Music Player Daemon
Learn how to install, configure, and start MPD (Music Player Daemon) on Gentoo Linux using OpenRC. Includes USE flags, version checks, and boot-time setup.
Install mpd on Gentoo Linux
echo "media-sound/mpd ao bzip2 chromaprint flac lame libmpdclient libsamplerate \
libsoxr modplug mpg123 nfs pipe pulseaudio qobuz recorder samba sid \
sndio soundcloud sqlite udisks" > /etc/portage/package.use/mpd
emerge --ask mpd
Dump version
mpd --version
Start MPD
rc-service mpd start
To start MPD at boot time, add it the default runlevel
rc-update add mpd default