{"id":7687,"date":"2018-04-22T12:43:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T12:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:43:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T12:43:17","slug":"install-sopcast-player-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/install-sopcast-player-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Sopcast Player in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sopcast-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6589\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install Sopcast Player in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.<\/p>\n<p>SopCast Player is designed to be an easy to use Linux GUI front-end for the p2p streaming technology developed by SopCast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sopcast-player-600x330.jpg\" alt=\"Sopcast Player in Ubuntu Unity\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sopcast-player-600x330.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sopcast-player-450x247.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sopcast-player.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a few PPAs contain the Sopcast player packages. Although there&#8217;s no Ubuntu 18.04 package available at the moment, you can install the <code>.deb<\/code> for Ubuntu 17.10 as a workaround.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Download and install the dependency package <code>sp-auth<\/code>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~linuxthebest.net\/+archive\/ubuntu\/sopcast\/+files\/sp-auth_3.2.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray'>Download sp-auth (.deb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>For beginners, it&#8217;s recommended to <b>install Gdebi package installer from Ubuntu Software<\/b>, then install <code>.deb<\/code> packages with <b>Gdebi<\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sp-auth-gdebi-450x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sp-auth-gdebi-450x352.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sp-auth-gdebi.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then download and install the sopcast player package built for Ubuntu 17.10:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~linuxthebest.net\/+archive\/ubuntu\/sopcast\/+files\/sopcast-player_0.8.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-medium arconix-button-gray'>sopcast player (.deb)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sopcast-player-gdebi-450x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sopcast-player-gdebi-450x352.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sopcast-player-gdebi.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, launch the software from your application launcher. <\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t get access to any sopcast channels due to the Great Firewall, so I&#8217;m not sure if video streaming works.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install Sopcast Player in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. 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