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How to install DeadBeef 0.7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install DeadBeef 0.7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Deadbeef is free and open source audio player application. It is available for GNU+Linux and Android and other Unix-like operating systems. It has a lot of features for music enhancement. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of DeadBeef on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Add the repository of DeadBeef using PPA

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:starws-box/deadbeef-player -y
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease   
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15.4 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease                            
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease                          
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1,156 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1,148 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/starws-box/deadbeef-player/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [800 B]
Fetched 18.5 kB in 5s (3,519 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Install the DeadBeef package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install deadbeef -y
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:
  i965-va-driver libaacs0 libavcodec57 libavformat57 libavutil55 libbdplus0 libbluray2
  libcddb2 libchromaprint1 libcrystalhd3 libfaad2 libgif7 libgme0 libid3tag0 libimlib2
  libmad0 libopenjp2-7 libopenmpt0 libshine3 libsnappy1v5 libsoxr0 libssh-gcrypt-4
  libswresample2 libva-drm2 libva-x11-2 libva2 libvdpau1 libx264-152 libx265-146 libxvidcore4
  libzip4 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 mesa-va-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers va-driver-all
  vdpau-driver-all
Suggested packages:
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Setting up libbdplus0:amd64 (0.1.2-2) ...
Setting up libmad0:amd64 (0.15.1b-8ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libzvbi0:amd64 (0.2.35-13) ...
Setting up libva-x11-2:amd64 (2.1.0-3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Setting up libavutil55:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libimlib2:amd64 (1.4.10-1) ...
Setting up libswresample2:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up va-driver-all:amd64 (2.1.0-3) ...
Setting up vdpau-driver-all:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libavcodec57:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up libchromaprint1:amd64 (1.4.3-1) ...
Setting up libavformat57:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up deadbeef (0.7.2.1-1~bionic~ppa1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the DeadBeef from the Menu as shown here

DeadBeef application

The version of DeadBeef can be found in Help-> About

With this, the method to install DeadBeef 0.7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Ubuntu music player
Comment
Dominius
Nov 14 2018
At no stage in this tutorial was it mentioned that all "apt-get" commands in a desktop install of Ubuntu MUST be executed as root. You would be advised to add this fact in a revision of this page. Thanks. (An Ubuntu user since 2012)
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FAQ
Q
Why deadbeef is not available from 's official package repository?
A
Please contact your distribution representative to get information about this issue. In Linux, it's not generally possible for software developers to control whether their software is in the repositories, or not. Please don't contact deadbeef developers with questions about this.
Q
Deadbeef takes too much CPU% when playing APE files?
A
APE files encoded with extreme compression settings may be very CPU intensive to decode. Consider switching to WavPack or FLAC.

APE files encoded with extreme compression settings may be very CPU intensive to decode. Consider switching to WavPack or FLAC.
Q
what are the platforms it supports with
A
It supports,
GNU+Linux and Android and other Unix-like operating systems
Q
Deadbeef crashes or freezes. I want to report a bug. How do I do that?
A
You need to make GDB backtrace.
Q
what are its best alternatives?
A
The alternatives are,
foobar,vlc,clementne and it goes on