How to install Pragha Music Player on Ubuntu 16.04
To install Pragha Music Player on Ubuntu
Pragha, a continuation of Consonance, is a lightweight music player for GNU/Linux. A new version of Pragha Music Player was released recently with additional features and bug fixes. This article covers the installation of Pragha Music Player on Ubuntu.
Features
- New interface for the equalizer and adds the preamplifier.
- Add a switch for disabling the equalizer preset easily.
- Add option to use small icons on tool/headerbar.
- Change “ Use Gnome 3 HIG” option to “ Use system title bar and borders”
- No icons on the menu bar
To Install Pragha
Open terminal from the Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, run below commands one by one to add PPA, update system cache, and install the player
root@linuxhelpubnt:~# add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/pragha
Pragha is a Lightweight Music Player for GNU/Linux.
https://github.com/matiasdelellis/pragha
More info: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/pragha
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpfvffqtn6/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpfvffqtn6/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 852541CB from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpfvffqtn6/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 852541CB: public key " Launchpad PPA for Panda Jim" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
Next command to update the apt sources-list
root@linuxhelpubnt:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [676 B]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [676 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/pragha/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [288 B]
Fetched 19.2 kB in 1s (17.3 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
After updating the apt sources-list, the next command to install the Pragha package
root@linuxhelpubnt:~# apt-get install pragha
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0
Use ' sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
libglyr1 libkeybinder-3.0-0 libtagc0 libxfce4ui-2-0 libxfce4ui-common libxfce4util-bin libxfce4util-common
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Setting up pragha (1.3.3-1~16.04) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
Next command to view the options by using help
root@linuxhelpubnt:~# pragha --help
Usage:
pragha [OPTION...] [FILE1 [FILE2...]] - A lightweight music player
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-sm-client Show session management options
Application Options:
-v, --version Version
-e, --debug Enable Debug ( Levels: 1,2,3,4 )
-l, --log-file=FILENAME Redirects console warnings to the specified FILENAME
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g, --audio_device Audio Device (For ALSA: hw:0,0 etc.., For OSS: /dev/dsp etc..)
-m, --audio_mixer Mixer Element (For ALSA: Master, PCM, etc.., For OSS: /dev/mixer, etc...)
You can also check the version by using the command
root@linuxhelpubnt:~# pragha --version
pragha 1.3.3
Now open the Ubuntu dash and type the package name
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