# Install pms with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Practical Music Search, an ncurses-based MPD client. Version 0.42 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pms
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pms
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pms
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pms from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pms
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pm/pms/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pms
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pms>
- **Version:** 0.42
- **Source summary:** Practical Music Search, an ncurses-based MPD client
- **Homepage:** <https://kimtore.github.io/pms/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kimtore/pms>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/kimtore/pms#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pms/pms/0.42/pms-0.42.tar.bz2>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T15:53:42-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- pms (cli)
- pms (alias)

## Dependencies

- gettext
- glib

## Build dependencies

- gettext
- pkgconf

## Uses from macOS

- ncurses

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- 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: 0.42
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://kimtore.github.io/pms/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## 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: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pms/pms.conf, ~/.config/pms/pms.conf, /etc/xdg/pms/pms.conf
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pms
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pms - 0.42-1.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pms from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Practical Music Search, an MPD client | http://pms.sourceforge.net
- Nix - pms: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pm/pms/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pms - 0.42-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pms from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Practical Music Search, an MPD client | http://pms.sourceforge.net


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [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.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [ncspot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ncspot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music, ncurses.
- [chordii](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chordii/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music.
- [dzr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dzr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music.
- [mufetch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mufetch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music.
- [nowplaying-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nowplaying-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music.
- [shpotify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shpotify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music.
- [vimpc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vimpc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpd-client, ncurses, vim-like.
- [abcmidi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcmidi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, music.
- [ncmpcpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ncmpcpp/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: based, cli, client, media, mpd.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pms.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/pms.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph