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How to install Pogo in Ubuntu

To install Pogo in Ubuntu

Pogo is an open source decibel based music player designed with clean interface for Linux users. It is designed with advanced features including fast search on the hard drive and playlist, smart album grouping, cover display, desktop notifications. Installation of Pogo in Ubuntu is discussed in this manual.

Features

  • Supports play, pause, next, prev and stop options
  • Automatic playback setup
  • Corrupted cover file will be deleted automatically
  • No need to update missing rows after startup
  • Updated translation option

Installation of Pogo

First you need to add the repository to install Pogo application.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:pogo-dev/stable
 This PPA contains stable Pogo builds.

Installation instructions for the terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pogo-dev/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pogo

Alternatively you can add ppa:pogo-dev/stable to your system' s Software Sources in the Ubuntu Software-Center.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~pogo-dev/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpo1xjz23k/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpo1xjz23k/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 0D4D9B55 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpo1xjz23k/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 0D4D9B55: public key " Launchpad PPA for Pogo Dev"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Next update the newly added repository by using the " apt-get update" command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                    
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                                      
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                                     
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                                                  
Ign:5 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04  InRelease                                           
Hit:6 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04  Release
Get:7 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_16.04  Release.gpg [481 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]                                              
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pogo-dev/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]                                                   
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                 
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [25.6 kB]                                   
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [25.6 kB]                                    
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pogo-dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [608 B]                                          
Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pogo-dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [608 B]                                           
Get:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pogo-dev/stable/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [468 B]                                          
Fetched 88.5 kB in 12s (6,823 B/s)                                                                                                 
Reading package lists... Done


Now its time to install the pogo application with the " apt-get" command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install pogo -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  python3-argcomplete python3-gnupg python3-progressbar python3-yaml
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common
  libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libglade2-0 libgnome-2-0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
  libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
  libgstreamer0.10-0 libidl-2-0 liborbit-2-0 liborbit2 python-cairo python-dbus python-gconf python-gi python-gnome2
  python-gnomekeyring python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gst0.10 python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-mutagen python-notify
  python-pil python-pyorbit python-xdg python-zeitgeist
Suggested packages:
  libbonobo2-bin desktop-base gnome-icon-theme libgnomevfs2-bin libgnomevfs2-extra gamin | fam gnome-mime-data
  libvisual-0.4-plugins gstreamer0.10-tools python-dbus-doc python-dbus-dbg python-gnome2-doc python-gi-cairo python-gobject-2-dbg
  python-gst0.10-dev python-gst0.10-dbg python-gtk2-doc python-mutagen-doc python-pil-doc python-pil-dbg
Recommended packages:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common
  libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libglade2-0 libgnome-2-0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
  libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
  libgstreamer0.10-0 libidl-2-0 liborbit-2-0 liborbit2 pogo python-cairo python-dbus python-gconf python-gi python-gnome2
  python-gnomekeyring python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gst0.10 python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-mutagen python-notify
  python-pil python-pyorbit python-xdg python-zeitgeist
0 upgraded, 42 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
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Setting up python-libxml2 (2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up python-gst0.10 (0.10.22-3ubuntu3) ...
Setting up python-dbus (1.2.0-3) ...
Remove stale byte-compiled files...
Setting up python-pil:amd64 (3.1.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pogo (0.8.7-0~649~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up python-gconf (2.28.1+dfsg-1.1) ...
Setting up python-pyorbit (2.24.0-7.1) ...
Setting up python-gnome2 (2.28.1+dfsg-1.1) ...
Setting up python-gnomekeyring (2.32.0+dfsg-3) ...
Setting up python-notify (0.1.1-4) ...
Setting up python-xdg (0.25-4) ...
Setting up python-zeitgeist (0.9.16-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...


Open the pogo application through the Unity dashboard as shown below.

Start access your favourite pogo application.

To uninstall Pogo package

Run the below command to remove the Pogo package.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get remove pogo -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common
  libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libglade2-0 libgnome-2-0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
  libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0
  libgstreamer0.10-0 libidl-2-0 liborbit-2-0 liborbit2 python-cairo python-dbus python-gconf python-gi python-gnome2
  python-gnomekeyring python-gobject python-gobject-2 python-gst0.10 python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-mutagen python-notify
  python-pil python-pyorbit python-xdg python-zeitgeist python3-argcomplete python3-gnupg python3-progressbar python3-yaml
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  pogo
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
After this operation, 939 kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 212760 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing pogo (0.8.7-0~649~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160701-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Tag : Audio Player
FAQ
Q
How can I uninstall the pogo package?
A
Run the below command to remove the Pogo package:
# apt-get remove pogo
Q
Can't run Pogo games with Ubuntu 13.10?
A
"Your Adobe Flash Player is out of date". When I checked the plugins, I have Shockwave Flash version 11,2,202,332 (Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202). I checked the system files at usr/lib/Mozilla/plugins and they show a libflashplayer.so 19.2 MB type=Unknown Dec 1 2013.
Q
I thought I would find this question from other users but I didn't, so: am I the only one with this issue?
A
Changing early to the next track has been added to minimize gaps between
songs. I agree that it may be inconvenient for albums where the gaps
shouldn't be shortened. Will try to remove it in
Q
What is Pogo in Ubuntu?
A
Pogo is an open source decibel-based music player designed with the clean interface for Linux users. It is designed with advanced features including fast search on the hard drive and playlist, smart album grouping, cover display, desktop notifications
Q
How to install Pogo in Linuxmint?
A
Run the following command:
# apt-get install pogo