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How to install Banshee 2.6.2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Banshee 2.6.2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Banshee is a cross-platform open-source media player built upon Mono and Gtk application and it uses the GStreamer multimedia platform for encoding and decoding various media formats, including Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and FLAC. Banshee can play and import audio CDs and supports many portable media players.

Installation

Update the system repository as follows

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease       
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Install a Banshee application using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install banshee -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-ldap
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
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Certificate added: C=PA, S=Panama, L=Panama City, O=TrustCor Systems S. de R.L., OU=TrustCor Certificate Authority, CN=TrustCor ECA-1
Certificate added: C=PA, S=Panama, L=Panama City, O=TrustCor Systems S. de R.L., OU=TrustCor Certificate Authority, CN=TrustCor RootCert CA-1
Certificate added: C=PA, S=Panama, L=Panama City, O=TrustCor Systems S. de R.L., OU=TrustCor Certificate Authority, CN=TrustCor RootCert CA-2
133 new root certificates were added to your trust store.
Import process completed.
Done
done.

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
  libaprutil1-LDAP
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
.
.
Certificate added: C=PA, S=Panama, L=Panama City, O=TrustCor Systems S. de R.L., OU=TrustCor Certificate Authority, CN=TrustCor ECA-1
Certificate added: C=PA, S=Panama, L=Panama City, O=TrustCor Systems S. de R.L., OU=TrustCor Certificate Authority, CN=TrustCor RootCert CA-1
Certificate added: C=PA, S=Panama, L=Panama City, O=TrustCor Systems S. de R.L., OU=TrustCor Certificate Authority, CN=TrustCor RootCert CA-2
133 new root certificates were added to your trust store.
Import process completed.
Done
done.

Once the application is installed you can access the application from the menu as follows

Banshee application

Version of Banshee

With this, the method to install Banshee 2.6.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
Where does Banshee store configuration files/the library database?
A
It is stored under ~/.config/banshee-1/. The library database itself is called banshee.db and is a SQLite 3 database.
Q
Does Banshee support iPhones or iPod Touch devices?
A
Yes, since the 1.7.5 release on Apple app store.
Q
Does Banshee support audio/video format X (mp3, aac, mpeg, etc)?
A
Banshee uses GStreamer for audio and video decoding (playing) and encoding (ripping, format conversions). Whatever codecs you have installed for GStreamer, Banshee will be able to use (with a
Q
what are the platform Banshee available?
A
Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS can support to install this tool.
Q
Where does Banshee get its cover art?
A
Banshee looks first in the audio file itself for embedded artwork, then in the folder the file is in, then from Rhapsody, then MusicBrainz, which may link to Amazon or other sites, then final