Open terminal

CTRL + ALT + T

Common terminal commands

pwd – Prints the current working directory
ls – Lists files and directories in the current directory
cd – Changes the current directory (e.g., cd /home or cd ..).
mkdir – Creates a new directory
rmdir – Removes an empty directory
rm – Deletes files or directories (use -r for recursive)
mv – Moves or renames files and directories
cp - copies file to new destination cat – Displays the contents of a file
man – Shows the manual page for a command
find – Searches for files and directories
ps – Lists running processes
exit – Closes the terminal session
clear - clears terminal

Install music player from terminal

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vlc

Save song

1. move to the folder named 'Music' (see commands above)
2. create directory named 'MyMusic' (see commands above)
3. save .mp4 file from USB stick in your new folder
• Easy: Drag and drop and return to terminal
• Less easy: Use terminal
• lsblk (list block devices)
• cd to USB-stick e.g. cd /media/$USER (use ls to see content of folders)
• When in correct folder, copy song to desired folder, e.g. cp filename.mp4 ~/Music/MyMusic

Play song

cvlc /path/name.mp4

Tidy up

When you're done tinkering, please tidy up:

Remove VLC:
sudo apt purge vlc
sudo apt autoremove

Remove song:
cd to relevant folder
rm filename.mp4

Remove 'MyMusic' folder:
cd to 'Music' folder
rmdir MyMusic