Install
Shellbeats on Linux ARM Device
Shellbeats
Stream or download audio from youtube, in your terminal
If you play a lot of music from youtube in the background, then Shellbeats is for you.
It only streams the audio, using much less internet bandwidth and CPU compared to playing the video.Shellbeats supports searching, streaming, downloading, and more.
To run: Menu -> Sound & Video -> Shellbeats
To run in a terminal: shellbeats
Fortunately, Shellbeats is very easy to install on your Linux ARM Device in just two steps.
- Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Linux ARM Device.
- Use Pi-Apps to install Shellbeats.
Compatibility
For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest LTS of Ubuntu or Debian from your hardware manufacturer.
Shellbeats will run on either an Ubuntu/Debian ARM32 OS or ARM64 OS.
Install Pi-Apps
Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Linux ARM Device with just a few clicks.
Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash
Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps
Install Shellbeats
Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Shellbeats.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the Multimedia category.

Now scroll down to find Shellbeats in the list.
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Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Shellbeats for you!
Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot, theofficialgman, and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io