How to install Penguin subtitle player on linuxmint-18.03
To install Penguin subtitle player on linuxmint 18.03
Penguin Subtitle Player is a free and open source cross-platform standalone subtitle player. you can display subtitles on top of any window without blocking your display.
Features
- Auto encoding detection
- Multiple subtitle formats supported (.srt, .ssa, .ass)
- Drag & drop fileCustomizable layout (Frame size, Background color & Opacity, Font data-style)
- Time fine tuning (Fast forward / backward with customizable time interval)
- Skip to previous / next subtitle
Installation
Add the repository of Penguin subtitle player package using the following command
linuxhelp ~ # add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
You are about to add the following PPA:
The main Web Upd8 PPA maintained by: http://www.webupd8.org/
To add this PPA, simply paste this in a terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
Packages in this PPA: audacious, ap-hotspot, awn-applet-radio, awn-applet-wm, calise, cmus, dockbarx, dockbarx-themes-extra, dropbox-share, emerald, exaile, fbmessenger, gnome-subtitles, gnome-window-applets, grsync, grive, gthumb, launchpad-getkeys, mc, mdm (Mint Display Manager), minitunes, minitube, musique, notifyosdconfig, nautilus-columns, powertop, ppa-purge, rosa-media-player, fixed pulseaudio-equalizer, subtitleeditor, syncwall, umplayer, unity-reboot, wimlib, youtube-dl, xfce4-dockbarx-plugin, xournal, yad, yarock and others. Almost all packages are updated to their latest version.
For other (specialized) PPAs we maintain, see: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team
More info: https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/ubuntu/webupd8
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel
Executing: /tmp/tmp.R28L7nhocQ/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
4C9D234C
gpg: requesting key 4C9D234C from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 4C9D234C: public key " Launchpad webupd8" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
Update the system repository using the following command.
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB] Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main Sources [32.7 kB] Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [43.5 kB] Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [43.5 kB] Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [26.6 kB] Fetched 164 kB in 3s (54.1 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done linuxhelp ~ #
Install the Penguin subtitle player application using the following command.
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install penguin-subtitle-player -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libtagc0 libxfce4ui-2-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4util-common libxfce4util7 libxfconf-0-2 xfconf
Use ' sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
penguin-subtitle-player
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 344 not upgraded.
Need to get 148 kB of archives.
After this operation, 373 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 penguin-subtitle-player amd64 1.1.0-1~webupd8~xenial0 [148 kB]
Fetched 148 kB in 1s (148 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package penguin-subtitle-player.
(Reading database ... 219925 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../penguin-subtitle-player_1.1.0-1~webupd8~xenial0_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking penguin-subtitle-player (1.1.0-1~webupd8~xenial0) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up penguin-subtitle-player (1.1.0-1~webupd8~xenial0) ...
Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here
Penguin subtitle player application
The version of Penguin subtitle player
With this, the method to install Penguin subtitle player on linuxmint-18.03 comes to an end.
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Linux Mint
Q
What are the benefits of relying on standalone utilities in Penguin Subtitle player?
A
An added advantage is the fact that Penguin Subtitle Player can be run from removable memory devices, such as USB sticks, with no traces left behind in the host’s registry, something which will sit well particularly with the IT advanced individuals.
Q
Why I getting this error E: Unable to locate package penguin-subtitle-player
How to solve this problem?
How to solve this problem?
A
The package is not available for ubuntu 17.10 just yet.
but is available for ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04. you should wait for the release or contact them for adding support in 17.10 or just try bu
but is available for ubuntu 17.04 and 16.04. you should wait for the release or contact them for adding support in 17.10 or just try bu
Q
Why does the transparency/opacity feature not work for me on Linux?
A
You need to have a compositing window manager set up and enabled.
Q
what are the supported platform for Subtitle player?
A
Penguin Subtitle Player for Windows, macOS (aka Mac OS X), and Linux
"# apt-get remove penguin-subtitle-player".