How To Install mpdas on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdas on Ubuntu.
What is mpdas
mpdas is:
This package provides a MPD AudioScrobbler client supporting the 2.0 protocol specs.
It uses libmpdclient to retrieve the song data from MPD and libcurl to post it to Last.fm or Libre.fm.
There are three methods to install mpdas on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mpdas Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpdas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpdas
Install mpdas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpdas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpdas
Install mpdas Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mpdas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpdas
How To Uninstall mpdas on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mpdas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpdas
Uninstall mpdas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpdas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpdas
Remove mpdas Configurations and Data
To remove mpdas configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpdas
Remove mpdas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpdas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpdas
Dependencies
mpdas have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdas package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.