Installing Multimedia and Video in Linux Ubutu 12.04
Guys, If you had installed the fresh version of Linux Ubuntu 12.04,you would wont be able to play music files or videos directly. For that you may need to install medibuntu repository and some extra packages. Step 1: Open terminal and enter the command below sudo -E wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo sed -i "/^# deb .*partner/ s/^# //" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get -y --force-yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring app-install-data-medibuntu apport-hooks-medibuntu && sudo apt-get update Step 2: Then install some packages for player and MUSIC ON!!!! sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs p7zip-rar acroread gimp inkscape blender smplayer vlc libdvdcss2 libdvdread4 faac faad audacious rubyripper cd-discid aacplusenc gtkpod lame cdrdao aacgain ...