{"id":5533,"date":"2015-12-30T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5533"},"modified":"2015-12-30T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T11:23:11","slug":"free-dj-software-mixxx-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/12\/free-dj-software-mixxx-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Free DJ Software Mixxx 2.0 in Ubuntu 15.10, 14.04, 12.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-logo.png\" alt=\"Mixxx 2.0\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5534\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Mixxx team finally announced the release of its free, open-source DJ software <b>Mixxx 2.0<\/b> after years of development.<\/p>\n<p>Mixxx 2.0 comes with so many new features and below is a few of them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dynamic, resizable skins to fit whatever size screen you have. <\/li>\n<li>Support the latest DJing techniques<\/li>\n<li>New effect processing system<\/li>\n<li>Cover art support<\/li>\n<li>Improved, expanded support for DJ controllers<\/li>\n<li>upgraded libraries and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more details, go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixxx.org\/whats-new-in-mixxx-2-0\/\" target=\"_blank\">release page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-2-450x262.jpg\" alt=\"Mixxx 2.0\" width=\"450\" height=\"262\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-2-450x262.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-2-600x349.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-2.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>How to install Mixxx 2.0:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mixxx has <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~mixxx\/+archive\/ubuntu\/mixxx\" target=\"_blank\">an official PPA repository<\/a>, which contains the binaries for Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>1. Add the PPA.<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, paste below command and hit run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mixxx\/mixxx<\/pre>\n<p>Type in your password (no visual feedback just type in mind) when it asks and hit enter to continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-ppa-600x103.jpg\" alt=\"mixxx-ppa\" width=\"600\" height=\"103\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-ppa-600x103.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-ppa-450x77.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mixxx-ppa.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Install or upgrade the software.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a previous release installed, launch <i>Software Updater<\/i> after added the PPA to check for updates and upgrade Mixxx.<\/p>\n<p>Or, run commands below one by one in terminal to do the update and install things:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install mixxx<\/pre>\n<p>3. (Optional)<\/p>\n<p>After installation, you may keep the PPA for receiving future updates, or disable\/remove PPA via either <u>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/u> tab, or command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:mixxx\/mixxx<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mixxx team finally announced the release of its free, open-source DJ software Mixxx 2.0 after years of development. Mixxx 2.0 comes with so many new features and below is a few of them: Dynamic, resizable skins to fit whatever size screen you have. Support the latest DJing techniques New effect processing system Cover art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[742,741],"class_list":["post-5533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-dj-software","tag-mixxx"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}