Are there any up-to-date resources on installing mpd on Slackware? I try and run mpd without sudo and am thrown an error:

I am coming from Linux Mint where you have systemd and starting up processes were easy. How can I get mpd running properly on slackware? And yes, I did install did via the slackbuild.

What was the command?
Did you have a look to the config file?

IIRC I just do

From the docs :

Tonus, I ran the mpd command and then I ran the mpd & command. I have read and edited the config file at ~/.config/mpd/ and am still being thrown the same error. When I installed mpd most of the process was taken cared of through automated means. Is there anything else I should have done or need to do manually?

Can you create the file, as the mpd user:

$ touch /run/mpd/socket

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I'm in a parking lot w/my phone, so I can't test my own install, but the error message appears to suggest that your mpd config is telling mpd to pipe to a socket that doesn't exist yet.

If you don't intend for mpd to pipe to a socket, comment the appropriate line(s) in the config. If you want mpd to pipe to a socket and the user can't write to /run/mpd, create the file in the user's home dir and adjust the config accordingly, or make /run/mpd/socket writable by your user.

cheers,

I have commented out the line pertaining to the socket. Now I am given an error that displays:

I assume the group is the 'audio' group? I currently have the ownership of the mpd (local) configuration file as mpd:users.

Did you create the user 'mpd'? If so, is 'mpd' a member of the audio group? If you created the user 'mpd' using Slackware's adduser shell script, you're prompted thusly:

If you missed that part, then add user 'mpd' to those groups and see what happens.

I have a wee bit of unsolicited (and perhaps contentious) advice: I re-read your initial post and noticed that you mentioned sudo. Sudo is not set up in Slackware, by default, as it is in the 'buntu's, and others.... There are very compelling security *thoughts* as to the wisdom of seemingly unfettered use of sudo. IMNSHO, friends don't let friends use sudo. If you must perform a task as root, then become root, don't fake it.

edit, to elaborate slightly, I'm addressing the use of sudo on a personal system, established by default, as opposed to being established by an administrator....

cheers,

mrclisdue, I do not recall being prompted with such. I can try and add the mpd user to those groups.

EDIT: I have added mpd to those groups to no avail. I still have to run sudo to get mpd to run anyway.