How to install Pithos in Ubuntu 17.04

How to install Pithos in Ubuntu 17.04

Pithos is a client of the Pandora.com music, where the service is available only in USA, Australia and New Zealand. It is lightweight than its pandora.com web client counterpart and integrates with desktop features like media keys, notifications and the sound menu. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of Pithos on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installation procedure

To start the installation procedure, add the repo by executing the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:pithos/ppa
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~pithos/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmp_ck7_8p6/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmp_ck7_8p6/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 83549DA35C8B1281: public key " Launchpad PPA for Pithos Developers"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

The repositories are added to the target system. To update the apt source, execute the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB]
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease                     
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease [89.2 kB]   
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/dhor/myway/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/maarten-fonville/android-studio/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/minetestdevs/stable/ubuntu zesty InRelease     
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pithos/ppa/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]    
Get:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease [89.2 kB] 
Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu zesty InRelease   
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/atom/ubuntu zesty InRelease       
Hit:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu zesty InRelease       
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pithos/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [612 B]
Get:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pithos/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [612 B]
Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pithos/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [304 B]
Fetched 284 kB in 3s (88.0 kB/s)                          
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the pithos package by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install pithos
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 gnome-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
  libkeybinder-3.0-0 python3-pylast
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 gnome-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
  libkeybinder-3.0-0 pithos python3-pylast
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
Need to get 9,902 kB of archives.
After this operation, 17.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 libkeybinder-3.0-0 amd64 0.3.1-1 [8,412 B]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pithos/ppa/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 pithos all 1.3.1-1ppa3 [154 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 amd64 0.3.1-1 [3,006 B]
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 gnome-icon-theme all 3.12.0-2 [9,618 kB]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 gnome-icon-theme-symbolic all 3.12.0-2 [92.5 kB]
Get:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 python3-pylast all 1.6.0-1 [25.3 kB]
Fetched 9,902 kB in 30s (322 kB/s)                                             
Selecting previously unselected package libkeybinder-3.0-0:amd64.
(Reading database ... 208786 files and directories currently installed.)
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Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Setting up python3-pylast (1.6.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Setting up libkeybinder-3.0-0:amd64 (0.3.1-1) ...
Setting up gnome-icon-theme-symbolic (3.12.0-2) ...
Setting up gir1.2-keybinder-3.0 (0.3.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

The application is installed in the target system. To open the package, type the pithos package in the ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application.

The pithos application is running successfully without any glitches on Ubuntu machine.

Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? Pithos is also a simple to use tool. It supports all the important features of the official Flash client.