# Install pms with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Practical Music Search, an ncurses-based MPD client. Version 0.42 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pms.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pms
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pms
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pms
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pms from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#pms
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pm/pms/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pms
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.42
- **Source summary:** Practical Music Search, an ncurses-based MPD client
- **Homepage:** <https://kimtore.github.io/pms/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kimtore/pms>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T22:58:16+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- pms (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.42

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pms/pms.conf, ~/.config/pms/pms.conf, /etc/xdg/pms/pms.conf
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pms - 0.42-1.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pms from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Practical Music Search, an MPD client | http://pms.sourceforge.net
- Nix - pms: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pm/pms/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - pms - 0.42-1.1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pms from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Practical Music Search, an MPD client | http://pms.sourceforge.net


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pms.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pms.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph