How to install SopCast Player in Ubuntu 10.04


SopCast

SopCast Player, that makes use of the P2P (Peer-to-Peer) technology to bring live streaming video and audio to your Linux desktop has safely landed on Launchpad, you can now install it on your Ubuntu 10.04 via the PPA repository with no hassle but one.

First, you’ll have to download and install libstdc++5 – for x86 machines, then go ahead and add this repository to your sources.list; copy and paste on your terminal:

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echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jason-scheunemann/ppa/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CD30EE56

Now install SopCast with

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install sopcast-player sp-auth

Run with Alt+F2 -> sopcast-player or get it at Applications -> Sound & Video -> SopCast Player

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3 Comments;

  1. toorghezi
    7:48 pm on May 15th, 2010

    How to install SopCast Player in Ubuntu 10.04:
    SopCast Player, that makes use of the P2P (Peer-to-Peer) technolog… http://bit.ly/bNDGSx

  2. vasiauvi
    7:31 pm on May 17th, 2010

    Hello,
    Thanks for the info! There is also gsopcast!
    If you want to watch TV with your favorite video player and the sound to be adjusted by you you can look here:http://u4linux.blogspot.com/2010/02/sopcast-for-linux-goodbye-windows.html :)

  3. djatlantic
    12:21 am on May 18th, 2010

    http://www.kabatology.com/05/15/how-to-install-sopcast-player-in-ubuntu-10-04/