[Slackbuilds-users] ncmpcpp requires mpd

[Daniel Prosser]

Interesting. Ok, well in that case, I think that information should be
mentioned in the README. The "Connection refused" error isn't really
descriptive enough for the uninitiated to understand what the problem
is. It had me scratching my head and googling for a solution the first
time I encountered it.

Also, then, for the sake of consistency with all the others, maybe
mpdscribble shouldn't list mpd as a requirement either? (Again, I 
haven't used it, so that's just my assumption. Maybe mpdscribble 
actually does need to connect to a local mpd instance.)


On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 05:31:49PM -0800, Doogster wrote:
> The reason is that ncmpcpp (and other mpd clients) can connect to an
> mpd instance on a different computer. They don't need mpd installed on
> the same box in order to work.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Prosser <dpross1100 at msn.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > ncmpcpp lists only libmpdclient as a requirement, but not mpd. However,
> > from what I can tell, mpd is required at runtime. If mpd is not running,
> > when I start ncmpcpp I get the following error:
> >
> > ncmpcpp: Connection refused
> >
> > I did a search in the SBo repository and I found that the following
> > MPD clients list libmpdclient as a requirement, but not mpd itself:
> >
> > ario
> > mpc
> > ncmpc
> > ncmpcpp
> > vimpc
> >
> > But there is one that lists both libmpdclient and mpd:
> >
> > mpdscribble
> >
> > Given that so many do not list mpd as a requirement, I'm inclined to
> > think I'm missing something, and mpd must not actually be required for
> > ncmpcpp. If so, I'd like to know what it is that I'm missing. If not,
> > then I think mpd should be added as a requirement for ncmpcpp, and
> > possibly the others listed above as well (though ncmpcpp is the only
> > one I've used, so I don't know for sure).
> >
> > Dan
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