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How to install Gnome-music player on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Gnome-music player on Ubuntu 18.04

Gnome-music is a free and open source music player application. It is supported for all major operating system such as Linux, micro soft windows, and Mac OS. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Gnome-music player on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Update the system repository using the following command

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<span class="code_sectcolor7">root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update</span>
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Install the Gnome-music package using the following command

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<span class="code_sectcolor7">root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gnome-music -y</span>
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:
 dleyna-server gir1.2-grilo-0.3 gir1.2-mediaart-2.0 gir1.2-tracker-2.0 grilo-plugins-0.3
 grilo-plugins-0.3-extra libcue1 libdleyna-connector-dbus-1.0-1 libdleyna-core-1.0-3
 libenca0 libgif7 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgssdp-1.0-3 libgupnp-1.0-4
 libgupnp-av-1.0-2 libgupnp-dlna-2.0-3 libiptcdata0 libosinfo-1.0-0 libquvi-0.9-0.9.3
 libquvi-scripts-0.9 libtagc0 libtotem-plparser-videosite libtracker-control-2.0-0
 libtracker-miner-2.0-0 lua-bitop lua-expat lua-json lua-lpeg lua-socket osinfo-db tracker
 tracker-extract tracker-miner-fs
Suggested packages:
 libosinfo-l10n
The following NEW packages will be installed:
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Setting up lua-lpeg:amd64 (1.0.0-2) ...
Setting up libenca0:amd64 (1.19-1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-grilo-0.3:amd64 (0.3.4-1) ...
Setting up libtracker-miner-2.0-0:amd64 (2.0.3-1ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libosinfo-1.0-0:amd64 (1.1.0-1) ...
Setting up libgupnp-1.0-4:amd64 (1.0.2-2) ...
Setting up lua-json (1.3.3-2) ...
Setting up tracker-extract (2.0.4-1) ...
Setting up libdleyna-core-1.0-3:amd64 (0.4.0-1) ...
Setting up gir1.2-tracker-2.0:amd64 (2.0.3-1ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libquvi-scripts-0.9 (0.9.20131130-1.1) ...
Setting up libquvi-0.9-0.9.3:amd64 (0.9.3-1.2) ...
Setting up tracker-miner-fs (2.0.4-1) ...
Setting up dleyna-server (0.4.0-1.1) ...
Setting up libtotem-plparser-videosite:amd64 (3.26.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up grilo-plugins-0.3-extra:amd64 (0.3.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up grilo-plugins-0.3 (0.3.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up gnome-music (3.28.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the Gnome-music from the Menu as shown here

Gnome-music application

With this, the method to install Gnome-music on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end..

Tag : Ubuntu music player
FAQ
Q
How to check the status of the track?
A
Use the following command:
tracker status
Q
Is there any specific command for the tracker to update the tracker database?
A
Use the following command:
tracker index -m audio
Q
How to refresh GNOME Music?
A
Install tracker-preferences. This may be as simple as sudo dnf install tracker-preferences, or sudo apt-get install tracker-ui, or you may have to figure out how to install it on your machine.
Open tracker-preferences either at the command line or through your applications menu.
Q
How can I Update the system repository?
A
using the following command:
#apt-get update
Q
What is Gnome-music player on Ubuntu?
A
Gnome-music is a free and open source music player application. It is supported for all major operating system such as Linux, micro soft windows, and Mac OS.