Originally published on eve.gd on 21 May 2013, last updated 6 September 2026.
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If you are experiencing crashes when you update your mpd library on Ubuntu 12.10, the fault is with libmad0.
This can be fixed by installing libmad0 from Debian Wheeze. As root:
wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libm/libmad/libmad0_0.15.1b-7_armhf.deb dpkg -i ./libmad0_0.15.1b-7_armhf.deb
I can confirm that this has fixed my update crashes. When I get to the box itself I'll confirm whether audio playback still works!
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1. ‘Bug #989846 "libmad causes mpd to seg fault on update"’, Launchpad <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmad/+bug/989846>
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmad/+bug/989846