How To Install mpdscribble on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdscribble on Kali Linux. mpdscribble is Last.fm reporting client for mpd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdscribble on Kali Linux.

What is mpdscribble

mpdscribble is:

Music Player Daemon client which collects information about played tracks and submits them to the Last.fm social music network (formerly known as Audioscrobbler). If submission servers are not reachable, submissions are enqueued and stored on disk cache.

The client can be also configured to use other scrobbling services like Libre.fm.

This package contains daemon which can be optionally installed system wide.

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

Install mpdscribble Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mpdscribble

Install mpdscribble Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mpdscribble

Install mpdscribble Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install mpdscribble

How To Uninstall mpdscribble on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mpdscribble

Uninstall mpdscribble And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mpdscribble and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpdscribble

Remove mpdscribble Configurations and Data

To remove mpdscribble configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mpdscribble

Remove mpdscribble configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpdscribble

Dependencies

mpdscribble have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpdscribble package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.