How To Install qmmp on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qmmp on Ubuntu.
What is qmmp
qmmp is:
Qmmp is feature-rich audio player with support of many formats. It is written in Qt.
Supported formats:
- MPEG1 layer 2/3
- Ogg Vorbis
- Ogg Opus
- Native FLAC, Ogg FLAC
- Musepack
- WavePack
- tracker modules (mod, s3m, it, xm, etc)
- ADTS AAC
- CD Audio
- WMA, Monkey’s Audio (and other formats provided by FFmpeg library)
- PCM WAVE (and other formats provided by libsndfile library)
- midi
- SID
- chiptune formats (AY, GBS, GYM, HES, KSS, NSF, NSFE, SAP, SPC, VGM, VGZ, VTX)
DSP effects:
- BS2B effect
- sample rate converter
- LADSPA effects
- extra stereo
- crossfade
Visual effects:
- projectM visualization
- spectrum analyzer
Audio output through:
- ALSA
- OSS
- PulseAudio
- JACK
- QTMultimedia
- Icecast
Other features:
- XMMS and Winamp 2.x skins support
- alternative user interface based on standard widgets set
- 10-band equalizer
- MP3, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+ streams support
- mms support
- MPRIS
- removable device detection (via HAL or UDisks)
- video playback via Mplayer
- lyrics (using LyricWiki and other providers)
- cover art support
- CUE sheet support
- embedded CUE support (for FLAC, WavPack and Monkey’s Audio)
- multiple playlists
- automatic charset detection for cue files and ShoutCast metadata
- playlist formats: m3u, pls, xspf
- ReplayGain support
- sending listening history to Last.fm, Libre.fm and ListenBrainz
- CDDB support
- audio converter
- stream browser
- audio formats converter
- external programs execution on track change
- ReplayGain scanner
- archive reader (RAR and 7z)
- audio recording
- listening history
There are three methods to install qmmp on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qmmp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qmmp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qmmp
Install qmmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qmmp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qmmp
Install qmmp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install qmmp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qmmp
How To Uninstall qmmp on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the qmmp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qmmp
Uninstall qmmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qmmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qmmp
Remove qmmp Configurations and Data
To remove qmmp configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qmmp
Remove qmmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qmmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qmmp
Dependencies
qmmp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qmmp package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.