Installing MPD on Fedora CoreOS Latest

MPD (Music Player Daemon) is a flexible, powerful, and lightweight music player daemon. It supports a variety of sound formats and features client-server architecture for remote control. In this tutorial, we will see how to install MPD on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest
• Sudo access or root privileges

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

MPD has some dependencies that need to be installed before installing MPD. Run the following commands to install the required dependencies:

sudo dnf install gcc make libao-devel libcurl-devel libmad-devel libid3tag-devel flac-devel libvorbis-devel

Step 2 - Download and Extract MPD

Download the latest version of MPD from their official website using the following command:

wget http://www.musicpd.org/download/mpd/xx.xx/mpd-xx.xx.tar.xz

Replace the xx.xx with the latest version number. Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -xf mpd-xx.xx.tar.xz

Step 3 - Compile and Install MPD

Now we need to compile and install MPD. Run the following commands to compile and install MPD:

cd mpd-xx.xx
./configure
make && sudo make install

Once the installation is completed, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

mpd --version

Step 4 - Configure MPD

Now that MPD is installed, you need to configure it for your music library. This can be done by editing the mpd.conf file. Run the following command to open the mpd.conf file in your preferred editor:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/mpd.conf

The mpd.conf file contains various configuration options. You can set your music directory, output audio device, and other settings according to your requirements.

Step 5 - Start MPD

Once you have configured MPD, you can start the MPD daemon using the following command:

mpd

Alternatively, you can use the following command to start the MPD daemon in the background:

mpd --no-daemon

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install MPD on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS. You also saw how to configure and start the MPD daemon. Now you can play your favorite music from your Fedora CoreOS machine using MPD.

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