{"id":7052,"date":"2017-08-14T13:59:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2017-08-14T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T13:59:51","slug":"install-freac-audio-converter-in-ubuntu-16-04-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/08\/install-freac-audio-converter-in-ubuntu-16-04-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install fre:ac audio converter in Ubuntu 16.04 \/ Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-icon245.png\" alt=\"fre:ac audio converter\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7053\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install the free &#8216;fre:ac&#8217; audio converter in Ubuntu and manually create app shortcut to be able to launch it from Unity Dash, Gnome app launcher, or other app launcher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">fre:ac<\/a> is a free audio converter and CD ripper works on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and FreeBSD. It offers Linux packages but lacks application shortcut.<\/p>\n<h4>Download fre:ac:<\/h4>\n<p>First download the latest version of the audio converter from the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/bonkenc\/files\/snapshots\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download fre:ac for Linux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select download:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>freac-yymmdd-linux.tar.gz<\/code> package for 32-bit system.<\/li>\n<li><code>freac-yymmdd-linux-x64.tar.gz<\/code> package for 64-bit system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then extract it. In the case below, I downloaded the 64-bit tarball:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-linux-source.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-linux-source-450x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"243\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-linux-source-450x243.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-linux-source-600x324.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-linux-source.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can now launch the audio converter by run the executable file from its context menu:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/launch-freac.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/launch-freac-450x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"265\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/launch-freac-450x265.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/launch-freac-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/launch-freac.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Create app shortcut for fre:ac audio converter:<\/h4>\n<p>To be able to launch the software from Unity Dash, Gnome app launcher, or other app launcher, you have to manually create an app shortcut for fre:ac.<\/p>\n<p>To do so, open terminal via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> or from app launcher, and do following steps:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Move the source folder to \/opt\/ directory for global use by running command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo mv ~\/Downloads\/freac-*-linux \/opt\/freac-linux<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing due to security reason) when it asks and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/move-freac-opt-600x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"98\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/move-freac-opt-600x98.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/move-freac-opt-450x74.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/move-freac-opt.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then change the ownship via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo chown -R root:root \/opt\/freac-linux<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Create a symbolic link to the executable file, so you can easily run command <code>freac<\/code> to launch the software:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo ln -s \/opt\/freac-linux\/freac \/usr\/bin\/freac<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-sym-link-600x83.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"83\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-sym-link-600x83.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-sym-link-450x62.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-sym-link.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally run command to create and edit a <i>.desktop<\/i> file for the audio converter:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">gksudo gedit \/usr\/share\/applications\/freac.desktop<\/pre>\n<p>And paste below lines into the file and save it.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"background:none;\">[Desktop Entry]\r\nName=freac\r\nGenericName=freac audio converter\r\nComment=fre:ac free audio converter\r\nExec=<b>env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:\/opt\/freac-linux\/ freac %f<\/b>\r\nIcon=<b>\/opt\/freac-linux\/icons\/freac.png<\/b>\r\nTerminal=flase\r\nType=Application\r\nCategories=Audio;\r\nMimeType=application\/ogg;application\/x-extension-mp4;application\/x-flac;application\/x-matroska;application\/x-ogg;audio\/ac3;audio\/mp4;audio\/mpeg;audio\/ogg;audio\/x-flac;audio\/x-matroska;audio\/x-mp3;audio\/x-mpeg;audio\/x-vorbis;<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-desktop-file.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-desktop-file-600x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-desktop-file-600x332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-desktop-file-450x249.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-desktop-file-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-desktop-file.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to add variable <code>env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:\/opt\/freac-linux\/<\/code> to the value of Exec, or it won&#8217;t launch the software and output error:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"background:none;\">freac: error while loading shared libraries: libsmooth-0.8.73.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-load-error-600x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"93\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-load-error-600x93.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-load-error-450x70.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-load-error.jpg 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Finally launch fre:ac audio converter from app launcher (<i>might need log out and back in<\/i>) and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-app-shortcut-450x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"211\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-app-shortcut-450x211.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/freac-app-shortcut.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Remove:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove fre:ac audio converter, simply remove the source folder, symbolic link, and app shortcut by running following command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo rm -rf \/opt\/freac-linux \/usr\/bin\/freac \/usr\/share\/applications\/freac.desktop<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install the free &#8216;fre:ac&#8217; audio converter in Ubuntu and manually create app shortcut to be able to launch it from Unity Dash, Gnome app launcher, or other app launcher. fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper works on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and 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