# Install mpdas with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix C++ client to submit tracks to audioscrobbler. Version 0.4.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mpdas ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mpdas ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mpdas ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mpdas from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mpdas ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpdas 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#mpdas ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdas/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mpdas - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.4.5 - **Source summary:** C++ client to submit tracks to audioscrobbler - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - mpdas (cli) - mpdas (alias) ## Dependencies - libmpdclient ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - curl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.4.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.50hz.ws/mpdas/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage mpdas is a C++ AudioScrobbler client for Music Player Daemon, maintained in Henrik Friedrichsen's hrkfdn/mpdas repository. It uses libmpdclient to read song data from MPD and libcurl to submit that data to Last.fm, and the README identifies support for the 2.0 AudioScrobbler protocol. Its feature set is practical rather than broad: now-playing updates, scrobbling, caching, config files, user switching, and Last.fm love/unlove integration via MPD client-to-client messages. ### Project history The FreeBSD port history places mpdas in packaging channels by November 2008 and describes its original niche clearly: an MPD scrobbler written in C++ that cached played songs during downtime or connectivity problems. That made it an alternative to mpdscribble for users whose MPD setup needed Last.fm submission, especially around protocol compatibility and offline caching. ### How it is used In practice, mpdas is configured with a .mpdasrc-style config containing Last.fm and MPD connection details, then run beside MPD so listening history can be submitted without involving a desktop music player. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - formula declares a Homebrew service ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.mpdasrc, $PREFIX/mpdasrc ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.mpdasrc, $PREFIX/mpdasrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mpdas - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - mpdas - 0.4.5-1+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mpdas from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | AudioScrobbler client for MPD | https://50hz.ws/mpdas/ - Nix - mpdas: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdas/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - mpdas - 0.4.5-1build3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: mpdas from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | AudioScrobbler client for MPD | https://50hz.ws/mpdas/ - dnf - mpdas - 0.4.5-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mpdas from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | An MPD audioscrobbling client | http://50hz.ws/mpdas/ ## 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. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mpdscribble](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpdscribble/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, lastfm, media, mpd. - [cmusfm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmusfm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, lastfm, media. - [mpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [mpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [rmpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rmpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media, mpd. - [abcde](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcde/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [adplay](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplay/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. - [adplug](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/adplug/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: audio, cli, media. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mpdas.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mpdas.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - 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