How to install SoundConverter on Debian 8.3
How to install SoundConverter on Debian 8.3
SoundConverter is a simple sound converter application for the GNOME environment. It reads sound files in any format supported by GStreamer and outputs them in Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and WAV format or MP3 format. This tutorial explains the installation process of SoundConverter in Debian 8.3.
Installation procedure
Before starting the installation procedure, use the nano command to open the sources.list
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
The sources.list configuration file is opened. Now add these lines at end of the file. Save and exit from the file.
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main
Next execute the apt-get update command to update the apt sources-list
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,900 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-04-15-2027.16.pdiff [528 B]
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Reading package lists... Done
The target system is updated with the required repositories. Install the SoundConverter package by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install soundconverter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
python-glade2 python-gst0.10
Suggested packages:
python-gtk2-doc python-gst0.10-dev python-gst0.10-dbg gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
python-glade2 python-gst0.10 soundconverter
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 292 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 3,283 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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Setting up python-gst0.10 (0.10.22-3) ...
Setting up soundconverter (2.1.3-1) ...
Once the package is installed click the activities window and type the package name in the search bar. Click on the icon to run the application.
Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? SoundConverter supports multithreaded conversion and advanced filename and folder organization based on audio file tag.
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