Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Qmmp is a popular open-source, cross-platform multimedia player, similar to Winamp and written in Qt. The latest version available is Qmmp 0.8.2, which has been released yesterday, coming with the below changes:
- added Portuguese translation;
- added transifex integration;
- added webm support;
- improved image scaling quality;
- fixed xspf parsing;
- fixed cover loading sequence;
- fixed main window activation under windows;
- fixed analyzer color settings;
- fixed typos;
- fixed possible segmentation fault in the opus;
- fixed separator of the file filters;
- reduced tag reading delay (requires TagLib 1.8 or higher);
- updated Russian translation;
- updated Ukrainian translation;
- updated Japanese translation.
In this article I will show you how to install Qmmp 0.8.2 on Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Qmmp 0.8.2 on the listed Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, LXLE and Linux Lite systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the qmmp and qmmp-plugin-pack packages. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install qmmp qmmp-plugin-pack
Optional, to remove qmmp and qmmp-plugin-pack, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove qmmp qmmp-plugin-pack