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To Install Amarok on PopOS

Amarok is a free, open-source and cross-platform music player. Although Amarok is developed under the KDE project. It is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle. It is really simple to install Amarok on PopOS and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.

Installing Amarok

Let' s begin with updating the system repository as follows. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76/pop/ubuntu artful InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease               
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease [78.6 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease [81.7 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-backports InRelease [72.2 kB]
Fetched 232 kB in 3s (66.7 kB/s)                   
Reading package lists... Done

After updating the system repository you can directly install Amarok using the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install amarok -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  libdbusmenu-gtk4
Use ' apt autoremove'  to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  amarok-common amarok-utils breeze-icon-theme docbook-xml docbook-xsl
  fonts-dejavu fonts-dejavu-extra i965-va-driver icoutils kate-data
  katepart kde-runtime kde-runtime-data kde-style-breeze
  kde-style-breeze-qt4 kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins
  kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdoctools kinit kio kio-audiocd kwayland-data
  
  va-driver-all vdpau-driver-all vlc-data vlc-plugin-base
  vlc-plugin-video-output xml-core
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Setting up kdelibs5-plugins (4:4.14.34-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up kde-runtime (4:17.04.3-0ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu to provide /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu (kdesu) in auto mode
Setting up amarok (2:2.8.0-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libvlc-bin:amd64 (2.2.6-6) ...

The Amarok application is installed on the machine. In order run the application, type Amarok in the Ubuntu dashboard search field and click on the icon to run the application.
ubuntu_dashboard


The application is opened now.
application
With this, the method to install Amarok on PopOS comes to an end.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

HOW CAN I USE AMAROK TO STREAM TO MY OWN RADIO STATION?

A

If you want to stream directly to an icecast or shoutcast server the answer simply is: it is not supported. You could use IDJC for that.

Q

HOW CAN I ADD PODCASTS?

A

Go to Podcast section in the Media Sources pane and then select Add Podcast... Add the podcast URL where indicated. We also have some services, such as gpodder and Podcast Directory to help y

Q

What are the alternative of amarok?

A

The alternatives of amarok are below
Clementine. ...
AIMP. ...
MusicBee. ...
Itunes

Q

What is amarok?

A

Amarok is a free, open-source and cross-platform music player. Although Amarok is developed under the KDE project. It is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle

Q

What is the command to install amarok ?

A

The command to install amarok is

#apt-get install amarok -y

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