How to Install SopCast Player in Ubuntu 16.04 / 16.10

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For those who want to install SopCast Player, a Linux GUI front-end for the p2p streaming technology developed by SopCast, here’s a PPA with sopcast-player 0.8.5 for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 18, and derivatives.

Sopcast Player in Ubuntu Unity

Open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut keys. When it opens, run following commands one by one:

1. Run command to add the PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxthebest.net/sopcast

Type in your password (no visual feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter.

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2. Then install sopcast-player package either via Synaptic Package Manager or by running commands in terminal:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sopcast-player

3. Remove the PPA repository afterwards, since the player is not updated any more.

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:linuxthebest.net/sopcast

For those who don’t want to add PPA, manually grab the DEB packages here.

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