To use XMMS2Scrobbler write your username and password to the config file like this: printf "user: foo\npassword: bar" > \ ~/.config/xmms2/clients/xmms2-scrobbler/config ~/.config is actually $XDG_CONFIG_HOME whose default value is ~/.config. If you wish for XMMS2Scrobbler to start when you start xmms2d, make a symbolic link from /usr/local/bin/xmms2-scrobbler to ~/.xmms2/startup.d/