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Download the lastest verision of GNUMP3D from here
Then extract it
tar -xzvf gnump3d-x-x.tar.gz
replace x-x with the version of gnump3d
Change directory to the extacted file
cd gnump3d-x.x
     this may varry depending on the version of gnump3d
Installaion is easy, just one command
sudo make install
Next part is configuring it, pretty much all configuration is in
/etc/gnump3d/gnump3d.conf
file, so edit it and make change if needed
nano /etc/gnump3d/gnump3d.conf
Next part is indexing all of your music collection
gnump3d --verbose
Now run the gnump3d server
gnump3d --fast
Your output will look like this, with pointer at the end:

GNUMP3d v3.0 by Steve Kemp
http://www.gnump3d.org/

GNUMP3d is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License,
and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under
certain conditions.

For full details please visit the COPYING URL given below:
Copying details: http://localhost:8008/COPYING GNUMP3d now serving upon: http://localhost:8008/ GNUMP3d website: http://www.gnump3d.org/
By default gnump3d runs in foreground. But you can run it in background by this command
gnump3d --fast --background
If you want to run gnump3d on start up, add it in /etc/rc.local file so
nano /etc/rc.local
And add the following at the end of the file [rc.local]
gnump3d --fast --background
That is it, enjoy your GNUMP3D server

To get the statistics of your collection
gnump3d-index --stats