{"id":8242,"date":"2018-10-10T14:40:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8242"},"modified":"2018-10-10T14:40:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:40:48","slug":"install-elisa-music-player-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/install-elisa-music-player-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install KDE&#8217;s Elisa Music Player in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kde-icon2.jpg\" alt=\"KDE Plasma 5.12\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5897\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those who to install KDE&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/community.kde.org\/Elisa\" target=\"_blank\">Elisa music player<\/a>, the official flatpak (containerised software package) is available for most Linux desktops including Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use. We also recognize that we need a flexible product to account for the different workflows and use-cases of our users.<\/p>\n<p>We focus on a very good integration with the Plasma desktop of the KDE community without compromising the support for other platforms (other Linux desktop environments, Windows and Android).<\/p>\n<p>We are creating a reliable product that is a joy to use and respects our users privacy. As such, we will prefer to support online services where users are in control of their data. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/elisa-album.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/elisa-album-600x327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/elisa-album-600x327.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/elisa-album-450x245.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/elisa-album-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/elisa-album.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Elisa player in Ubuntu via Flatpak<\/h4>\n<p>Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application launcher. When it opens, run following commands one by one:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First install Flatpak framework if not exist (For Ubuntu 16.04, <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~alexlarsson\/+archive\/ubuntu\/flatpak\" target=\"_blank\">add the PPA<\/a> first):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework-600x74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"74\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework-600x74.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework-450x56.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then add the <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">flathub repository<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https:\/\/flathub.org\/repo\/flathub.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository-600x82.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"82\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository-600x82.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository-450x62.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally install the Elisa music player:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak install flathub org.kde.elisa<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/install-elisa-flatpak-600x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/install-elisa-flatpak-600x290.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/install-elisa-flatpak-450x218.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/install-elisa-flatpak.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once successfully installed, open the music player from application launcher and enjoy!<\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the Flatpak package, simply run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak uninstall org.kde.elisa<\/pre>\n<p>You may also remove the KDE platform runtime (sandboxed) via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">flatpak uninstall org.kde.Platform<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who to install KDE&#8217;s Elisa music player, the official flatpak (containerised software package) is available for most Linux desktops including Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04. 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