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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