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How to install Amarok – 2.9.0 on Ubuntu – 18.04

To install Amarok &ndash 2.9.0 on Ubuntu &ndash 18.04

Amarok is a free and open-source cross-platform music player. Although Amarok is developed under the KDE project, it is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle. Amarok is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. It is simple to install Amarok and this tutorial covers the ground in the same process.

Installing Amarok &ndash 2.9.0

Let us first start with updating the system repository as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [242 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Fetched 242 kB in 2s (159 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Amarok is available in default ubuntu repository on ubuntu 18.04 so you can directly start installing using the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install Amarok
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
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Setting up kdelibs5-plugins (4:4.14.38-0ubuntu3) ...
Setting up plasma-scriptengine-javascript (4:17.08.3-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up kde-runtime (4:17.08.3-0ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu to provide /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu (kdesu) in auto mode
Setting up amarok (2:2.9.0-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libvlc-bin:amd64 (3.0.1-3build1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.2-1ubuntu1) ...

After installing an application, you can access the application from the Ubuntu search menu.

The Amarok application is launched now as you can see from the below image

In order to check the version, navigate to the help menu and click on about option.

With this, the method to install Amarok &ndash 2.9.0 on Ubuntu &ndash 18.04 comes to an end

Tag : Ubuntu amarok
FAQ
Q
Why Amarok won't play MP3S, What can I do?
A
You probably lack the codecs required by your particular Phonon backend (Gstreamer, or VLC). Please report this to your distribution if you were not prompted to install them automatically when you started Amarok for the first time.
Q
How do I remove tracks from the list?
A
Select the track(s) you want to remove, and press the Delete key. Or right-click the selection and choose Remove From Playlist.
Q
Can i use Amarok without KDE?
A
Amarok requires parts of KDE to be installed to run, but will run fine in Gnome or other desktop environments, including Windows and OS X. For Amarok to run, kdelibs and kdebase-runtime need to be installed.
Q
how to control Amarok from the keyboard?
A
To control Amarok from the console, type
amarok --help-all
for a current complete list of available control commands.
Q
What is Amarok?
A
Amarok is an audio player. More information can be found in a summary of its features and the screenshot gallery.