Install MusixMatch on Linux, Music Player Application With Lyrics
MusixMatch is an application that can display the lyrics of the currently playing song.
If the song that is playing is synchronized correctly, then the lyrics of the song that is playing will appear floating and run automatically based on the song.
There are more than 12.4 million song lyrics in 50 languages in MusixMatch. This app can play songs from the device’s local library or through services stream available like Spotify, Google Play Music, and others.
To use it in order to display the lyrics of the currently playing song, the device must be connected to the internet. Then MusixMatch will search for lyrics that match the song being played by title, singer, album and tags other of the song playing.
MusixMatch is available on a wide range of devices, from devices mobile, desktop, smart tv until the device wearable like Apple Watch and Android Wear. MusixMatch was originally an application for the operating system mobile such as Android, iOS, and Windows Phone.
Then as the development of this application is also present for devices desktop, which is available on Windows and Mac OS operating systems. Now, finally MusixMatch is also here for users of the GNU/Linux operating system.
Install MusixMatch on Ubuntu, Debian and their derivatives
If you use the Debian distribution, Ubuntu and its derivatives such as Linux Mint and others. You can install MusixMatch on your device by using the file package “.deb”.
Download file package Deb format installation of MusixMatch directly on the download page of the MusixMatch website.
Then wait for the download process to complete. When the download process is complete, open the “Downloads” folder to make sure that the file package The installation of MusixMatch is in that folder.
To install files package deb” from MusixMatch, you can use tools “dpkg” via Terminal.
Open Terminal on your Linux by pressing the keyboard combination (CTRL + ALT + T) or open Terminal via the application menu.
Then go to the “Downloads” directory because the file package in the “Downloads” folder using the following command:
cd Downloads
Install the MusixMatch application on your device using the following command:
sudo dpkg musixmatch_0.19.1_amd64.deb
Adjust the word “musixmatch_0.19.1_amd64” in the command with the file name package the installation you downloaded. Because the file can have a different name and version if you download it at different times.
Then wait for the installation process to complete. After the installation process is complete, you can open the MusixMatch application on your device via launcher or application menu.
Open it, please register or create an account to start using MusixMatch, or if you already have an account, you just need to do login that you already have to start using it.
But unfortunately, currently the MusixMatch application for Linux is still in its infancy beta and can only be used to play songs from music services stream Spotify. To use it, please install the Spotify application first on your device using the following tutorial.
For how to install a more complete application using the file package “.deb”, like MusixMatch above, you can visit the link How to Install Applications Using this Deb Package File.
