How to install Xix Music Player on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Xix Music Player on Ubuntu 17.04

XiX is an open-source, lightweight music player which supports almost all the most popular formats such as MP3, OGG, M4A, FLAC. It is used for creating playlists, reverse play, copy/delete/rename function, download podcasts, shuffle and repeat, etc. It is simple to install Xix music player on Ubuntu 17.04 .

Installing Xix

It is very essential to add the necessary repositories in your system, before you begin with installation process.

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
This PPA Contains Applications for Ubuntu/Linux Mint from different sources but debianized by http://www.NoobsLab.com
More info: https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/ubuntu/apps
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmp4qyjsi3c/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmp4qyjsi3c/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key D530E028F59EAE4D: public key " Launchpad PPA for NoobsLab"  imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
OK

Once the repositories are added in your system, you should update them by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update -y
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/js-reynaud/kicad-4/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [3,984 B]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [3,988 B]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/apps/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [2,404 B]
Fetched 25.8 kB in 4s (5,173 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Now is the good time to install the Xix media player.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install xix-media-player-qt -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
flac lame libdirectfb-1.2-9 libenca0 libgif7 libpostproc54 libqt4-opengl
libqt4pas5 libqtwebkit4 libsdl1.2debian libvorbisidec1 lsdvd mplayer
Suggested packages:
mplayer-doc netselect | fping
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flac lame libdirectfb-1.2-9 libenca0 libgif7 libpostproc54 libqt4-opengl
libqt4pas5 libqtwebkit4 libsdl1.2debian libvorbisidec1 lsdvd mplayer
xix-media-player-qt
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Setting up xix-media-player-qt (0.97.1-svn~zesty~Noobslab.com) ...

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Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

Your Xix player has been isntalled, now you shall launch the application. You can use your search field to find and launch the Xix application.

The Xix Music module appears. Choose the language and click Next.

Add sources and click on the Next option.

Once the usefull additional applications are added. Click on the save option.

Your Xix player is ready to be used.

With this, the installation of Xix player comes to an end.