{"id":9549,"date":"2019-11-16T14:48:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9549"},"modified":"2019-11-16T14:48:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T14:48:28","slug":"lightweight-media-player-parole-1-0-5-released-how-to-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/lightweight-media-player-parole-1-0-5-released-how-to-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightweight Media Player Parole 1.0.5 Released! (How to Install)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6554\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The fifth bug-fix release for the lightweight Parole media play 1.0 series was released a day ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10.<\/p>\n<p>Parole is a simple media player for Xfce desktop that is based on the GStreamer framework, and designed with simplicity, speed and resource usage in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Parole 1.0.5 is a small release with translation updates and following bug-fixes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix creation cleanup of thumbnails<\/li>\n<li>Fix volume hotkeys in fullscreen<\/li>\n<li>Fix compiler warnings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player-600x371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player-600x371.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player-450x278.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/parole-media-player.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Parole 1.0.5 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a> has made the new release packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04, and Ubuntu 19.10.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open <u>terminal<\/u> either via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/parole-ppa-bionic-600x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"116\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/parole-ppa-bionic-600x116.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/parole-ppa-bionic-450x87.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/parole-ppa-bionic.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then either upgrade the media player via Software Updater utility:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole-450x309.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade parole media player\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole-450x309.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole-600x412.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/upgrade-parole.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run following commands to install \/ upgrade it:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install parole<\/pre>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t want to add PPA, grab the <b>.deb<\/b> package from <a href=\"http:\/\/ppa.launchpad.net\/ubuntuhandbook1\/apps\/ubuntu\/pool\/main\/p\/parole\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can remove the PPA repository either via <i>Software &#038; Updates<\/i> utility under <i>Other Software<\/i> tab, or by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p>To remove Parole media player, either use Ubuntu Software or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt remove --auto-remove parole<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fifth bug-fix release for the lightweight Parole media play 1.0 series was released a day ago. 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