# Install mpc with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Command-line music player client for mpd. Version 0.35 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mpc ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mpc ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mpc ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: audio/mpc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add mpc ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mpc ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mpc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mpc ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mpc ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S mpc ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mpc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libmpc3 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libmpc3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/mpc ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mpc.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mpc - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.35 - **Source summary:** Command-line music player client for mpd - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - mpc (cli) - mpc (alias) ## Dependencies - libmpdclient ## Build dependencies - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.35 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage mpc is the small command-line client in the Music Player Daemon ecosystem. The Music Player Daemon project credits mpc to The Music Player Daemon Project, with contributors including Avuton Olrich, Eric Wong, Florian Schlichting, J. Alexander Treuman, Jeffrey Middleton, Jonathan Neuschaefer, Max Kellermann, Michal Nazarewicz, Richard Molitor, Romain Bignon, and Warren Dukes. Its role has stayed deliberately narrow: connect to an MPD server, send commands, and print status or query results. ### Project history The tool matters because MPD is built around a daemon-and-client split. The MPD manual calls mpc the most basic client, useful in shell scripts, and notes that people bind specific mpc commands to hotkeys. In practice, mpc is the Unixy control surface for MPD: scripts can enqueue music, control playback, inspect the database, format metadata, and automate a headless music setup without a terminal UI or graphical client. ### How it is used As a package, mpc travels with MPD across Unix-like package managers and Homebrew. It occupies the opposite end of the MPD client spectrum from ncurses, web, mobile, and desktop clients: it is not a library or rich browser, but the composable CLI piece that other shell workflows can depend on. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mpc - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mpc - 0.35-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mpc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | command-line tool to interface MPD | https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/ - Nix - mpc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mpc - 0.35-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | command-line tool to interface MPD | https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/ - apk - mpc - 0.35-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Minimalist command line interface to MPD | https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/ - apk - mpc-bash-completion - 0.35-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpc-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for mpc | https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/ - apk - mpc-doc - 0.35-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: mpc-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Minimalist command line interface to MPD (documentation) | https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/ - dnf - mpc - 0.35-8.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Command-line client for MPD | http://www.musicpd.org/ - pacman - mpc - 0.35-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: mpc from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Minimalist command line interface to MPD | https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpc/ - zypper - libmpc3 - 1.4.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libmpc3 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | MPC multiple-precision complex shared library | https://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/ - zypper - libmpc3-32bit - 1.4.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libmpc3-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | MPC multiple-precision complex shared library | https://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/ - zypper - mpc-devel - 1.4.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpc-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | MPC multiple-precision complex library development files | https://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/ - zypper - mpc-devel-32bit - 1.4.1-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mpc-devel-32bit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | MPC multiple-precision complex library development files | https://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/ - MacPorts - mpc: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: audio/mpc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/mpc: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/mpc.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [meson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [freealut](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freealut/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, c, cli, media. - [id3lib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/id3lib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, c, cli, media. - [libmikmod](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libmikmod/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, c, cli, media. - [mpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [mpdas](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpdas/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [mpdscribble](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpdscribble/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [ncmpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ncmpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd, music-player-client. - [ncmpcpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ncmpcpp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd, music-player-client. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpc.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mpc.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph