Try without installing

You can try rmpc without installing. Simply run the command below in your terminal. Credits to zellij for this idea!

bash <(curl -sL https://mierak.github.io/rmpc/run-rmpc)

Caution

Do not run unknown commands from the internet. Always check the source code yourself. You can find the source code of the script that will be executed here.

Or in this section

run-rmpc

#!/bin/sh

case "$(uname -m)" in
"x86_64" | "aarch64")
    arch=$(uname -m)
    ;;
*)
    echo "Your system is not supported. Supported systems: Linux"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

case $(uname -s) in
"Linux")
    system="unknown-linux-gnu"
    ;;
*)
    echo "Your system is not supported. Supported systems: Linux"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac

mkdir -p /tmp/rmpc
tag=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/mierak/rmpc/releases/latest" | sed -n 's/\s*"tag_name": "\(.*\)",/\1/p')
curl -s -L --no-progress-meter "https://github.com/mierak/rmpc/releases/latest/download/rmpc-$tag-$arch-$system.tar.gz" | tar -C "/tmp/rmpc" -xz

printf "Thank you for trying out rmpc! Just one more thing.\n" >&2
printf "Rmpc needs to know the IP address and port to connect to.\n" >&2
printf "These values can be found in your mpd config. Please provide them below.\n\n" >&2

printf "Enter MPD's IP address (defaults to 127.0.0.1): " >&2
read -r mpd_ip
printf "Enter MPD's port (defaults to 6600): " >&2
read -r mpd_port

exec /tmp/rmpc/rmpc --address "${mpd_ip:-127.0.0.1}:${mpd_port:-6600}"

Nix

rmpc is available in the unstable channel. If you have Nix installed, you can start it like so:

nix run nixpkgs#rmpc