Hello Linux Geeksters. Nuvola Player is an application that allows the users to listen to music from the clound, having good integration with Linux. It integrates well with Unity, showing the currently playing song via notifications, has docking capabilities et cetera. It has support for a bunch of important music services, including: Google Music, Bandcamp, Deezer, Grooveshark, Hype Machine, 8tracks, Pandora, Rdio and Amazon Cloud Player.
The latest version available is Nuvola Player 2.4.0, which has been recently released. Among others, it comes with improvements for the Google Play Music service and Rdio and a bunch of bug-fixes and interface enhancements. For information about this release, see the changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Nuvola Player 2.4.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Pinguy OS 12.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Isis, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, LXLE 14.04, Debian Wheezy, Debian Sid, Debian Jessie and their derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Nuvola Player 2.4.0 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, LXLE and Elementary OS systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the nuvolaplayer package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nuvola-player-builders/stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer
Optional, to remove nuvolaplayer, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove nuvolaplayer
To install Nuvola Player 2.4.0 on Debian, we have to use the Nuvola Official repository update the system and install the nuvola player package. Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Nuvola Player 2.4.0 on Debian Jessie and Debian Sid:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://ppa.fenryxo.cz/nuvola-player/ wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nuvolaplayer
Optional, to remove nuvolaplayer, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove nuvolaplayer