Note

May 2019: this page several years old, and there are now much simpler ways to set up an MPD/upmpdcli-based Raspberry Pi music player: download one of the dedicated distributions (Moode Audio, Volumio, Archphile, Pi MusicBox and others), copy it to an SD card, boot up the Pi and be up and running. I’ve done a superquick test of the different distributions recently (2019), mostly dealing with installation and setup, and my favorites are Moode Audio if you want a WEB interface, or the lighter Archphile if you can use the nice manual and deal with the Linux command line and editors. The procedure which follows still works though, and, because it is based on age-old command line steps and standard knowledge, it will hopefully continue to. If you are not an old Linux/Unix hand, you may learn a few things while following it, especially if you have the curiosity to research a bit around the more unfamiliar steps (and I’ll be glad to answer questions as well as I can).