{"id":43749,"date":"2023-03-06T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43749"},"modified":"2023-03-06T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:16:15","slug":"audacious-music-player-4-3-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/03\/audacious-music-player-4-3-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacious Music Player 4.3 Released! Ubuntu PPA Updated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/audacious-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37352\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/audacious-icon-250x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/audacious-icon-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/audacious-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/audacious-icon-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/audacious-icon-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/audacious-icon.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audacious music player finally announced the release of version 4.3 after a few weeks of beta testing.<\/p>\n<p>As you may already know, the new release features <b>PipeWire output plugin<\/b>. Meaning <i>Ubuntu 22.10 +<\/i> users can switch sound output using the new low-level multimedia framework.<\/p>\n<p>Pop! OS 22.04 (have PipeWire support out-of-the-box) and Ubuntu 20.04 that have switched <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/pipewire-replace-pulseaudio-ubuntu-2204\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Pipewire to replace PulseAudio<\/a> are also supported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pipewire-output.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43750\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pipewire-output-600x600.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pipewire-output-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pipewire-output-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pipewire-output-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pipewire-output.webp 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The release also added GTK3 support again, which has much better appearance in my case compare to the old GTK2 interface. It now has a new set of tool-bar icons with both light and dark mode support. Though, the icons in the Settings page are still too big.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-gtk-compare.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43751\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-gtk-compare-600x437.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-gtk-compare-600x437.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-gtk-compare-300x219.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-gtk-compare-768x560.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-gtk-compare.webp 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/audacious-media-player.org\/news\/56-audacious-4-3-released\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audacious 4.3<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Native Opus decoder plugin, previously done via FFmpeg plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Qt6 support goes mature, though still defaults to Qt5.<\/li>\n<li>Meson built system support<\/li>\n<li>Allow copying file path in song info dialog.<\/li>\n<li>Support Ogg FLAC audio streams<\/li>\n<li>Support reading embedded lyrics tags.<\/li>\n<li>Account for album artist in Search Tool.<\/li>\n<li>Support new song length database format in SID plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Support Publisher and Catalog Number tags<\/li>\n<li>Add file filter to Export Playlist file dialog<\/li>\n<li>Remove alarm plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Add Romanian translation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Audacious 4.3 in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<p>Without building from the source, Ubuntu users can install the audio player in 2 ways: Flatpak and Deb.<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Flatpak<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Audacious 4.3 is available to install as Flatpak package, though it runs in sandbox. Linux Mint user can easily search for and install it from Software Manager.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu user can press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal and run the 2 commands below one by one to get it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable Flatpak support:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Install Audacious as Flatpak:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.atheme.audacious.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2. Ubuntu PPA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For those who prefer the classic <code>.deb<\/code> package, I&#8217;ve upload the new package into <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this PPA<\/a> repository.<\/p>\n<p><i>It now supports the package for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. Besides the modern PC and laptop with x86_64 architecture type, <code>arm64\/armhf<\/code> devices such as Raspberry Pi are also supported!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>1. First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-ppa-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-ppa-jammy-600x407.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-ppa-jammy-600x407.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-ppa-jammy-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-ppa-jammy-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/audacious-ppa-jammy.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Then, update system package index in Ubuntu 18.04 and Linux Mint via the command below. For Ubuntu 20.04+, it&#8217;s done automatically while adding PPA.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p>3. If you have an old version of the music player installed, you can now update the package to the latest using &#8220;Software Updater&#8221; utility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/upgrade-audacious.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/upgrade-audacious-600x470.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"470\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/upgrade-audacious-600x470.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/upgrade-audacious-300x235.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/upgrade-audacious.webp 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or, run the command below in terminal to install or upgrade the package:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install audacious audacious-plugins<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apt-audacious-jammy.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apt-audacious-jammy-600x407.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apt-audacious-jammy-600x407.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apt-audacious-jammy-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apt-audacious-jammy-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/apt-audacious-jammy.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Audacious<\/h3>\n<p><b>Remove the Flatpak package<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the audio player installed as Flatpak, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.atheme.audacious<\/pre>\n<p>Also clean up runtime library via <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Remove Audacious installed from PPA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you want to restore the music player to the stock version available in system repository. Run command below to purge PPA as well as downgrade installed packages:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p>Or, simply remove the software packages, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove audacious audacious-plugins-data libaudcore5<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the PPA either via &#8220;Software &#038; Updates&#8221; under &#8216;Other Software&#8217; tab or use command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s all. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audacious music player finally announced the release of version 4.3 after a few weeks of beta testing. As you may already know, the new release features PipeWire output plugin. Meaning Ubuntu 22.10 + users can switch sound output using the new low-level multimedia framework. Pop! 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