This tutorial is an "update" of another article published some time ago in this same blog. That version no longer works, so I decided to talk about installing Popcorn Time 2017 in its version 0.3.10. For those who do not know what this fantastic program is about, tell them that this will allow the user to watch movies with great video quality, Yes indeed, in the original version (You can add subtitles to it).
The service provided by this program worked very well, until last year for various reasons it stopped doing so. From that moment on, forks began to appear, but none of them worked as well as their predecessor.
A few months ago it seems that the people who were dedicated to maintaining this application have released Butter project. With the have released this version of Popcorn Time 2017 which is working perfectly.
Download Popcorn Time 2017 on Ubuntu 17.04
To begin we will have to download the program. For this we can do from the browser by going to the project website. There the page will show us a button with the version of Popcorn Time that best suits to our operating system. We just have to click on that button and wait for the download.
The other option we have from Ubuntu is to open a terminal and use wget as shown below:
- 32 bit:
wget https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-32.tar.xz
- 64 bit:
wget https://get.popcorntime.sh/build/Popcorn-Time-0.3.10-Linux-64.tar.xz
The two download options are equally valid.
Installing Popcorn Time 2017
For install this program in Ubuntu in a simple way, we just have to follow the following instructions. We start by opening a console and in it we write:
mkdir popcorntime
With this command we create the directory where we are going to unzip the file that we have just downloaded. I personally recommend doing it in our user's / home folder.
First we are going to move the downloaded file to this folder using the following command:
mv Descargas/[archivo descargado] popcorntime/
Now we move to the popcorntime folder.
cd popcorntime
The next thing we are going to do is unzip the file with the command:
tar xf [archivo descargado]
At this point we will create the shortcut in our Dash. For this we are going to use a script that I found in gith, which makes the process easier. To use it, we are going to download the content with wget:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/development/Create-Desktop-Entry
The content of this script can be seen using the link from any browser.
Once the script is downloaded, you will have to give it execution permissions. We will do this with chmod:
chmod +x Create-Desktop-Entry
Now we run it:
./Create-Desktop-Entry
This will ask us a question when creating the shortcut. You just have to answer "Y".
To finish alone we have to get rid of the downloaded file so that it does not stay there doing anything. We can do this from the terminal with:
rm [archivo descargado]
With this we give the installation can be concluded. Now we just do not have to go to the Dash and look there for Popcorn Time.
When we run for the first time we will have to accept the conditions of use that will appear on the screen.
Once these conditions are accepted (which I recommend reading to be aware of everything) we can choose which movie to watch from a good list of available titles.
I had read that the .sh had malware
No Carlos. The .sh site is recommended in the reditt forums where the issue was raised. Here is a record of the fake pages with malware. https://blog.popcorntime.sh/popcorn-time-safety-and-ransomware/
There are a couple of broken dependencies regarding murrine theme with sdk, when launching from terminal the warning skips but it does not affect the operation of the application.
I cannot install, I clarify that I install in folder in OPT but it does not start, before I see a sign that I should share a folder.
Are you sure you don't have malware or is that domain spied on?
The program works perfectly. If despite all the clarifications that are on the web by the development team, there are still those who do not feel safe using it, they should look for another application that allows them to watch movies and series with the quality that this program gives. And if you find it, share it! Greetings.
The tutorial is fantastic. Thanks, Damian.
I'm glad it serves you. Regards and thanks for commenting.
I install everything by following the steps and when I hit the popcorn icon it stays blinking but nothing opens. Any suggestion?
good to me the same thing happens to me, can I solve it?
What video card does your computer use?
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgconf2-4
You're the best!
With these two steps you solved the problem for me. Thanks.
./Popcorn-Time: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so. 0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Try downloading manually (x86, x64) as appropriate. Then install the file with sudo dpkg -i libudev0_175-0ubuntu9_ *. If you get dependency errors, run sudo apt-get install -f. Let's see if you can solve that error with these indications. Greetings.
Perfect….
It finally worked. After many months looking for a solution.
Thank you.
I followed the tutorial, but what was installed is useless it is something like a very bad search engine
time4popcorntime.com
Thank you very much for the tutorial. All perfect
not working on Ubuntu 17
Thank you very much for the contribution!
Hello, I have followed all the steps but when I get to:
./Create-Desktop-Entry
I get the message:
"Bash: ./Create-Desktop-Entry: Permission denied"
Any idea?
I fixed it by changing the command "chmod X" to "chmod u + x", but the truth is, no idea why that solves the problem.
The popcorn runs perfect, thank you very much!
Hello. Chmod is used to work with permissions. You can find out more about this command by typing in the terminal man chmod. There you will find a detailed explanation. Salu2.
My icon is duplicated in Plank.
I did everything, I have the icon but it does not run the ubuntu 16.04 program
I have followed this tutorial and for me it has worked perfectly in version 16.04 LTS
https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-popcorn-time-ubuntu-16-mint-18-kali-linux/
Right click on the icon and edit launcher
change the command $ / usr / bin / popcorn-time
by the following command $ ./Popcorn-Time
So I could solve the problem
A genius, thank you.
It does not work for me, I think I have followed all the steps but the application does not appear when I look for it in the dash.
Greetings to all.
I have installed PopCorn Time in all versions of Ubuntu 14, 16, 17.04 but I cannot find the solution in version 17.10. I assume there are no repositories for this version yet.
Thanks! It works perfect!
mkdir popcorntime doesn't work for me
mkdir: Cannot create directory "popcorntime": File already exists
manuel @ manuel-Satellite-Pro-A120: ~ $
what I do
mv Downloads / [downloaded file] popcorntime /
mv: can't stat on 'Downloads / [file': File or directory does not exist
mv: unable to perform `stat 'on' downloaded] ': File or directory does not exist
what I do
I followed the steps as the tutorial says, but the access does not appear in the dash, I modified the script, in the location of the program; there if the access appeared, but it does not open anything.
Any idea why I can't open it?
Well, after denying a bit, I found the solution to my problem, I leave it so that if someone has the same problem, they can solve it.
The problem in question was the lack of this library
- sudo apt -y install libgconf2-4
that way it is installed, and you can run the program without any inconvenience.
regards
Genius !!!
Thanks a lot! I am a newbie in linux, I am learning to use the terminal and for days I tried to install Pop corn and could not! It works Barbaro!
Hi, I am also newbie to Linux. By following the steps of the tutorial I did not find any inconvenience but the shortcut in the dash does not appear, I will appreciate if you can give me a solution, thank you very much