How to Install Musikcube in Ubuntu

Musikcube is an audio music player developed or written in C++. Musikcube application is completely terminal-based and cross-platformed. Musikcube can work on various Operating Systems like Windows, Linux,  macOS, and also on Raspberry Pi. A streaming audio server, WebSocket server, library, and an audio engine are also integrated within the Musikcube application. In this article, we will be going through various methods to install the Musikcube application on Ubuntu operating system.

Install Musikcube on Ubuntu

We can install Musikcube on Ubuntu using 3 different methods:

• Method 1: Install Musikcube as a DEB Package
• Method 2: Install Musikcube via Snap
• Method 3: Install Musikcube via Ubuntu Software

Let’s explore all installation methods one by one.

Method 1: Install Musikcube as a DEB Package

Follow the below steps to install the Musikcube editor on Ubuntu operating system:

Step 1: Download the .deb package of the Musikcube application from GitHub. Execute the below command in the terminal to download the package from GitHub.

wget https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/releases/download/0.98.1/musikcube_linux_0.98.1_amd64.deb

Step 2: Now, install the deb package using the dpkg by executing the following command:

sudo dpkg -i musikcube_linux_0.98.1_amd64.deb

Step 3: To open the application, go to Show Applications and search for MusikCube. The icon of the MusikCube application will be displayed.

Step 4: Click on the Icon, after clicking on the icon, the Application UI will be displayed.

We can set up our own server by setting up a Port and Password.

Method 2: Install Musikcube via Snap

Step 1: Execute the below command, to install the Musikcube application using Snap Store.

sudo snap install musikcube

Step 2: To launch the application, execute the below command in the same terminal window.

musikcube.app

Step 3: After executing the below command, the UI of Musikcube will be displayed and we can do audio streaming and many great things.

Method 3: Install Musikcube via Ubuntu Software

Step 1: Open the Ubuntu Software Center from the Activities Panel.

Step 2: In the search box, search for the Musikcube application.

Step 3: Select the application and click on the green Install button, to install the application.

Step 4: After clicking on the Install button, the installation process will get started.

Step 5: After installation, we can set the permissions by clicking on the Permissions option.

Step 6: To launch the application, click on the Activities Panel and search for Musikcube, click on the icon of the application to launch.

Step 7: After clicking on an icon, the application will be launched and we can use it.

Usage of Musikcube

Example: Adding Media Files

Step 1: You can see that initially, the artist’s menu is empty, which means that there is no music added to the application. So now we will add music files to the application.

Step 2: To add the files, click on the ‘s’ key on your keyboard to open the setting menu, now click on browse and select the option local.

Step 3: You can see that we have 5 music files located in the Music directory, we will add this path to the application.

Step 4: Once again, press the ‘s’ key and browse the Music folder path. After selecting the Music folder, press the ‘spacebar’ key on the keyboard to add it to the music paths.

Step 5: Now, go to the artist’s menu by clicking the ‘a’ key on the keyboard. You can see that all the music files are been added to the artist’s menu. Now we can play the song just by clicking on the song.

Step 6: Below, we have played the sample-12s.mp3 song.

Conclusion:

In the above guide, we went through 3 different methods to install the MusikCube application on Ubuntu operating system. As discussed, MusikCube is cross-platformed, it can also be installed and configured on other Operating Systems like Windows, macOS, etc.