How to install Tomahawk in Linux Mint 17.3

Tomahawk is a free, multi-source and cross-platform music player. The application not only play the music from the user' s local files, but also stream from services like Spotify, Beats, SoundCloud, Google Music, YouTube and many others. It also allows the users to connect with other users Tomahawks to share music with them. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Tomahawk in Linux Mint.

Features

Can Drag and drop files directly into application
Supports column view when the collection changes.
Good Performance for collection browsing.
Small memory footprint.
Show cloud collections above your friends in the sidebar.

Installation procedure

To begin with the installation, add the Tomahawk package into repository via ppa and execute the command.

linuxhelp1 ~ # add-apt-repository ppa:tomahawk/ppa
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
More info: https://launchpad.net/~tomahawk/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: key F661FE79: public key " Launchpad PPA for Tomahawk Friends"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)

The repositories have been added. Now update the machine using the apt-get update command.

linuxhelp1 ~ # apt-get update
Ign http://archive.canonical.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rosa InRelease                              
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease                                 
Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release.gpg 
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Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_IN             
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_IN             
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_IN               
Fetched 3,572 kB in 38s (91.7 kB/s)                                           
Reading package lists... Done

The added repositories have been updated in the target system. Then install the Tomahawk package by running the following command.

linuxhelp1 ~ # apt-get install tomahawk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libattica0.4 libboost-filesystem1.54.0 libboost-regex1.54.0
  libboost-thread1.54.0 libdlrestrictions1 libechonest2.3 libjreen1
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Setting up phonon:amd64 (4:4.7.80-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04) ...
Setting up libjreen1 (1.1.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up tomahawk (0.8.4-0ubuntu5~ppa13~ubuntu14.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...

The Tomahawk has been installed successfully. To run the application launch the Tomahawk package from Linux Mint dashboard .

The application is running. Now enjoy listening to favorite music with Tomahawk music player.

Wasn' t that an easy installation process? The Tomahawk music library enables the users to focus on local and network collections.

Tag : Linux Mint Tomahawk

FAQ

what are all the features of tomahawk in linuxmint?

the features of tomahawk in linuxmint are,
*Can Drag and drop files directly into application
*Supports column view when the collection changes.
*Good Performance for collection browsing.
*Small memory footprint.
*Show cloud collections above your friends in the sidebar.

what is the use of tomahawk in linuxmint?

what are the supported platform for tomahawk?

the supported platform for tomahawk are
Linux: Arch - Debian - Fedora - openSUSE - Ubuntu
Windows: Windows
Mac: OS X

is there any alternative like tomahawk?

alternative like tomahawk are,
Clementine
Amarok
Audacious

how to install Tomahawk on Ubuntu distro?

install Tomahawk on Ubuntu distro by follow the link
https://www.linuxhelp.com/installation-of-tomahawk-in-ubuntu-17-04/

How to install Tomahawk in Linux Mint 17.3