-bash: mpd: command not found

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Linux pi5 6.18.50+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.18.50-1+rpt1 (2026-09-11) aarch64 GNU/Linux

G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=10
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=7
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
Architecure arm64
Distro version trixie 0
MODEL_NAME RPi 5 Model B (aarch64)
HW_UUID 8920b344-9f5b-4b96-9038-7a48c99a30cc

I have installed mpd and afterward deleted with dietpi-software.
Now I get always I login via ssh the message: -bash: mpd: command not found
What to do? What script tries to connect to mpd?

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Thanx in advance. (great job done)

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Hey HiOpi, welcome to the forum!

First let’s check where this call is coming from. Login into your device and just execute the following

bash --login -x 2>&1 | grep -C 10 -i mpd
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Hi Jappe,

know, it’s only cosmetics, but I want to know. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

bash --login -x 2>&1 | grep -C 10 -i mpd
++ [[ hxB == *i* ]]
++ return 0
+ unset i
+ '[' -n '5.2.37(1)-release' ']'
+ '[' -f /home/pi/.bashrc ']'
+ . /home/pi/.bashrc
++ case $- in
++ return
+ '[' -d /home/pi/bin ']'
+ '[' -d /home/pi/.local/bin ']'
+ '[' '!' -s /home/pi/.config/mpd/pid ']'
+ mpd
/home/pi/.profile: line 30: mpd: command not found
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Hi Jappe,

it’s solved. Line 30 in .profile :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Greetings, HiOpi

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Do you remember to have it added yourself to the profile?

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Either manually added or activated manually by modifying the config, because our installation script deactivates the creating of the PID file

# - PID file is not required for systemd
G_EXEC sed --follow-symlinks -Ei 's/^[[:blank:]]*pid_file[[:blank:]]+/#pid_file /' /etc/mpd.conf
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you are right @Jappe
The home directory is pointing to a user pi which did not exist on DietPi. I guess OP followed a guide from the web and added it manually in the past.

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Hi,

not that I can remember …

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Interesting. After installation of mpd this is all I have in .profile

# ~/.profile: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.

if [ "$BASH" ]; then
  if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    . ~/.bashrc
  fi
fi