After nearly a year of development, Audacious audio player 3.10 was finally released yesterday. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 19 and 18.

Audacious 3.10, code-named “Not Quite There Yet”, added following new features:

• Shuffle history is remembered at exit to avoid repeating songs
• Exported M3U and PLS playlists now use relative paths by default
• Recursively adding subfolders to the playlist is now optional
• The URL history shown in the Add/Open URL dialogs can be cleared
• Toolbar buttons in the GTK UI now show tooltip hints
• The adplug input plugin has a new settings window
• The Search Tool can be configured to scan for new files at startup
• The number of results shown in the Search Tool is now configurable
• The Delete Files plugin is clearer about which files will be deleted
• Icons from the desktop theme are used more consistently
• Scalable icons are now used on Windows for better high-DPI support
• The bottom info bar now matches the color tone of dark themes
• The soxr resampler has some new, more detailed settings

There are also many UI improvements and various bug-fixes. See the previous link for details.

How to Install Audacious 3.10 in Ubuntu:

You can install the new release packages in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and their derivatives via the unofficial PPA.

1. Open terminal by either pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or searching for ‘terminal’ from software launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

Type your password (no asterisks feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.

2. Then you can upgrade Audacious via Software Updater:

or run commands one by one in terminal to install or upgrade the audio player:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install audacious audacious-plugins

Uninstall:

You can easily remove the PPA either by going to Software & Updates utility -> Other Software tab, or by running command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

To remove audacious, either use your system package manager or run command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove audacious audacious-plugins