How to install Yarock 1.3.1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Yarock 1.3.1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Yarock is a modern looking music player, packed with features, that doesn’;t depend on any specific desktop environment. Yarock is designed to provide an easy and pretty music browser based on cover art. Yarock is easy to build with a minimal set of dependancies, and offers the choose of differents audio back-end. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of Yarock on Ubuntu 18.04.

Installation

Add the repository of Yarock using PPA

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
 Apps that are not available in Ubuntu universe repositories or the Ubuntu repositories only provide an old version

Maintained by http://ubuntuhandbook.org

Liferea News Reader:

        No update for Ubuntu 14.04 since Liferea now requires GTK >=3.14

Parole media player:
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Reading package lists... Done

Install the Yarock package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install yarock -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:
  freepats gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly i965-va-driver liba52-0.7.4
  libaacs0 libaribb24-0 libass9 libavcodec57 libavformat57 libavutil55
  libbasicusageenvironment1 libbdplus0 libbluray2 libbs2b0 libchromaprint1 libcrystalhd3
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Setting up yarock (1.3.1-0build1~ubuntu18.04) ...
Setting up libsratom-0-0:amd64 (0.6.0~dfsg0-1) ...
Setting up liblilv-0-0 (0.24.2~dfsg0-1) ...
Setting up libavcodec57:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-video-output:amd64 (3.0.3-1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libchromaprint1:amd64 (1.4.3-1) ...
Setting up gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 (1.14.1-1ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
Setting up libavformat57:amd64 (7:3.4.2-2) ...
Setting up vlc-plugin-base:amd64 (3.0.3-1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up phonon4qt5-backend-vlc:amd64 (0.10.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libvlc-bin:amd64 (3.0.3-1-1ubuntu1) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the Yarock from the Menu as shown here

Yarock application

The version of Yarock can be found in Help-> About

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

FAQ
Q
What PP repository to be enabled for installing Yarock in Linux Mint?
A
For Yarock use "add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8" in LinuxMint.
Q
How to install Yarock on LinxMint?
A
For installing Yarock in LinuxMint use https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-yarock-on-linuxmint-18-03/.
Q
How to enable playing history option in Yarock?
A
In Yarock under settings, in General, "Enable playing history" check box.
Q
What are the best alternatives for Yarock?
A
Alternatives for yarock are Clementine, Rhythmbox, Amarok.
Q
What is Yarock?
A
Yarock is a modern looking music player, packed with features, that doesn’t depend on any specific desktop environment. Yarock is designed to provide an easy and pretty music browser based on cover art.