<?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <book> <title>The Music Player Daemon - User's Manual</title> <chapter> <title>Introduction</title> <para> </para> </chapter> <chapter> <title>Installation</title> <para> We recommend that you use the software installation routines of your distribution to install MPD. Most operating systems have a MPD package, which is very easy to install. </para> <section> <title>Installing on Debian/Ubuntu</title> <para> Install the package <filename>mpd</filename>: </para> <programlisting>apt-get install mpd</programlisting> </section> <section> <title>Compiling from source</title> <para> Download the source tarball from <ulink url="http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Server">the MPD home page</ulink> and unpack it: </para> <programlisting>tar xjf mpd-0.14.2.tar.bz cd mpd-0.14.2</programlisting> <para> Make sure that all the required libraries and build tools are installed. The <filename>INSTALL</filename> file has a list. </para> <para> Now configure the source tree: </para> <programlisting>./configure</programlisting> <para> The <parameter>--help</parameter> argument shows a list of compile-time options. When everything is ready and configured, compile: </para> <programlisting>make</programlisting> <para> And install: </para> <programlisting>make install</programlisting> </section> </chapter> <chapter> <title>Configuration</title> <para> </para> </chapter> <chapter> <title>Plugin reference</title> <para> </para> </chapter> </book>