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How to install Sayonara Music player in Ubuntu

Installation of Sayonara music player

Sayonara is a lightweight audio player supported by Qt framework. It is written in C++ and uses Gstreamer as its audio backend. It has an assortment of features to give its users an amazing experience while playing music. This article sheds light on the installation procedure of Sayonara music player on Ubuntu.

Features

  • Many supported music and playlist formats
  • Media library with search function
  • External device support
  • Genre organization
  • Playlist view organized by tabs
  • Supports Soundcloud


To Install Sayonara Music Player

The first step is to add Sayonara package into your repository via PPA

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-add-repository ppa:lucioc/sayonara
Sayonara Player is a lightweight qt Player for Linux.
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gpg: /tmp/tmpdnaugkku/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 99A01C59: public key " Launchpad PPA for Lucio Carreras"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Now update your machine with the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get update
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Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease [15.4 kB]  
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Reading package lists... Done

After updating, install Sayonara by invoking the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get install sayonara
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  freepats gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
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Setting up gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:amd64 (1.6.3-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up sayonara (0.9.2-0ppa9-wily1) ...
Setting up i965-va-driver:amd64 (1.6.0-1) ...
Setting up va-driver-all:amd64 (1.6.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...

The installation is now complete. Now run the following command to open Sayonara Music Player.

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# sayonara

The Sayonara Music Player opens as below. Listen to your favorite music with Sayonara and enjoy the experience.

Tag : sayonara music player Qt
FAQ
Q
How can I customize the level meter or the spectrum analyzer?
A
Yes. Right click on the Level meter or the spectrum analyzer. An editor is opening up. With a left click you can switch the look and feel.
Q
How can I change the artwork for an track/album/artist?
A
At all places where you can find artwork, you can click at the artwork and select a new one either from your hard disk or from the internet.
Q
Why I cannot bind the AltGr key to any shortcut.what is the purpose of AltGr Key?
A
The AltGr is considered as a modifier by Qt. It's like the Shift key. It shifts your keys to another level. When pressing shift and e, you get a capital e. When pressing AltGr and e, you get
Q
How can I import new tracks in Sayonara?
A
There are several possibilities:

Drag/drop files and/or directories into the library view

Use the import functionality in the 'Local Library' menu
Q
Do I have to reload my entire library only because I added some tracks/albums?
A
No, not neccessarily. If you import new sound by using the player's import functionality, you don't have to. When copying tracks into your file system you have to reload the library. The 'fas