--- title: Install Banshee on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Banshee for on elementary OS - Your music collection, podcasts and a little nostalgia url: https://snapcraft.io/install/banshee/elementary --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Banshee on **elementary OS** # Banshee [Alan Pope (popey)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/popey "View all snaps from Alan Pope (popey)") * [Alan Pope (popey)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/popey "View all snaps from Alan Pope (popey)") * [Music and Audio](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=music-and-audio) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/banshee/elementary#install) #### Your music collection, podcasts and a little nostalgia Banshee is back. Enjoy the classic Linux music player, revived for today's desktops. Browse your music collection by artist and album, build playlists and listen to your favourite podcasts, all in a familiar GTK interface with album artwork and desktop playback controls. * Play and organise your local music collection. * Subscribe to podcasts, download episodes and listen offline. * Scrobble your listening to Last.fm and discover related artists, albums and tracks. * Search the Internet Archive and stream audio, including LibriVox audiobooks. * Control playback through your desktop's media controls and MPRIS-compatible tools. On first launch, Banshee suggests your desktop's music folder. You can choose another folder or skip setup until later. Music is imported only when you confirm, and your files stay where they are by default. This is an unofficial community preservation build of Banshee 2.6.2. It includes compatibility fixes and restores selected online services. It is not an official release from the original Banshee developers, and not every historical feature or service is supported. We’ve kept Banshee 2.6.2’s familiar interface, with fixes and a few additions: * Modern build support: fixed compilation against newer Mono and libraries. * Reliable desktop behaviour: fixed a GTK file-chooser crash, restored toolbar icons, and added Yaru theme integration. * Working HTTPS: supplied current certificate trust so online services can connect securely. * Podcast reliability: repaired downloading, resuming, retries and streaming, with clearer download errors. * Internet Archive: updated search and metadata handling for today’s API, restoring browsing and playback. * Last.fm: restored browser login, recommendations, now-playing and scrobbling, including safer retry handling. * Desktop integration: updated D-Bus, MPRIS controls, tray integration and notifications, with local artwork for GNOME. * Automatic artwork: improved fetching and recovery for missing covers. * Better snap first run: added an explicit music-folder prompt, including localised folder detection, without copying music by default. * Persistent media storage: put artwork caches and downloaded podcasts in shared snap storage so updates don’t duplicate them. For music on USB or other mounted drives, enable removable-media access: ``` sudo snap connect banshee:removable-media ``` The drive must be mounted somewhere the snap can access, with suitable file permissions. ### Package name * banshee --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 26 September 2026 - latest/stable * 9 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Source code * [github.com/popey/banshee](https://github.com/popey/banshee "https://github.com/popey/banshee") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/popey/banshee/issues](https://github.com/popey/banshee/issues "https://github.com/popey/banshee/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/banshee/elementary#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Banshee Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install Banshee To install Banshee, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install banshee ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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