{"id":6553,"date":"2017-02-12T15:08:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T15:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2017-02-12T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T15:08:26","slug":"install-parole-0-9-ppa-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/02\/install-parole-0-9-ppa-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Install XFCE Parole Media Player 0.9 via PPA in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-icon245.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-icon245.png\" alt=\"parole-icon245\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6554\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parole, a modern simple media player for the Xfce desktop, has now reached the 0.9.0 release with a fresh set of features and fixes.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s new in Parole 0.9.0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New \u201cmini mode\u201d, activated from the right-click menu.<\/li>\n<li>New play and replay icons in the player content area. Clicking on these will play or replay your media (finally)!<\/li>\n<li>Most deprecated API calls have been dropped or replaced.  We\u2019re not dropping GtkStatusIcon yet, the notification area lives on in Xfce!<\/li>\n<li>Double buffering with the X11\/XV video outputs has been reenabled. Ubuntu has been carrying this patch for a while now.<\/li>\n<li>The window title and content title are now set to the playing filename if no ID3 tags are found.<\/li>\n<li>Plugins can now be loaded by name instead of full path (plugin-name.so).<\/li>\n<li>The desktop file and related AppStream have been updated to the now-standard \u201creverse-DNS\u201d convention (org.xfce.Parole)<\/li>\n<li>Translation updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player-600x371.jpg\" alt=\"parole-media-player\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player-600x371.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player-450x278.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Parole 0.9 in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>Besides building from the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.xfce.org\/src\/apps\/parole\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parole source tarball<\/a>, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, users can install the 0.9.0 release from PPA repository (unofficial):<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/converseen-ppa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/converseen-ppa-600x106.jpg\" alt=\"parole ppa\" width=\"600\" height=\"106\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/converseen-ppa-600x106.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/converseen-ppa-450x79.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/converseen-ppa.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade the software via <b>Software Updater<\/b> (Update Manager) if a previous release is installed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole-450x309.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade parole media player\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole-450x309.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole-600x412.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t want to add PPA, grab the DEB package directly from <a href=\"http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/ubuntuhandbook1\/apps\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/p\/parole\/\" target=\"_blank\">THIS PAGE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For any reason you can easily restore Parole media player to the original version available in Ubuntu Software App, by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parole, a modern simple media player for the Xfce desktop, has now reached the 0.9.0 release with a fresh set of features and fixes. What&#8217;s new in Parole 0.9.0: New \u201cmini mode\u201d, activated from the right-click menu. New play and replay icons in the player content area. 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