{"id":8220,"date":"2018-10-06T15:57:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T15:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2018-10-06T15:57:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T15:57:23","slug":"pragha-music-player-1-4-rc-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/pragha-music-player-1-4-rc-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Pragha Music Player 1.4 RC Released (How to Install)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pragha-player-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5304\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pragha 1.4 Release Candidate, a lightweight continuation of the Consonance music player, was released a few days ago with new features, performance improvements and some fixes.<\/p>\n<p>After 4 beta releases, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pragha-music-player\/pragha\/releases\" target=\"_blank\">Pragha 1.4 RC (1.3.99)<\/a> may be the last before the 1.4 stable release. The new 1.4 RC features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First implementation of Favorites as a playlist.<\/li>\n<li>Sync favorites with Koel and Last.Fm.<\/li>\n<li>New Visualizer plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Use Alt+Return shortcut to edit the selected song.<\/li>\n<li>Add progress indicator to the search entry while it works.<\/li>\n<li>Remember last pane used on song info plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Allows to customize the styles to the distro packagers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pragha-14rc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pragha-14rc-600x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pragha-14rc-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pragha-14rc-450x282.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pragha-14rc-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/pragha-14rc.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Pragha RC in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>There&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/pragha\/\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a> that contains the latest Pragha packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, and Linux Mint 18.x\/19.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> or by searching for &#8220;terminal&#8221; from app launcher. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/pragha<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type your user password (no asterisks feedback while typing due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pragha-unofficial-ppa-600x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"91\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pragha-unofficial-ppa-600x91.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pragha-unofficial-ppa-450x69.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/pragha-unofficial-ppa.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then install the music player either via Synaptic Package Manager or by running commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install pragha<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall Pragha:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the music player, either use Synaptic Package Manager or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove pragha<\/pre>\n<p>And you can remove the PPA via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility under &#8216;Other Software&#8217; tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pragha 1.4 Release Candidate, a lightweight continuation of the Consonance music player, was released a few days ago with new features, performance improvements and some fixes. After 4 beta releases, Pragha 1.4 RC (1.3.99) may be the last before the 1.4 stable release. The new 1.4 RC features: First implementation of Favorites as a playlist. 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