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This tutorial shows you how to install Google Music Manager, a simple application for adding the music files on your computer to your Google Play Music library.

Music Manager is compatible with desktop and laptop computers and is not available to download onto mobile devices. With it you can:

  • Upload up to 20,000 songs from your iTunes library, Windows Media Player library, My Music folder, or folders of your choice to Google Play.
  • Only upload what you want – choose individual songs or upload songs automatically.
  • Adjust the bandwidth available for uploading songs.
  • View your upload progress.
  • Download any songs that you previously uploaded to your music library, as well as songs you purchased from Google Play.

Install Google play music manager:

Press Ctrl+ALt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, follow the steps below:

1. Copy and paste below command and run to add the Google repository for Ubuntu Linux:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list'

2. Get the key:

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

3. update package lists on your system:

sudo apt-get update

4. Now you can install the app via:

sudo apt-get install google-musicmanager-beta

Google Music Manager Setup

This simple tutorial will show you how to install Google Play Music Manager on Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.04 from Google official repository.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and get started with below steps:

  1. Copy and paste this command and hit run to add the Google repository:
    sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/musicmanager/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list'
  2. Download and install the key:
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
  3. Update:
    sudo apt-get update
  4. Finally install Google Music Manager, so far it’s still in beta:
    sudo apt-get install google-musicmanager-beta

Enjoy!