Compiling from source

Download the source tarball from the MPD home page and unpack it:

tar xjf mpd-version.tar.bz
cd mpd-version

Make sure that all the required libraries and build tools are installed. The INSTALL file has a list.

Now configure the source tree:

./configure

The --help argument shows a list of compile-time options. When everything is ready and configured, compile:

make

And install:

make install