In this article, we are going to learn How to install Umplayer open-source media player in Ubuntu. Umplayer is a lightweight multimedia player for Linux operating systems used to play audio & video files. It’s a nice application that comes with some nice features i.e.
- Umplayer multimedia player is a cross-platform application available for all major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS.
- It supports almost all audio and video media file formats like AVI, MP4, MP3, WMV, MPEG…etc…
- Umplayer multimedia player comes with almost 200+ codecs which makes it a universal open-source media player.
- If you don’t have subtitles for any video file or for any movie then Umplayer open-source media player will download it directly from the internet for you.
- OR if you have subtitles for a movie but the audio and subtitles are not matching then Umplayer will sync and match them automatically.
- You can search videos directly from youtube using umplayer multimedia player.
Follow the below steps to install Umplayer open-source media player in ubuntu:
Before starting the installation of Umplayer open-source media player we have to install the required repository for that as Umplayer multimedia player is not a part of the default repository of Ubuntu. So here I am going to install the getdeb repository from where we will get the Umplayer package.
Follow the below command to download the getdeb repository .deb package.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ wget http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb # Download the getdeb Package --2017-09-27 11:14:38-- http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb Resolving archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)... 144.76.200.19 Connecting to archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)|144.76.200.19|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 2380 (2.3K) [application/x-debian-package] Saving to: ‘getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb’ getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_al 100%[==============================================================>] 2.32K --.-KB/s in 0s 2017-09-27 11:14:38 (104 MB/s) - ‘getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb’ saved [2380/2380]
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Here I have downloaded the getdeb repository package to install Umplayer open-source media player package. Refer to the output below.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ ls getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb
Now use the below command to install the downloaded getdeb repository package.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb # Install getdeb repository package Selecting previously unselected package getdeb-repository. (Reading database ... 236794 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb ... Unpacking getdeb-repository (0.1-1~getdeb1) ... Setting up getdeb-repository (0.1-1~getdeb1) ... --2017-09-27 11:15:43-- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key Resolving archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)... 144.76.200.19 Connecting to archive.getdeb.net (archive.getdeb.net)|144.76.200.19|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1682 (1.6K) [application/pgp-keys] Saving to: ‘STDOUT’ - 100%[==============================================================>] 1.64K --.-KB/s in 0s 2017-09-27 11:15:44 (74.5 MB/s) - written to stdout [1682/1682] OK
After installing the repository just update the packages and repository of Ubuntu using the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update # Update Packages & Repositories Hit:1 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB] Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB] Get:2 http://screenshots.getdeb.net xenial-getdeb InRelease [9,604 B] Get:7 http://screenshots.getdeb.net xenial-getdeb/apps amd64 Packages [66.7 kB] Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB] Get:8 http://screenshots.getdeb.net xenial-getdeb/apps i386 Packages [67.4 kB] Fetched 450 kB in 5s (75.7 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done
Finally, install the Umplayer multimedia player package using the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install umplayer # Install the Umplayer open source media player Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: umplayer-translations Recommended packages: umplayer-themes The following NEW packages will be installed: umplayer umplayer-translations 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 217 not upgraded. Need to get 3,500 kB of archives. After this operation, 8,812 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y ---> Enter "y" to continue the installation Get:1 http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb/apps amd64 umplayer amd64 0.95-1~getdeb2 [2,358 kB] Get:2 http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/www.getdeb.net/getdeb/ubuntu xenial-getdeb/apps amd64 umplayer-translations all 0.95-1~getdeb2 [1,142 kB] Fetched 3,500 kB in 33s (104 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package umplayer. (Reading database ... 236797 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../umplayer_0.95-1~getdeb2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking umplayer (0.95-1~getdeb2) ... Selecting previously unselected package umplayer-translations. Preparing to unpack .../umplayer-translations_0.95-1~getdeb2_all.deb ... Unpacking umplayer-translations (0.95-1~getdeb2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ... Processing 1 added doc-base file... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ... Setting up umplayer (0.95-1~getdeb2) ... Setting up umplayer-translations (0.95-1~getdeb2) ...
As you can see above we have successfully installed the Umplayer open-source media player package. To confirm the same refer the below command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l umplayer # Confirm the installed Package Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-============================-===================-===================-============================================================== ii umplayer 0.95-1~getdeb2 amd64 complete front-end for MPlayer
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To open the application just type the command umplayer on shell prompt. Refer to the command below.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ umplayer # Open the Umplayer multimedia player application
After opening the application it will ask you to select your preferred language. To select your language and click on Ok. You can also open the Umplayer media player application graphically using search your computer box.
How To Uninstall Umplayer Open Source Media Player in Ubuntu?
For any reason, if you don’t like Umplayer Open Source Media Player and want to uninstall the application from your system using the following command.
itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r umplayer-translations # Uninstall the Umplayer application (Reading database ... 237090 files and directories currently installed.) Removing umplayer-translations (0.95-1~getdeb2) ... itsmarttricks@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -r umplayer (Reading database ... 237051 files and directories currently installed.) Removing umplayer (0.95-1~getdeb2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5) ... Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ... Processing 1 removed doc-base file... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.
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