How To Install mpmv on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install mpdtoys

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install mpdtoys

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is mpmv and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install mpmv on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install mpmv on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install mpmv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mpdtoys

Install mpmv on CentOS 8 using yum

Because mpmv is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install mpmv package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mpdtoys

How to upgrade (update) a single package mpmv using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like mpmv in this example you should use the following command:

yum update mpdtoys

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade mpdtoys

How to Upgrade mpmv on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update mpdtoys

How To remove mpmv from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mpmv package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove mpdtoys

Extra info and code examples

This is a collection of small toys and tools for doing various things to MPD (Music Player Daemon) from the command line. Some of them are very useful, while others are only amusing. Some examples of things the mpdtoys can do include moving the playing song between different mpd daemons on different machines, storing the state of a mpd daemon and loading it back later, reversing the playlist, slowly fading volume up or down, stopping playback after the current song finishes, emulating a skipping record, and editing the playlist in a text editor.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install mpmv using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the mpmv from CentOS 8.

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