How to install Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 16.04
How to install Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 16.04
Rhythmbox is a free audio player that plays and organizes music tracks. It is designed to work under the GNOME desktop using the GStreamer media framework. It supports features like Music playback, gap less playback, music importing, audio CD burning and SoundCloud support. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 16.04.
Installation procedure
To start the installation procedure, add the repo by executing the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox
This PPA contains the following:
1. for trusty (14.04) and later, a rebuild of the Debian rhythmbox v3.0 package + v3.2 patches from git
2. for Precise, a rebuild of the webupd8 rhythmbox v2.97. This PPA was created due to the perceived instability issues with v2.98 running under Precise.
Add this PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox
sudo apt-get update & & sudo apt-get upgrade
More info: https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom/+archive/ubuntu/rhythmbox
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpl660g48b/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpl660g48b/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key F4FE239D from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpl660g48b/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key F4FE239D: public key " Launchpad PPA for fossfreedom" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
The repository is added to the target system. Update the repo by executing the apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [2,944 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [2,944 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [1,476 B]
Fetched 24.9 kB in 1s (22.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
The target system is updated with the required repository. Install the Rhythmbox package and run the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install rhythmbox rhythmbox-plugins
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
librhythmbox-core9
Use ' sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
gir1.2-rb-3.0 librhythmbox-core10 rhythmbox-data rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist
Suggested packages:
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder
The following NEW packages will be installed:
librhythmbox-core10
The following packages will be upgraded:
gir1.2-rb-3.0 rhythmbox rhythmbox-data rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugins
5 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 496 not upgraded.
Need to get 8,011 kB of archives.
After this operation, 12.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Setting up rhythmbox-plugins (3.4.0-1ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Once the package is installed, open the Ubuntu dashboard and type the package name in the search area. Click on the icon to run the application.
That was an easy installation procedure, wasn' t it? Rhythmbox also supports SoundCloud, Jamendo support, DAAP music sharing and podcasting.
audio_folders=MUSIC/,RECORDINGS/
folder_depth=2
output_formats=application/ogg,audio/x-ms-wma,audio/mpeg
3.4.1 is the latest version of this.
user@server:~/git$ git clone git://git.gnome.org/rhythmbox
user@server:~$ settings set org.gnome.rhythmbox.plugins.radio initial-stations-loaded false