How To Install libmpdclient on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdclient on CentOS 8. libmpdclient is Library for interfacing Music Player Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdclient on CentOS 8.

What is libmpdclient

A stable, documented, asynchronous API library for interfacing MPD in the C, C++ & Objective C languages.

We can use yum or dnf to install libmpdclient on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libmpdclient.

Install libmpdclient on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmpdclient using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmpdclient

Install libmpdclient on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libmpdclient using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmpdclient

How To Uninstall libmpdclient on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libmpdclient package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libmpdclient

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpdclient on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.