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C* Music Player
GPL-2.0Console music player
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Overview
cmus — C* Music Player
Copyright © 2004-2008 Timo Hirvonen [email protected]
Copyright © 2008-2017 Various Authors
Configuration
$ ./configure
By default, features are auto-detected. To list all configuration options, run
./configure --help. Some common autoconf-style options like --prefix are
also available.
After running configure you can see from the generated config.mk file
what features have been configured in (see the CONFIG_* options).
The packages containing dependencies on common distributions are listed below. All dependencies other than pkg-config and ncurses, iconv, and elogind/systemd are for optional input/output plugins. It is assumed that libc headers, a C compiler, git, and GNU Make are available.
| Distro | Dependencies |
|---|---|
| Debian/Ubuntu | apt install pkg-config libncursesw5-dev libfaad-dev libao-dev libasound2-dev libcddb2-dev libcdio-cdda-dev libdiscid-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libswresample-dev libflac-dev libjack-dev libmad0-dev libmodplug-dev libmpcdec-dev libsystemd-dev libopusfile-dev libpulse-dev libsamplerate0-dev libsndio-dev libvorbis-dev libwavpack-dev |
| Fedora/RHEL | dnf install 'pkgconfig(ncursesw)' 'pkgconfig(alsa)' 'pkgconfig(ao)' 'pkgconfig(libcddb)' 'pkgconfig(libcdio_cdda)' 'pkgconfig(libdiscid)' 'pkgconfig(libavformat)' 'pkgconfig(libavcodec)' 'pkgconfig(libswresample)' 'pkgconfig(flac)' 'pkgconfig(jack)' 'pkgconfig(mad)' 'pkgconfig(libmodplug)' libmpcdec-devel 'pkgconfig(libsystemd)' 'pkgconfig(opusfile)' 'pkgconfig(libpulse)' 'pkgconfig(samplerate)' 'pkgconfig(vorbisfile)' 'pkgconfig(wavpack)' |
| + RPMFusion | dnf install faad2-devel libmp4v2-devel |
| Arch Linux | pacman -S pkg-config ncurses libiconv faad2 alsa-lib libao libcddb libcdio-paranoia libdiscid ffmpeg flac jack libmad libmodplug libmp4v2 libmpcdec systemd opusfile libpulse libsamplerate libvorbis wavpack |
| Alpine | apk add pkgconf ncurses-dev gnu-libiconv-dev alsa-lib-dev libao-dev libcddb-dev ffmpeg-dev flac-dev jack-dev libmad-dev libmodplug-dev elogind-dev opus-dev opusfile-dev pulseaudio-dev libsamplerate-dev libvorbis-dev wavpack-dev |
| Termux | apt install libandroid-support ncurses libiconv ffmpeg libmad libmodplug opusfile pulseaudio libflac libvorbis libwavpack |
| Homebrew | brew install pkg-config ncurses faad2 libao libcddb libcdio libdiscid ffmpeg flac jack mad libmodplug mp4v2 musepack opusfile libsamplerate libvorbis wavpack |
Building
$ make
Or on some BSD systems you need to explicitly use GNU make:
$ gmake
Installation
$ make install
Or to install to a temporary directory:
$ make install DESTDIR=~/tmp/cmus
This is useful when creating binary packages.
Remember to replace make with gmake if needed.
Manuals
$ man cmus-tutorial
And
$ man cmus
IRC Channel
Feel free to join IRC channel #cmus on Libera.chat and share you experience, problems and issues. Note: This is an unofficial channel and all people hanging around there are for the love of cmus.
Reporting Bugs
Bugs should be reported using the GitHub issue tracker. When creating a new issue, a template will be shown containing instructions on how to collect the necessary information.
Additional debug information can be found in ~/cmus-debug.txt if you
configured cmus with maximum debug level (./configure DEBUG=2). In case of a
crash the last lines may be helpful.
Git Repository
$ git clone https://github.com/cmus/cmus.git
Hacking
cmus uses the Linux kernel coding style. Use hard tabs. Tabs are always 8 characters wide. Keep the style consistent with rest of the code.
Bug fixes and implementations of new features should be suggested as a pull request directly on GitHub.
