{"id":7214,"date":"2017-10-09T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7214"},"modified":"2017-10-09T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T17:30:21","slug":"rhythmbox-3-4-2-release-how-to-install-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/10\/rhythmbox-3-4-2-release-how-to-install-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhythmbox 3.4.2 Released, How to Install it via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/rhythmbox_icon.png\" alt=\"Rhythmbox music player\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5778\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rhythmbox, Ubuntu&#8217;s default music playing application, got a new release update after a year of development.<\/p>\n<p>Besides <b>removing visualization plugin<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/GNOME\/rhythmbox\/blob\/v3.4.2\/NEWS\" target=\"_blank\">Rhythmbox 3.4.2<\/a> features responsiveness improvements during media player sync, better network buffering when crossfading is enabled, and various bug-fixes (or feature request) including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Critical Assertion Errors<\/li>\n<li>Add <code>--version<\/code> command option.<\/li>\n<li>Rhythmbox crashed with SIGSEGV during import<\/li>\n<li>Expand playing icon column in entry view<\/li>\n<li>Import hangs for special file<\/li>\n<li>Playqueue UI improvements<\/li>\n<li>Memory leak in error handling of utimes on podcast-timestamp<\/li>\n<li>Open settings crashes the app<\/li>\n<li>build failure with gcc 7.1.1<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard navigation with tab is broken by search entry widget<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rhythmbox342.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rhythmbox342-450x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"284\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rhythmbox342-450x284.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rhythmbox342-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rhythmbox342-600x378.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rhythmbox342.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Rhythmbox 3.4.2 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The project leader for Ubuntu Budgie, <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~fossfreedom\" target=\"_blank\">fossfreedom<\/a>, was maintaining PPA with Rhythmbox package and its plugins, though they are not updated for a period of time.<\/p>\n<p>So I uploaded Rhythmbox 3.4.2 into <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">the PPA<\/a>, available for <b>Ubuntu 16.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 17.04<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu 17.10<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback while typing) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mupdf-unofficial-ppa-600x76.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"76\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mupdf-unofficial-ppa-600x76.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mupdf-unofficial-ppa-450x57.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/mupdf-unofficial-ppa.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade the music playing application via Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/upgrade-rhythmbox-player-450x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/upgrade-rhythmbox-player-450x336.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/upgrade-rhythmbox-player-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/upgrade-rhythmbox-player.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or upgrade your system via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<h4>How to remove:<\/h4>\n<p>To revert back to stock version of Rhythmbox in your Ubuntu, purge the PPA as well as downgrade the player via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p>If it&#8217;s working good, you may still remove the PPA repository via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility under Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhythmbox, Ubuntu&#8217;s default music playing application, got a new release update after a year of development. 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