Installing Headphones on Linux Mint

In this tutorial, I will take you through the process of installing Headphones on Linux Mint, which is an open-source music download automation software. Headphones allows you to download music from torrents and also has the ability to automatically search and download music from several sources. Follow these steps to install Headphones on your Linux Mint operating system.

Prerequisites

Before we get started with the installation, here are the prerequisites:

  • Linux Mint OS
  • Python 2.7
  • Git

Install Git

Open your terminal and use the following command to update your system package list:

sudo apt-get update

Once the update is complete, execute the following command to install Git:

sudo apt-get install git

Install Python 2.7

Python 2.7 comes pre-installed on most Linux distributions, including Linux Mint. If you don't have it installed, you can use the following command to install it:

sudo apt-get install python2.7

Install Headphones

Now, we can proceed with the installation of Headphones. Follow these steps:

  1. Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory in which you would like to install Headphones. You can do this by using the following command:

cd /path/to/install/headphones

  1. Clone the Headphones repository using Git:

sudo git clone https://github.com/rembo10/headphones.git

  1. Change the ownership of the headphones directory to your username:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER headphones

  1. Switch to the headphones directory:

cd headphones

  1. Run the following command to install the requirements:

python2.7 ./setup.py install

If the installation is successful, you should see a message that says 'Finished processing dependencies for Headphones.'

Running Headphones

To start Headphones, navigate to the headphones directory and run the following command:

python2.7 Headphones.py

Once the application has started, you can access it by opening your web browser and typing http://localhost:8181 in the address bar.

Conclusion

That’s it! You have successfully installed Headphones on your Linux Mint system. You can now download music and enjoy it effortlessly.