Install SCMPC – Audioscrobbling MPD to Last.fm in Ubuntu 9.10
I've been using SCMPC to scrobble my music played with MPD to Last.fm for a couple of years now. I can't find a package for it in the repositories, but it's easy to install from source. The source hasn't changed in almost 3 years, but it still seems to be working fine.
Here's how I installed it in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
The SCMPC homepage is here. You can download the source at this link.
First install the dependencies you'll need:
sudo apt-get install libargtable2-dev libconfuse-dev libdaemon-dev
You may also need libcurl (I apparently already had it).
Then extract the source code (the file was scmpc-0.2.2.tar.bz2 in my case) by right-clicking and selecting "Extract here". In a terminal, cd into the directory you just extracted. Then just:
./configure make sudo make install
That should install it. Now create a directory for the config file in your home directory:
mkdir ~/.scmpc
You can copy a template for the config file:
cp /usr/local/share/scmpc/scmpc.conf ~/.scmpc/
And then fill in your own details.
Or you can just make your own. Here's copy of mine.
log_level = debug
log_file = "/home/james/.scmpc/scmpc.log"
pid_file = "/home/james/.scmpc/scmpc.pid"
cache_file = "/home/james/.scmpc/scmpc.cache"
mpd {
#host = "localhost"
#port = 6600
#timeout = 5
#password =
}
audioscrobbler {
username = "my_user_name"
password_hash = "a_hash_of_my_password"
}
I keep all of SCMPC's operating files in ~/.scmpc
I use password_hash= instead of password= so I don't have to store my password in plain text. You can get a hash of your password like this:
echo -n your_password | md5sum
Don't include any spaces or the dash ( - ) symbol that follow the hash.
Now just start SCMPC and restart MPD. Add SCMPC to your startup programs (System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications) if you want it running at startup.
scmpc sudo /etc/init.d/mpd restart