How To Install QMPlay2 on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

QMPlay2 is a video and audio player. It can play all formats supported by FFmpeg, libmodplug (including J2B and SFX). It also supports Audio CD, raw files, Rayman 2 music and chiptunes. It contains YouTube and MyFreeMP3 browser.

In this guide, we will show you how to install QMPlay2 on Ubuntu systems.

Install QMPlay2 on Ubuntu-APT method

Follow the steps below to get started with QMPlay2 :

• Update your Ubuntu system packages with running the below command:

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

• QMPlay2 package is not available on Ubuntu base repository. So You can install it via importing adding LaunchPAD repository as follows:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/qmplay2.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/tomtomtom/qmplay2/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qmplay2.list

• Then import the GPG Key as shown below:

sudo mkdir /root/.gnupg
sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/qmplay2.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CEC312CC5ED8215A6E0EFC49B90E9186F0E836FB > /dev/null

• Run the command below to reflect on LaunchPAD repo

sudo apt update -y

• Then install QMPlay2 as shown below:

sudo apt install qmplay2 -y

Install QMPlay2-Flatpak method

NOTE: Also you can install QMPlay2 with Flatpak

Flatpak, formerly known as xdg-app, is a utility for software deployment and package management for Linux. It is advertised as offering a sandbox environment in which users can run application software in isolation from the rest of the system.

• So install the Flatpak manager with running the following command:

sudo apt install flatpak -y

• Enable Flatpak using the following command

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

• Install QMPlay2 using the following flatpak command.

flatpak install flathub io.github.zaps166.QMPlay2

Access QMPlay2

• Use the command line to launch QMPlay2 as follows:

qmplay2

• You can also search on the system search bar by typing QMPlay2 as follows

• Alternatively, Flatpak users will need to launch using the command below:

flatpak run io.github.zaps166.QMPlay2

• QMPlay2 will be launched as shown below

How to Remove (Uninstall) QMPlay2

• Remove QMPlay2 APT Method

sudo apt autoremove qmplay2 --purge -y

• Remove QMPlay2 with Flatpak Remove Method:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data io.github.zaps166.QMPlay2
flatpak remove --unused

Install QMPlay2 -Conclusion

That’s it

Thanks.