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How to install Pragha Music Player on Ubuntu 16.04

To install Pragha Music Player on Ubuntu

Pragha, a continuation of Consonance, is a lightweight music player for GNU/Linux. A new version of Pragha Music Player was released recently with additional features and bug fixes. This article covers the installation of Pragha Music Player on Ubuntu.

Features

  • New interface for the equalizer and adds the preamplifier.
  • Add a switch for disabling the equalizer preset easily.
  • Add option to use small icons on tool/headerbar.
  • Change “ Use Gnome 3 HIG” option to “ Use system title bar and borders”
  • No icons on the menu bar


To Install Pragha

Open terminal from the Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, run below commands one by one to add PPA, update system cache, and install the player

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/pragha
 Pragha is a Lightweight Music Player for GNU/Linux.

https://github.com/matiasdelellis/pragha

 More info: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/pragha
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpfvffqtn6/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpfvffqtn6/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 852541CB from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpfvffqtn6/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 852541CB: public key " Launchpad PPA for Panda Jim"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Next command to update the apt sources-list

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                 
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [676 B]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [676 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [288 B]
Fetched 19.2 kB in 1s (17.3 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

After updating the apt sources-list, the next command to install the Pragha package

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# apt-get install pragha
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libglyr1 libkeybinder-3.0-0 libtagc0 libxfce4ui-2-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common
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Setting up pragha (1.3.3-1~16.04) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...

Next command to view the options by using help

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# pragha --help
Usage:
  pragha [OPTION...] [FILE1 [FILE2...]] - A lightweight music player

Help Options:
  -h, --help                  Show help options
  --help-all                  Show all help options
  --help-sm-client            Show session management options

Application Options:
  -v, --version               Version
  -e, --debug                 Enable Debug ( Levels: 1,2,3,4 )
  -l, --log-file=FILENAME     Redirects console warnings to the specified FILENAME
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g, --audio_device             Audio Device (For ALSA: hw:0,0 etc.., For OSS: /dev/dsp etc..)
  -m, --audio_mixer           Mixer Element (For ALSA: Master, PCM, etc.., For OSS: /dev/mixer, etc...)

You can also check the version by using the command

root@linuxhelpubnt:~# pragha --version
pragha 1.3.3

Now open the Ubuntu dash and type the package name

Tag : Audio Player
FAQ
Q
Why Pragha does not play certain audio file?
A
Pragha adds new audio formats on a par with taglib. If compiled with taglib = 1.4, pragha support ogg, flac, mpeg, wav and all variants. If taglib = 1.6 add support to asf, wma and m4a. If taglib >= 1.7 also support ape files.
Q
Why Pragha not respect gnome 3 design lines?
A
Therefore there are many design decisions that are aimed at better integrate with Xfce. You as user can apply a custom CSS to adapt to their needs, and in the same way packagers can force certain characteristics depending on the desktop environment used.
Q
What language used to create a Pragha?
A
Pragha is a Lightweight Music Player for GNU/Linux, based on Gtk, sqlite, and completely written in C.
Q
What are the alternate music players for linux?
A
You can try the following applications Banshee, VLC, Rhythmbox, Amarok, Gnome Music, Cmus, Clementine
Q
What are the main features in Pragha?
A
These are the main features
Full integration with GTK+3, but always independent of Gnome or Xfce.
Two panel desing inspired on Amarok 1.4. Library and current playlist.
Library with multiple views, according tags or folder structure.
Search, filtering and queue songs on current playlist.