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How to install MusicBrainz Picard on Ubuntu 17.04.

How to install MusicBrainz Picard on ubuntu 17.04.

MusicBrainz Picard 1.4, the recently released version, is a cross-platform music tagger built using Python. It supports all popular music formats, including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, and more. The installation of MusicBrainz Picard on Ubuntu 17.4. is covered in this article.

Installing MusicBrainz Picard

The foremost step before installing MusicBrainz Picard is to add the dependency package into repository via ppa. Run the following command for the same purpose. 

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:musicbrainz-developers/daily
 
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~musicbrainz-developers/+archive/ubuntu/daily
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmppx3f4m02/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmppx3f4m02/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 0CC3AFF5CEDF0F40: public key " Launchpad PPA for MusicBrainz Developers"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK


Once the dependency packages are added, update the machine by executing the apt-get update command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get  update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB]     
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/musicbrainz-developers/daily/ubuntu zesty InRelease
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Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease [89.2 kB]
Fetched 268 kB in 2s (94.2 kB/s)     
Reading package lists... Done

All is set for the installation of MusicBrainz Picard. Invoke the following command to execute the installation process in your machine. 

root@linuxhelp:~#  apt-get install picard
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up python-qt4 (4.11.4+dfsg-2) ...
Setting up picard (1.3.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

After installing MusicBrainz Picard go to Ubuntu dashboard and type musicbrainz. The application logo appears on your screen, click the icon to open it.

The application appears on your screen.

With this, the complete installation of MusicBrainz Picard is over. Enjoy using the application for satisfying your music playing needs.

Tag : Audio Player Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
How do I tell Picard which browser to use?
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On Windows, GNOME and KDE, Picard uses the standard browser for these systems. On other systems, you can use the BROWSERenvironment variable.
sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
Q
What formats will Picard support?
A
Picard is intended to eventually support all formats (including fingerprinting), but this is a complex (arguably never-ending) process, and will take some time.
Q
Does it support the wav format?
A
It supports all popular music formats, including MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA, WAV, and more.
Q
What Is the stable repository to be used for linuxmint?
A
please run the command to add the repo as "add-apt-repository ppa:musicbrainz-developers/daily".
Q
How to remove a software from debian based Os?
A
use the command as below "apt-get remove packagename".