How to install Qmmp on Debian 8.3
To install Qmmp on Debian 8.3
Qmmp is an open-source and cross-platform audio player based on Qt. Qmmp is s simple to install music player and we have already covered the installation of Qmmp application on Ubuntu. In this article, you will be briefed about the installation of Qmmp on Debian 8.3
Installing Qmmp
Make sure you add the repository for Qmmp before you begin the installation of Qmmp. Use the following command to open the apt sources.list in which the repository should be added.
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines at the end of the file.
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main
Once it is added, update the system with the help of following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB] Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB] Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B] Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,408 B] Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B] Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B] Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B] Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable Release Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main amd64 Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib amd64 Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free amd64 Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/main Translation-en Hit http://ftp.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en Fetched 171 kB in 5s (30.9 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done
Now is the time to install the Qmmp. Use the following command to install it.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install qmmp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libbs2b0 libopusfile0 libsidplayfp3
Suggested packages:
sidplayfp qmmp-plugin-projectm mplayer2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libbs2b0 libopusfile0 libsidplayfp3 qmmp
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,906 kB of archives.
After this operation, 9,131 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libopusfile0 amd64 0.6-1 [38.9 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libbs2b0 amd64 3.1.0+dfsg-2.1 [11.7 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libsidplayfp3 amd64 1.6.0-1 [121 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main qmmp amd64 0.8.2-1 [1,734 kB]
Fetched 1,906 kB in 20s (94.3 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libopusfile0.
(Reading database ... 181105 files and directories currently installed.)
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Preparing to unpack .../libsidplayfp3_1.6.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libsidplayfp3:amd64 (1.6.0-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package qmmp.
Preparing to unpack .../qmmp_0.8.2-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking qmmp (0.8.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up libopusfile0 (0.6-1) ...
Setting up libbs2b0 (3.1.0+dfsg-2.1) ...
Setting up libsidplayfp3:amd64 (1.6.0-1) ...
Setting up qmmp (0.8.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u7) ...
Qmmp has been installed. Use your activities search bar to find and launch the application.
The Qmmp application looks as follows.
It was a simple installation technique, wasn' t it? Using Qmmp is so simple too as its interface is similar to that of Winamp. Also, Qmmp supports almost all the major audio formats. Have fun playing your music on Qmmp application.
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Do you like receiving notifications?
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If the answer is yes, then enable the Notifier plugin and choose what notifications you want to be displayed, their size, position, transparency etc.
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how to update in the qmmp player?
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Then go to File->Tools and choose the “Stream Browser”. On the window that will open, hit the “Update” button and then double click on the radio that interests you to add it to the playlist. Then double click the added item on the playlist and wait for the stream to buffer and start playing.
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"Can ppa cannot be used for it?
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"No instead of ppa you can add them in ""/etc/apt/sources.list""/etc/apt/sources.list""
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"Installation procedure for QNMP application?
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"use the following link: "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-qmmp-in-ubuntu/"
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"What is its essential feature of it?
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"Qmmp is an open-source and cross-platform audio player based on Qt. Qmmp is s simple to install the music player
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