Shotwell 0.30.8 was released today as the latest stable version. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.
Shotwell 0.30.8 comes with updated translations and some bug-fixes, including:
Fix keyboard shortcut for adding tags
Fix Tumblr publishing issue
Fix month name translation in date/time chooser
How to install Shotwell 0.30.8 in Ubuntu:
If you’re OK with the flatpak package, which runs in sandbox, Shotwell 0.30.8 flatpak is available HERE.
Also Shotwell stable PPA maintains native .deb packages for Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, and v0.30.8 will be available in a few days (You may check the PPA link before getting started).
1. Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yg-jensge/shotwell
2. To upgrade Shotwell from a previous, launch Software Updater and install available updates.
NOTE: To undo the installation, and downgrade shotwell to the stock version in your Ubuntu repository, run command to purge the PPA:
The first release candidate of Clementine 1.4.0, an audio player inspired by Amarok 1.4, was released today.
Though the last 1.3.1 was released more than 3 years ago, the development of Clementine is being active all the time. Now Clementine 1.4.0 rc1 is available to install in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, Ubuntu 19.10 with no announcement or change-log though.
Go to the release page by clicking the link below:
Select download the .deb package from your Ubuntu edition.
bionic for Ubuntu 18.04, and Linux Mint 19.x
disco for Ubuntu 19.04
eoan for Ubuntu 19.10.
and amd64 for 64-bit system, i386 for 32-bit system.
Finally install the package either via Gdebi package installer or by running command in terminal:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/clementine_1.4.0*.deb
Once installed, open the music player from your system application launcher and enjoy!
Cozy is an open-source audio book player with a modern user interface. It’s written in Python programming language. Since version 1.3.0, the app is ported to GTK+ 4 and LibAdwaita for its user interface, and works in Linux and Mac OS.
Cozy automatically scans media library and imports your audiobooks in one directory. You can also drag and drop and audiobook into the app window to import it.
As a GTK app, it’s well integrated in Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux with Gnome Desktop. And dark mode is available to work at night. With libhandy library, it has an adaptive user interface that works well in different screen sizes, e.g., on PC, laptop, and mobile.
audio-book player features:
Sort audio books by author, reader & name
Remembers playback position
Sleep timer
Playback speed control
Offline Mode
Support for DRM free mp3, m4a (aac, ALAC, …), flac, ogg, wav files
Mpris integration (Media keys & playback info for desktop environment)
Option 1: How to Install Cozy in Ubuntu via Official PPA:
Cozy has an official Ubuntu PPA that so far contains packages for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and Ubuntu 24.04.
NOTE: Due to this bug, copy has package conflict to Gnome Extension Manger app. If you want to install both apps in your system, use the Flatpak package (See Option 2) instead!
Though Ubuntu 20.04 is not supported due to outdated libraries, it still can be installed via little modification.
1. Add Cozy PPA
Firstly press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or search for and open ‘terminal’ from start menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cozy-team/cozy
Type user password, no asterisk feedback, when it asks and hit Enter to continue.
2. Install dependencies and modify PPA for Ubuntu 20.04 ONLY!
For Ubuntu 20.04 and Linux Mint 20, you can either tweak PPA and install mismatched dependency libraries manually, or install Flatpak package (see next step) instead.
a.) Open “Software & Updates” utility, and navigate to “Other Software” tab. There choose and edit the Cozy PPA repository, and change value focal to hirsute for Distribution so it will install the package for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute instead.
b.) Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run commands to download & install updated python3-peewee and python3-mutagen libraries.
Navigate to the Downloads folder via cd command:
cd ~/Downloads
Download python3-peewee via wget network downloader:
NOTE: since the command download & install 64-bit packages for Desktop PC/Laptop. For mobile or other devices, you can grab them by searching the package name in packages.ubuntu.com.
c.) Add PPA for Libhandy-1 library.
Ubuntu 20.04 also lacks libhandy-1 library, which can be installed from another PPA via the maintainer. Open terminal and run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/libhandy-1
You don’t have to run a individual command to install the library, because the next apt command will automatically install it as a dependency package.
3. Install Cozy via apt command.
Finally, run command in terminal to install Cozy audiobook player:
sudo apt install cozy
Option 2: How to Install Cozy in Ubuntu 18.04 & Higher via Flatpak:
Cozy audio book player is available as Flatpak package which runs in sandbox. It’s an universal package format that installs on most Linux distributions.
Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run following commands one by one.
1. Copy and paste the command and run to install flatpak framework:
sudo apt-get install flatpak
2. Add flathub, the official repository hosts most Flatpak packages:
For Cozy installed via Ubuntu PPA, remove it via command:
sudo apt remove --autoremove cozy
NOTE: the command may also remove libhandy-1 as well as Gnome Tweaks. Don’t worry, just install Gnome Tweaks back and it will re-depends on libhandy 0.x in Ubuntu 20.04.
To remove the Ubuntu PPAs, either open “Software & Updates” and go to “Other Software” tab, or run command:
Clementine, an open-source audio player inspired by Amarok 1.4, released version 1.3.9 (then 1.3.92) a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu.
Though the last version 1.3.1 was released more than 3 years ago, Clementine player is still in active development, and version 1.3.9 (as well as 1.3.92) was released in recent days as the test release. However, there’s no announcement, no change-log so far. They seem to be the development releases for the next major release.
The latest Clementine 1.3.92 is available to download in the link below:
So far it offers .deb packages for Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic), Ubuntu 19.04 (disco), and Ubuntu 19.10 (eoan).
Just grab the .deb matches your Ubuntu edition (amd64 for 64-bit) and click install via Gdebi (install it via Ubuntu Software) package installer.
Once installed, open the player from your system application launcher and enjoy!
Easywifi is a new command line tool make it easy to scan, connect, and manager WIFI networks in Ubuntu.
Easywifi is simply a script written with Python and based on nmcli tool. It offers an menu in the terminal output. All you need to do is type number or name to do what you want to do.
The tool so far supports:
Scan for wifi networks
List network devices
List saved network profiles
Connect to saved networks
Setup new networks
Creation of hotspots
Download Easywifi:
You can download the script by going to the previous link and clicking on the ‘Clone or download’ button.
Or in command line console, grab the source via command:
Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool with many annotation features. It works on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS.
Ksnip works on X11 and Gnome on Wayland. Like other screenshot tools, it can take screenshot of selected rectangular area, full screen, active window with time delay support. It also features:
Upload screenshots directly to imgur.com in anonymous or user mode.
Command line support.
Print screenshot or save is to pdf/ps.
Annotate screenshots with pen, marker, rectangles, ellipses, texts and other tools.
Add watermarks to captured images.
Global HotKeys for taking Screenshots.
Many configuration options.
Install Ksnip in Ubuntu:
Ubuntu binary package can be downloaded from the release page in the link below:
Grab the latest .deb package and install it by either Gdebi package installer or running command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/ksnip-*.deb
Once installed, launch it from application menu and enjoy!
(Optional) If you want to remove the screenshot tool, either use your system package manager or run command in terminal:
Allow configurable swapchain color space for native HDR output
Add mechanisms for better logging as preperation for console.lua
Introduce a pseudo key name that grabs all text input
Add grab zone for resizing window with mouse
Implement pseudo client side decorations via OSC
Add video filter using vo_gpu’s renderer
Added console.lua: interactive REPL for input commands
Display Santa hat for idle logo in December
Add option to autoselect known good hwdec implementations
Peplace old event tap for media key support with MediaPlayer
Remove Apple Remote support
Many fixes and minor enhancements
How to Install MPV 0.31 in Ubuntu:
Although it’s not available at the moment of writing, you can add the Doug McMahon’s PPA in Ubuntu 18.04, and receive MPV package updates once published via Software Updater.
1.) Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for ‘terminal’ from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/mpv-tests
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2.) If a previous version of MPV was installed, launch Software Updater and you’ll see new MPV package available to upgrade.
Or run command one by one in terminal to install (upgrade) MPV:
sudo apt install mpv
Uninstall:
To downgrade MPV to the stock version in Ubuntu main repositories, run command to purge the PPA:
TeXstudio 2.12.18, an open-source LaTeX text editor, was released today. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases including the next Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
It has been half a year since the last release, the latest TeXstudio 2.12.18 is mainly a bug-fix release. Most notably change is better support of regexp in search (Qt5 version only). There’s also some cwl added, and many bug-fixes.
And TeXstudio 2.12.18 is the latest release supporting Qt4.
How to Install TexStudio 2.12.18 in Ubuntu:
The PPA repository has built the packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, Ubuntu 19.10, Ubuntu 20.04, and their derivatives.
1. Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for ‘terminal’ from software launcher. When it opens, run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunderme/texstudio
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) from sudo prompt and hit Enter to add the PPA.
2. If an old version was installed in your system, remove the texstudio-doc, texstudio-l10n (if any) package before upgrading the software:
sudo apt-get remove texstudio-doc texstudio-l10n
3. After adding the PPA, you can either upgrade the editor via Software Updater:
or run commands in terminal to install or upgrade the software:
The first release candidate of SuperTuxKart 1.1 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, Ubuntu 19.10, Linux Mint 19.x.
What’s new in SuperTuxKart 1.1 rc1 according to the release note:
A new arena: Pumpkin Park
Online play improvements:
IPv6 client and server support
improved synchronization
a wider range of add-ons available.
Possible to adjust the game’s font size
Lots of fixes scaling to 1440p and 4K resolutions
Emojis support and available when chatting in servers.
iOS support, and more.
How to install SuperTuxKart 1.1 rc in Ubuntu:
The dev PPA has built the packages for Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.
1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts, or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stk/dev
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.
2. Then install the game via commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install supertuxkart
Once installed, open the game from your system application launcher and enjoy!
Uninstall:
To remove SuperTuxKart, open terminal and run command:
