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AmaroklogoThere’s no dearth of music player for Ubuntu. However, the one that steals the show is Amarok. Although it’s a KDE package, it’s a good enough music player to be part of your Ubuntu distro. There are various ways of installing Amarok on your Ubuntu machine. However, this time around we are going to see the terminal way as it’s the most easiest.

Features

  • Integrated Web Services
    There are various online radios integrated in Amarok like Last.fm, Magnatune, Shoutcast Radio Directory, Ampache, MP3tunes, Jamendo Service, OPML Podcast Directory and Librivox.
  • Scripts
    It’s totally scriptable and hence can be extended using scripts
  • Dynamic Playlists
    Create playlists that automatically update based complex, but easy to use, constraints. e.g., tracks from around the year 1967
  • Context View
    Customize the supplemental information related to your music with the Plasma powered Context View.
  • PopUp Dropper
    Simplify drag and drop actions with the revolutionary PopUp Dropper menu system.
  • Multiple Language Translations
    Enjoy Amarok in your native language, with over 45 community contributed translations.
  • Collection Management
    Organizing your music collection has never been easier with Amarok’s powerful tagging, renaming, and sorting abilities.
  • Database Importing
    Import your iTunes or old Amarok 1.4 database and keep your playcounts, statistics, and scores.

Installing Amarok on Ubuntu

Drop down to your terminal window by hitting ALT+F2 and typing “gnome-terminal” (without quotes).

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On the terminal type the following command

sudo apt-get install amarok

enter your password and it should install amarok on your machine.

Enabling support for mp3 on Amarok

Installing Amarok doesn’t mean that you can play mp3 on your machine (unfortunately, mp3 is still the most popular music extension). In order to enable playing mp3 in Amarok, you’ll need to install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg
 
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

This should suffice and make your amarok a complete package.

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