Parole, a modern simple media player for XFCE, has reached the 0.9.2 release. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04 via PPA.
Parole 0.9.2 requires GTK >= 3.20. Ubuntu 16.04 won’t be able to update to this release with the default GTK+3 libraries.
Parole 0.9.2 features:
- Update homepage to docs.xfce.org
- Switch Xfce URLs to HTTPS
- Keyboard shortcuts helper available in the Help menu
- New B/N keybindings for previous and next track
- Fixed null pointer dereference
- Fixed adding directories to queue via commandline
- Fixed shuffle functionality also repeating
- Fixed display order of audio and subtitle tracks
- Fixed “Clear Recent” clearing global history
- Fixed Ctrl-Q keybinding when in fullscreen
- Fixed string escaping in audiobox widget
- Complete the Parole Plugins documentation and improved documentation quality
- translation updates and code quality improvements.
How to Install Parole 0.9.2 in Ubuntu:
For Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 17.04, do following steps to add PPA and install or upgrade Parole to version 0.9.2:
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for “Terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
Type in your password (no visual feedback when typing due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.
2. Then upgrade the media player via Software Updater utility:
or run following commands to install / upgrade it:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install parole
For Ubuntu 16.04 users who’ve updated GTK version (no recommended for beginners), grab the .deb package for Ubuntu 16.10 from HERE.
Uninstall:
Run following command to purge the PPA repository which also downgrade installed packages to the stock version in your Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps
