How To Install mpc on Debian 12

Learn how to install mpc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mpc is command-line tool to interface MPD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpc on Debian 12.

What is mpc

mpc is:

MPC, music player command, is a command line tool to interface MPD, Music Player Daemon. It is fast and lightweight like MPD, making it ideal for scripting commands and binding to hotkeys. Completion for the Bash shell is provided.

There are three methods to install mpc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mpc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mpc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mpc

Install mpc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mpc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mpc

Install mpc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mpc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpc

How To Uninstall mpc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove mpc

Uninstall mpc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpc

Remove mpc Configurations and Data

To remove mpc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpc

Remove mpc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mpc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpc

Dependencies

mpc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.