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How To Install Rhythmbox on linuxmint 18.3

To Install Rhythmbox on Linux Mint 18.3
Rhythmbox is a free and open-source audio player that plays and helps organize digital audio files. the features of Rhythmbox like Music playback, gapless playback, music importing, audio CD burning and SoundCloud support. It is so simple to install Rhythmbox on Linux Mint 18.03 and this article covers the same.

Installation

Update the system repository by making use of the following command. 

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/andreas-boettger/gmusicbrowser-daily/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                           
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                              
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                 
Hit:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                             
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [109 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [107 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [785 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [720 kB]
Fetched 1,828 kB in 6s (298 kB/s)                                                                 
Reading package lists... Done

You can now install the Rhythmbox. 

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install rhythmbox -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libcurl3 libmcrypt4
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
Suggested packages:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gnome-control-center | unity-control-center
  rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder
Recommended packages:
  rhythmbox-plugins rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  rhythmbox
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 367 not upgraded.
Need to get 129 kB of archives.
After this operation, 977 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 rhythmbox amd64 3.3-1ubuntu7 [129 kB]
Fetched 129 kB in 1s (92.0 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package rhythmbox.
(Reading database ... 221029 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../rhythmbox_3.3-1ubuntu7_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking rhythmbox (3.3-1ubuntu7) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up rhythmbox (3.3-1ubuntu7) ...

Once the application is installed you can access it from the menu.



You can also verify the version by navigating to the Help menu.

With this, the method to Install Rhythmbox on Linux Mint-18.3 comes to an end.

Tag : Linux Mint
FAQ
Q
What is the command to install Rhythmbox on linuxmint 18.3?
A
The command to install Rhythmbox on linuxmint 18.3 is

apt-get install rhythmbox -y
Q
What are the other alternatives for Rhythmbox ?
A
The other alternatives for Rhythmbox were Clementine, Amarok, Rhythmbox, Audacious, QMMP, Cmus
Q
is there any source package available
A
https://download.gnome.org/sources/rhythmbox/3.4/rhythmbox-3.4.1.tar.xz
Q
What is the latest version of Rhythmbox on linuxmint 18.3?
A
The latest version of Rhythmbox on linuxmint 18.3 is 3.4.1
Q
Where i can get the source of older version?
A
You can get the source of older version from here https://download.gnome.org/sources/rhythmbox/