpd.conf
Look for the music_directory and playlist_directory options and replace the default paths with the path to your music collection and playlists.
music_directory "/path/to/your/music/collection"
playlist_directory "/path/to/your/playlists"
Note: Make sure you replace /path/to/your/music/collection and /path/to/your/playlists with the actual path to your music collection and playlists directory.
Save the changes and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y, and finally Enter.
To start or stop the MPD service, you need to use the following commands:
To start the MPD service, type:
sudo systemctl start mpd
To stop the MPD service, type:
sudo systemctl stop mpd
In this tutorial, we learned how to install MPD on Elementary OS Latest and how to configure it to point to our music collection. You can now start the MPD service, connect to it using various MPD clients, and enjoy your music collection.
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