Qt5 graphical MPD client Cantata 2.3.1 was released earlier today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 16.04, and/or Ubuntu 14.04.

Cantata 2.3.1 was released with a large number of changes. Here are some of them:

• Set Smart rules ‘files added in the last days’ limit to 10*365
• Fix enabling of add/replace play queue actions for Jamendo/Magnatune.
• Use JSON to encode song details when adding online tracks.
• Fix crash if try to expand dirble and --no-network passed to Cantata.
• Remove custom icon theme, and just use FontAwesome.
• Add genius.com to list of lyrics providers.
• Some lyrics improvements.
• Fix playback of downloaded podcasts.
• Fix saving of podcast images to JPG.
• Limit SoundCloud results to 200 matches.
• Add file max-age to dynamic playlist rules.
• Some UI improvements, and translation updates.

How to Install Cantata 2.3.1 in Ubuntu:

For all current Ubuntu releases, you can install Cantata 2.3.1 via the unofficial PPA.

1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/cantata-qt

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. For those who have a previous release installed, upgrade Cantata via Software Updater:

or install it for the first time via commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cantata mpd

Uninstall:

To remove cantata MPD client either use system package manager or run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove cantata

To remove the PPA repository, launch Software & Updates utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

Cantata MPD client 2.3.0 was released a day ago with a large list of changes. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 16.04, and/or Ubuntu 14.04.

Changes in Cantata 2.3.0 include:

• Only disable system tray support if org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher is not registered when running under Gnome.
• Add ability to change grid cover size – Ctrl+ / Ctrl-
• Avahi support (automatic mpd discovery)
• Add “Add Local Files” to playqueue context menu.
• Add support for Haiku
• Add support for forked-DAAP – thanks to Wolfgang Scherer.
• Reduce memory usage by correctly calculating cost of covers for in-memory cache.
• Use IO::Socket::IP and not IO::Socket::INET in cantata-dynamic to allow usage with IPv6.
• Enable remote (sshfs, samba) device support by default for Linux builds.
• Make track links in context view work with CUE files.
• Support dragging folder of music files onto playqueue.
• Support dragging m3u and m3u8 playlists onto playqueue.
• Add ‘Categorized’ view for albums in library.
• Add settings page to configure API keys.
• Add Suru icon for Ubuntu builds.

And there are various other changes, see HERE for details.

How to Install Cantata 2.3.0 in Ubuntu:

For all current Ubuntu releases, you can install Cantata 2.3.0 via the unofficial PPA.

1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts or by searching it from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/cantata-qt

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. For those who have a previous release installed, upgrade Cantata via Software Updater:

or install it for the first time via commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cantata mpd

Uninstall:

To remove cantata MPD client either use system package manager or run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove cantata

To remove the PPA repository, launch “Software & Updates” utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

Cantata, an open-source graphical MPD client, reached 2.2.0 release earlier today. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10 and their derivatives.

Cantata 2.2.0 release highlights:

• Add option to specify number of play queue tracks for dynamic playlists.
• Add option to set application style.
• Fix potential issue with priority menu items being disabled.
• Remove unity menu icon work-around.
• Fix desktop detection via XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP – check for colon separated values.
• In playlists page, internet, etc, allow back navigation to go fully back.
• Smart playlists – like dynamic, but do not auto update.
• Use em-dash to as separator.
• Add device option to only transcode if source is FLAC or WAV.
• Fix extraction of album names from DB
• Fix some potential security issues.
• Fix sidebar highlight for windows (at least for Windows 10).
• Only enable system tray for Linux if org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher DBUS service is registered.
• Fix MPRIS track path.
• Fix MPRIS can go next/previous state changes.

How to Install Cantata 2.2.0 via PPA in Ubuntu:

Besides building from source, all current Ubuntu users can install Cantata 2.2.0 via an unofficial PPA.

1. Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcuts or by searching it from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/cantata-qt

Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.

2. For those who have a previous release installed, upgrade Cantata via Software Updater:

or install it for the first time via commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cantata mpd

Uninstall:

To remove cantata MPD client either use system package manager or run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove cantata

To remove the PPA repository, launch “Software & Updates” utility and navigate to Other Software tab.

Cantata, the open-source Qt5 graphical client for MPD, has reached the new major 2.1 release hours ago with a huge list of changes. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases via PPA.

Cantata 2.1.0 release highlights:

• Re-add all album sorts from Cantata 1.x.
• Detect and show DLNA streams in grouped view.
• Re-add genre combo to library view. Only visible if grouping by artist or
  album.
• Fix Jamendo and Magnatune covers.
• Use Pulse Audio for ‘Personal’ MPD instance.
• Fix crash when changing playqueue view type.
• Fix local file playback on remote MPD when MPD’s curl is using IPv6.
• Read lyrics from MP4 files.
• Support disc number in CUE files.
• Allow single-key shortcuts.
• Improve Mopidy support.
• Enable support for Opus tags if enabled in TagLib.
• Remove Qt4, KDE4, and Ubuntu touch support.
• Make all of Cantata’s internal actions accessible via DBUS.
• Add support for OriginalDate tag.
• Enable retina support for all builds.

How to Install Cantata 2.1.0 in Ubuntu:

Besides building the from source, All current Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and their derivatives can install either the KDE build or Qt5 build from unofficial PPAs.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add either PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/cantata-qt

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/cantata

2. Then launch Software Updater utility to upgrade the client from an existing release:

Or run commands one by one in terminal to install or upgrade Cantata:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mpd cantata

Uninstall:

To remove the PPA repositories, go to System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Other Software tab.

To remove the mpd client, either use your system package manager or run command in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove cantata