How to install Amarok 2.8.0 on Linux Mint 18.3
Amarok is a free, open-source and cross-platform music player. Although Amarok is developed under the KDE project, it is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle. Amarok is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. It is really so simple to install Amarok and this tutorial covers the ground in the same process.
Installing Amarok
First, make sure you update the system repository by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [11.5 kB] Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB] Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release [24.2 kB] Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release.gpg [819 B] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB] . . Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [602 kB] Get:27 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [557 kB] Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe Translation-en [243 kB] Get:29 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [16.2 kB] Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [15.3 kB] Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 Packages [7,084 B] Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 Packages [7,060 B] Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe Translation-en [3,812 B] Fetched 5,486 kB in 40s (137 kB/s) Reading package lists. Done Once it is done, you shall proceed with the installation of Amarok in the following manner.
linuxhelp user # apt-get install amarok Reading package lists. Done Building dependency tree Reading state information. Done The following additional packages will be installed: amarok-common amarok-utils breeze-icon-theme kate-data katepart kde-runtime kde-runtime-data kde-style-breeze kde-style-breeze-qt4 kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data kdelibs5-plugins kdoctools libaio1 libattica0.4 libdlrestrictions1 libfam0 libkactivities6 libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcmutils4 libkde3support4 libkdeclarative5 libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5 libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkf5auth-data libkf5auth5 libkf5codecs-data libkf5codecs5 libkf5config-data libkf5configcore5 libkf5configgui5 libkf5configwidgets-data libkf5configwidgets5 libkf5coreaddons-data libkf5coreaddons5 libkf5guiaddons5 libkf5i18n-data libkf5i18n5 libkf5iconthemes-data libkf5iconthemes5 libkf5itemviews-data libkf5itemviews5 libkf5style5 libkf5widgetsaddons-data libkf5widgetsaddons5 libkf5windowsystem-data libkf5windowsystem5 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4 libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkpty4 libkrosscore4 libktexteditor4 libkxmlrpcclient4 liblastfm1 libloudmouth1-0 libmygpo-qt1 libmysqlclient20 libnl-route-3-200 libntrack-qt4-1 libntrack0 libphonon4 libplasma3 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libpolkit-qt5-1-1 libqca2 libqjson0 libqt4-qt3support libqt5script5 libqt5x11extras5 libqtscript4-core libqtscript4-gui libqtscript4-network libqtscript4-sql libqtscript4-uitools libqtscript4-xml libsolid4 libssh-gcrypt-4 libstreamanalyzer0v5 libstreams0v5 libtag-extras1 libthreadweaver4 libxml2-utils mysql-common ntrack-module-libnl-0 oxygen-icon-theme oxygen5-icon-theme phonon phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon-backend-gstreamer-common plasma-scriptengine-javascript Suggested packages: . . Setting up libloudmouth1-0:amd64 (1.5.2-1build1) . Setting up libmygpo-qt1 (1.0.7-0ubuntu2) . Setting up mysql-common (5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) . update-alternatives: using /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback to provide /etc/mysql/my.cnf (my.cnf) in auto mode Setting up libmysqlclient20:amd64 (5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) . Setting up libtag-extras1 (1.0.1-3build1) . Setting up libntrack0 (016-1.3) . Setting up ntrack-module-libnl-0 (016-1.3) . Setting up libntrack-qt4-1 (016-1.3) . Setting up kde-runtime (4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1) . update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu-distrib/kdesu to provide /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu (kdesu) in auto mode Setting up amarok-utils (2:2.8.0-0ubuntu9) . Setting up amarok (2:2.8.0-0ubuntu9) . Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) . Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) . 
Now that Amarok has been installed, you can launch it from your Linux Mint search field. Type Amarok in the search field.
When the application icon appears, click on it to open Amarok.
Once the application is launched, you shall check the Amarok version to know more information on it.
You can also check KDE version.
With this, the method to install Amarok comes to an end.
Amarok Rediscover Your Music!
Amarok Rediscover Your Music! 
Amarok is a powerful music player for Linux, Unix and Windows with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before — and it looks good doing it!
Discover what Amarok has to offer. And see where we want to take it.
Amarok 2.9.71 Alpha out now!
A new year, a new Amarok release . yes!
You read correctly, after a long hiatus and all developers busy with their real life, the Qt5 port had to wait. But finally, thanks to the dedicated work of a few hardy developers like Pedro and Heiko, we are proud to present the technical preview or the next Amarok: Amarok 2.9.71 aka Amarok 3.0 Alpha.
Some important notes about this release:
Amarok 2.9.0 «Hibernaculum» released
As it may be customary for the upcoming season the Amarok team did some spring cleaning and is proud to announce the immediate release of Amarok 2.9.0. While we realize that the clock has run out on KDELibs 4 and Qt 4, we wanted to bring 20+ bug fixes from 18 contributors to our users before the next major release will harness all the shiny new things provided by Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks 5. In fact, the port is already progressing nicely in the Git ‘kf5’ branch, which is soon to become the new ‘master’ branch. We welcome everybody willing to help out to check out the source code and improve the next major version of Amarok!
List of important changes since 2.8.90:
— Fixed «Open Last-fm webpage» of similar artist (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354849)
— VFAT-safe file and directory names cannot end with dot (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388465)
— Fixed transcoding to AAC format by switching to the latest ‘aac’ ffmpeg encoder (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374670)
— Fix crash during musicbrainz search (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328359)
— Fix Gpodder credential service without kwallet (https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122797/)
— Fix Bug 302299 — Autoscrolling Lyrics are scrolling down if a song is rated via Context Browser’s Current Track (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302299)
— Fix Collection Browser auto-expand after search expanding too little (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335217)
— Fix MPRIS2 DesktopEntry value (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365275)
— Organize tracks / Guess tags presets persisted properly (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226144)
— Use transparent background for lyrics browser (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314854)
— Handle numeric fields properly in filter creation dialogs (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341661)
— Substitute deprecated MySQL option —myisam-recover (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354255)
— Disable non SSL connections in wikipedia applet (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348313)
— Fix build with gcc6 (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363054)
— Fix untranslatable string in Organize Collection Dialog (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331443)
— Fix for the infinite loop in case a home-burned or old audio CD is inserted (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339190)
— Fix tabs applet and change it to use https (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358408)
— Fix Taglib version check (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351013)
— Fix amarok build with LibOFA using ffmpeg 3+ (https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/129626)
— Make Qt4Webkit optional (https://phabricator.kde.org/D10923)
Amarok 2.9 Beta Release
The Amarok team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the result of 2 years of hard work, the beta release of Amarok 2.9. This release is marked by improvements, corrections and polishing of nearly all Amarok features. Everybody is encouraged to test this beta release thoroughly so that we can release rock-solid Amarok 2.9 final. While this version has been thoroughly tested on our systems, we welcome additional tests by our users, as we simply can’t cover all possible use-cases.
We still have two blocker bugs, a major one which sends Amarok into a loop:
We welcome help fixing these bugs so we can do a 2.9 release. This will be the last Qt4/KDE4.x based release, as new work porting Amarok to Qt5 and Plasma5 is waiting in the wings!
Some of the reworked areas that that you should try out and test:
and many more. Plus, multiple bugfixes! The complete ChangeLog can be found in the source code here: ChangeLog.
Amarok for linux mint
Amarok is a powerful music player with an intuitive interface. It makes playing the music you love and discovering new music easier than ever before and it looks good doing it! Amarok is based on the powerful Qt4 / KDE4 Platform and nicely integrates with KDE desktop.
Much work has been invested into integrating Amarok 2 with various Web services:
— Ampache
— Jamendo Service
— Last.fm
— Librivox
— MP3tunes
— Magnatune
— OPML Podcast Directory
Amarok comes with a lot of features including but not limited to:
— Scripts — enhance your Amarok experience with community developed scripts.
— Dynamic Playlists — create playlists that automatically update.
— Context View — customize interface with the Plasma powered Context View.
— PopUp Dropper — simplify drag&drop actions with revolutionary menu system.
— Multiple Language Translations
— Collection Management — organizing your music collection has never been
easier with Amarok’s powerful tagging, renaming, and sorting abilities.
— Database Importing — import collections from Amarok 1.4 or iTunes.
— Scriptable Services — integrate other web services into Amarok.
Latest reviews
Anyone know how to install Amarok on Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon ? Any help would be much appreciated
haw to install on Linux Mint 20 ? https://fastpic.ru/view/114/2020/1008/_4147dbca564c355c63a22574d21f3330.png.html
Aswesome ,media player .Design,style and easy browser up him,lyrics in there left then fully wonderfull.
Very good and excellent player compared to others available.
This is definitely my go-to music application and one of the first things I add (if its not already installed) to any new system. There are a few issues but its a lovely music player (and I’ve tried loads). I don’t know why it no longer automatically burns a playlist to k3b but I immensly recommend this player.
Don’t like it, slow to start, hard to quit, difficult to control basically needs a full re-write. I use VLC, that should be the default player, not this.
Bad usability. Poor use of visual space. Feature bloated while lacking essential features.