How to install Tomahawk in Linux Mint 17.3
How to install Tomahawk in Linux Mint 17.3
Tomahawk is a free, multi-source and cross-platform music player. The application not only play the music from the user' s local files, but also stream from services like Spotify, Beats, SoundCloud, Google Music, YouTube and many others. It also allows the users to connect with other users Tomahawks to share music with them. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Tomahawk in Linux Mint.
Features
- Can Drag and drop files directly into application
- Supports column view when the collection changes.
- Good Performance for collection browsing.
- Small memory footprint.
- Show cloud collections above your friends in the sidebar.
Installation procedure
To begin with the installation, add the Tomahawk package into repository via ppa and execute the command.
linuxhelp1 ~ # add-apt-repository ppa:tomahawk/ppa
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
More info: https://launchpad.net/~tomahawk/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: key F661FE79: public key " Launchpad PPA for Tomahawk Friends" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
The repositories have been added. Now update the machine using the apt-get update command.
linuxhelp1 ~ # apt-get update
Ign http://archive.canonical.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rosa InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release.gpg
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Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_IN
Fetched 3,572 kB in 38s (91.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
The added repositories have been updated in the target system. Then install the Tomahawk package by running the following command.
linuxhelp1 ~ # apt-get install tomahawk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libattica0.4 libboost-filesystem1.54.0 libboost-regex1.54.0
libboost-thread1.54.0 libdlrestrictions1 libechonest2.3 libjreen1
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Setting up phonon:amd64 (4:4.7.80-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04) ...
Setting up libjreen1 (1.1.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up tomahawk (0.8.4-0ubuntu5~ppa13~ubuntu14.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
The Tomahawk has been installed successfully. To run the application launch the Tomahawk package from Linux Mint dashboard .
The application is running. Now enjoy listening to favorite music with Tomahawk music player.
Wasn' t that an easy installation process? The Tomahawk music library enables the users to focus on local and network collections.
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