How to install Sopcart Player on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Sopcast Player on Ubuntu 18.04

Sopcast is a simple, free way to broadcast video and audio or watch the video and listen to the radio on the Internet. Adopting P2P(Peer-to-Peer) technology, It is very efficient and easy to use. Installing Sopcast is also as simple as its functionality, and this article demonstrates the method to install Sopcast on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Download the Sopcast package from the terminal using wget command

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://launchpad.net/~linuxthebest.net/+archive/ubuntu/sopcast/+files/sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
--2018-06-14 01:53:14--  https://launchpad.net/~linuxthebest.net/+archive/ubuntu/sopcast/+files/sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpad.net (launchpad.net)... 91.189.89.222, 91.189.89.223
Connecting to launchpad.net (launchpad.net)|91.189.89.222|:443... connected.
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 195244 (191K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘ sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb’ 

sopcast-player_0.8.5-1u 100%[==============================> ] 190.67K   335KB/s    in 0.6s   

2018-06-14 01:53:16 (335 KB/s) - ‘ sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb’  saved [195244/195244]

Then install a Gdebi package, which will be used for resolving their dependencies while installing any Debian packages

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install gdebi -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
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Setting up gdebi-core (0.9.5.7+nmu2) ...
Setting up gnome-icon-theme (3.12.0-3) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/debian-swirl.svg to provide /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/start-here.svg (start-here.svg) in auto mode
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libpango-perl (1.227-2build1) ...
Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu2) ...
Setting up libgtk2-perl (2:1.24992-1build1) ...

If you directly install the Sopcast, you can see the error as shown below

root@linuxhelp1:~# gdebi sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: sp-auth (> = 3.0.1)

Download the following dependency package from the terminal using wget command

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://launchpad.net/~linuxthebest.net/+archive/ubuntu/sopcast/+files/sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
--2018-06-14 05:17:01--  https://launchpad.net/~linuxthebest.net/+archive/ubuntu/sopcast/+files/sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpad.net (launchpad.net)... 91.189.89.222, 91.189.89.223
Connecting to launchpad.net (launchpad.net)|91.189.89.222|:443... connected.
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 279058 (273K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘ sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb’ 

sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_ 100%[==============================> ] 272.52K   405KB/s    in 0.7s   

2018-06-14 05:17:03 (405 KB/s) - ‘ sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb’  saved [279058/279058]

Install the dependency package using the Gdebi command

root@linuxhelp1:~# gdebi sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Requires the installation of the following packages: gcc-8-base:i386 libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libstdc++5:i386

A p2p video streaming client
 sp-auth is a point-to-point video streaming client.
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Setting up libgcc1:i386 (1:8-20180414-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libc6:i386 (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libstdc++5:i386 (1:3.3.6-30) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package sp-auth.
(Reading database ... 174020 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking sp-auth (3.2.6-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up sp-auth (3.2.6-1ubuntu1) ...

Now install a Sopcast using the Gdebi command

root@linuxhelp1:~# gdebi sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Requires the installation of the following packages: i965-va-driver liba52-0.7.4 libaacs0 libaribb24-0 libass9 libavcodec57 libavformat57 libavutil55 libbasicusageenvironment1 libbdplus0 libbluray2 libcddb2 libchromaprint1 libcrystalhd3 libdc1394-22 libdca0 libdouble-conversion1 libdv
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(Reading database ... 175851 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking sopcast-player (0.8.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up sopcast-player (0.8.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...

After the installation, you can access the application from the Ubuntu menu as follows

With this, the method to install Sopcast Player on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

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Comment

Gokul

Oct 29 2018

Could you please share the error with us? It would be helpful to evaluate the exact issue

tony

Oct 19 2018

after install it don`t work,always reteying channel

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FAQ

How to download the .deb package for the Sopcart Player?

To download the .deb package of Sopcart Player via terminal use wget command as follows
# wget https://launchpad.net/~linuxthebest.net/+archive/ubuntu/sopcast/+files/sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

What is Sopcast Player?

Sopcast is a simple, free way to broadcast video and audio or watch the video and listen to the radio on the Internet. Adopting P2P(Peer-to-Peer) technology.

how to check the version of Sopcart Player?

To check the version of Sopcart Player
# click on help--- > about---- > check version

how to remove this Sopcart Player application?

To remove Sopcart Player application use the following,
# dpkg -r sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

is there any alternative of sopcast player?

The alternatives of Sopcart Player are as follows,
Twitch
YouTube Gaming
Livestream

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