If you’re looking for a simple music player app for Linux, LPlayer is right here. It features all the conditions of being a Linux app like lightweight, powerful and support for all the major music files. It also has a nice, handy equalizer to use at any instant. All you need is to play your favorite music, set the equalizer and enjoy. Let’s install the awesome player on our Linux system.

There are also other best players for Linux to try out.

Installing LPlayer

There is only one platform that’s officially supported by LPlayer – Debian/Ubuntu and for other distros, the source code. We’ll check out both ways.

If your distro is Ubuntu or based on these, run the following command for installing it in your system.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/lplayer
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install lplayer

Debian users, run the following commands:

wget https://launchpad.net/~atareao/+archive/ubuntu/lplayer/+files/lplayer_0.3.4-0extras16.04.3_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i lplayer_0.3.4-0extras16.04.3_all.deb
sudo apt install -f

For installing from source code, run the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/atareao/lplayer
cd lplayer

cd bin
./lplayer

# Create desktop shortcut for LPlayer

touch ~/Desktop/lplayer.desktop
chmod +x ~/Desktop/lplayer.desktop

# Paste this code inside the editor, then "Ctrl + O" and "Ctrl + X" for exiting the editor

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Lplayer
GenericName=Music Player
Comment=A Simple Audio Player
Keywords=Audio;Podcast;MP3;Song;
Exec=/home/username/lplayer/bin/lplayer %u
TryExec=lplayer
Icon=/home/username/lplayer.png
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Encoding=utf-8
Categories=GNOME;GTK;AudioVideo;Audio;Player;
MimeType=application/x-ogg;application/ogg;audio/x-vorbis+ogg;audio/x-scpls;audio/x-mp3;audio/x-mpeg;audio/mpeg;audio/x-mpegurl;audio/flac;audio/m4a;audio/x-m4a;audio/mp4

# Add desktop shortcut icon
cd ~/lplayer
wget https://i.imgur.com/NwMq3u2.png
mv NwMq3u2.png lplayer.png

Voila! LPlayer is installed in your system.

Open any of your favorite music and enjoy!

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What a “media player” is

When you talk about media player, you mean a software that can decode and play a media file on your computer. For example, the most popular media file type is MP4. In an MP4 file, data is encoded and stored in an organized way. The media player reads the data, decodes it and plays it on your monitor and speaker.

The best media players

• VLC Media Player

This is one of the most popular and extremely powerful media players of all. Developed by VideoLAN, this player has been dominating the market for quite a long time.

Why it’s so prevalent? There are lots of reasons. First of all, it can play almost all the video files found in the world, without any scatter. Then, it’s open-source and free. You can add customized skins for even a cooler look. It comes with tons of codecs built-in, so no need to install them separately.

Get VLC Media Player today!

• MPV

If you’re looking for any lightweight media player, MVP is the perfect candidate for you. First of all, it’s super lightweight (installation size – 2MB!) and runs very smooth. The interface is very simple and self-explanatory.

It supports hardware decoding. With the powerful CLI support, you can also customize MPV’s media player settings. The media player is still under development and going to add lots of features in the future.

If you want to install MPV, it’s better to install it via a package manager (Synaptic, Pacman etc.). This way, it’ll be installed with all the dependencies. Get MPV.

• Banshee

Another awesome, open-source and powerful media player. In addition to the support of all the popular media codecs, Banshee offers the best-looking interface. There’s a navigation tree on the side panel. If you wish to have the player only, there’s also an option of “Simplify”.

Banshee can create a library for your media files so that you don’t have to play them individually every single time. Moreover, you can manage your purchases from the same interface! You can also sync with multiple devices.

Get Banshee.

• SMPlayer

It’s a nice, powerful and cool media player. There are lots of facilities that SMPlayer supports. It supports all the most popular file formats with HD visualization. You’re free to customize the interface with skins, icons etc. It comes with built-in codecs, making it a more versatile option.

You can even play YouTube videos in it and search for videos within the integrated browser. As the playback engine, SMPlayer uses MPlayer. For advanced viewers, SMPlayer contains lots of advanced options like video equalizer, playback speed etc.

Get SMPlayer.

• Media players from Windows

Yes, it’s pretty much possible to run Windows media players on Linux. In order to install the players, you have to have WINE installed on your system.

WINE is a tool that allows you run most of the Windows applications. All you have to do is install WINE and run the media player with it. Learn how to install WINE on Linux. This gives you tons of choices like Media Player Classic, GOM Player, PotPlayer etc.

Other media players

There are tons of media players available on the internet. If your favorite one wasn’t included, don’t forget to mention it in the comment section. If you’re looking for some awesome Linux distros, we got you covered. Check out the best Linux distros 2018.

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