How to Install Qmplay2 on Linuxmint 18.03
To Install Qmplay2 on Linuxmint 18.03
QMplay2 is a free and open-source, cross-platform video and audio player built based on qt. You can play all formats supported by FFmpeg, libmodplug by using QMplay2. It also supports Audio CD, raw files. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of qmplayer2 on Linux mint 18.03.
Installation.
Update the system repository using the following command
linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Reading package lists... Done
In order to install QMplay2, you need to download its latest and stable installation package.
linuxhelp ~ # wget https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases/download/18.07.03/qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07.03-1.deb
--2018-08-15 05:59:32-- https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases/download/18.07.03/qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07.03-1.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113, 192.30.253.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com/24413103/085d26d0-7ef4-11e8-96b8
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 14189070 (14M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘;qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07.03-1.deb’;
qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07 100%[======================================>] 13.53M 1.12MB/s in 14s
2018-08-15 05:59:48 (1011 KB/s) - ‘;qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07.03-1.deb’; saved [14189070/14189070]
Once it is downloaded, you shall proceed with the installation of QMplay2, and for that, you need to run the following command.
linuxhelp ~ # gdebi qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07.03-1.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Requires the installation of the following packages: libsidplayfp4 libtag-extras1 libvdpau1
QMPlay2 is a video and audio player which can play most formats and codecs.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here
Now, you can able to use the qmplay2 application.
The version of QMplay2.
With this, the method to install QMplay2 on Linux mint-18.03 comes to an end
# gdebi qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07.03-1.deb
# wget https://github.com/zaps166/QMPlay2/releases/download/18.07.03/qmplay2-ubuntu-amd64-18.07.03-1.deb