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How to install Quod-Libet music player on Ubuntu 17.04

How to install Quod-Libet music player on Ubuntu 17.04

Quod Libet is an open-source and cross-platform music management program. It is capable of playing the audio files, editing the tags, and also organize the music library. Quod Libet code is written in python and provides a simple user interface. It is able to handle big libraries of more 10,000 songs. This tutorial will explain the installation procedure of Quod-Libet 3.8.1 on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, add the quod-libet package into repository via ppa.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:lazka/ppa
 ========== Quodlibet Stable ==========
quodlibet, quodlibet-plugins, exfalso and mutagen stable builds
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: key 026382005806C7C4: public key " Launchpad stable"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

The repositories are added to the target machine. Update the machine by executing the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease                       
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lazka/ppa/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]                    
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/lazka/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [1,340 B]      
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Hit:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Fetched 19.1 kB in 4s (4,067 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the quod libet package by executing the following command. 

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install quodlibet
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  exfalso gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr
  javascript-common liba52-0.7.4 libdvdnav4 libdvdread4 libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc
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Setting up gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 (0.3.1-1) ...
Setting up gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly:amd64 (1.10.4-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up quodlibet (3.8.1-0~ppa0~zesty) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

The Quod-libet package has been successfully installed. To run the application, type the package name in the ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application.

Enjoy listening to favorite songs using quod libet music player.

This About window shows the version and basic information about Quod-Libet appllication.

Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? The Quod-libet provides different ways to view the audio library, as well as support for Internet radio and audio feeds.

Tag : Audio Player Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
How do I add custom / unusual tags to the columns in the song list?
A
Right-click the song list header bar and select Customize Headers from the context menu (or click Preferences from the main menu and select Song List)
Q
Whenever I type a space, Quod Libet pauses?
A
Users of some keyboard layouts, including the popular French Alternative, may hit this bug. In these layouts, the spacebar sends a non-breaking space character, which GTK+ interprets as space. This is a known bug in GTK. You can work around it by changing your keyboard layout to send a regular space.
Q
what is the best alternative for Quod-Libet?
A
Try puddle tag is best alternative for this.
Q
Where does Quod Libet store all its metadata?
A
The short answer was originally: in ~/.quodlibet. For newer versions of QL it’s more complex:
On Linux / Unix systems,

if the QUODLIBET_USERDIR environment variable is set, this will be used
else, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/config will be used, if it exists
else ~/.quodlibet will be used still.
Q
Why don’t all my songs appear in the song list when searching for them?
A
Do you have a global filter in use? Check the Browsers tab in Preferences.