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How To Install Parole 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To Install Parole 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

Parole is a simple media player used for Linux and other UNIX like operating systems. It is designed to be efficient, using very few system resources. It is based on the Gstreamer framework and allows for plugin extensions to support most open file formats.

Installation

Add the repository of Parole using PPA as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:~#  add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
 Apps that are not available in Ubuntu universe repositories or the Ubuntu repositories only provide an old version
Maintained by http://ubuntuhandbook.org
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Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease       
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [5,524 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [5,520 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [3,472 B]
Fetched 29.9 kB in 2s (14.7 kB/s)        
Reading package lists... Done

Update the system repository

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease      
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease       
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease    
Reading package lists... Done

Proceed to install the Parole application as follows. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install parole -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:
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Setting up xfconf (4.12.1-1) ...
Setting up libxfconf-0-2 (4.12.1-1) ...
Setting up libchromaprint1:amd64 (1.4.3-1) ...
Setting up libxfce4ui-2-0:amd64 (4.13.4-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libavformat57:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up libavfilter6:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up gstreamer1.0-libav:amd64 (1.14.0-1) ...
Setting up parole (1.0.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

After the installation, you can access the application from the menu.

You can play any Audio or video file using via Parole

you can verify the version by navigating to the help menu.

With this, the method to Install Parole 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Media player
FAQ
Q
what is the license of parole media player?
A
It is free software and distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Q
When I start parole it is not clear how to load and start the movie. The movie is a dvd purchased from the store. How do I start the movie using parole?
A
It works although the Insert Disc menu item is still grey. To Play, click Open Location and put there dvd:///dev/sr0 . Also be sure you might need to have next previously installed:

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
Q
Can I control Parole with keyboard shortcuts?
A
To configure Parole keyboard shortcuts in Xubuntu, go to the folder ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/ and open the following file with a text editor (double-click will open in browser
xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
Q
Is there any alternative of parole media player?
A
PotPlayer AIMP SMPlayer MX Player.
Q
How to remove this application?
A
Run the following command,
# apt-get remove parole