Can't install Strawberry on Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS

mrbluebudo

This may be more an Ubuntu issue than a Strawberry issue but I didn't experience this when I was using Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS, where I was using Strawberry regularly.

I recently clean-installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my laptop (then later signed up for Ubuntu Pro if that matters). Now I'm trying to install Strawberry. I downloaded Strawberry from strawberrymusicplayer.org but when I double-click the DEB file it just opens the archive. It doesn't launch or install anything.

Any ideas? I'm still pretty much a Linux newbie so hoping for some ideas.

jonas

@mrbluebudo

Ubuntu 22.04 is no longer supported by Strawberry because it's Qt version is too old. So you can't use any of the packages linked on the website.
I suggest that you install Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) instead. It's the new Ubuntu LTS release.

To install on Ubuntu 24.04, open a terminal and type:

curl -O -L https://files.strawberrymusicplayer.org/strawberry_1.2.6-noble_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i strawberry_1.2.6-noble_amd64.deb

You can also add the PPA repository to get updates:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonaski/strawberry
sudo apt update
sudo apt install strawberry

mrbluebudo

@jonas embarrassing... Apparently I'm so newbie to Linux I didn't know the version. I checked settings, and I confirmed I'm on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. I'll try your directions and see what happens.

vanmildx

@mrbluebudo
check the old version at github
curl -O -L https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/releases/download/1.1.3/strawberry_1.1.3-jammy_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i strawberry_1.1.3-jammy_amd64.deb

sudo apt --broken install