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+# A KDE Jukebox
+
+
+
+JuK is an audio jukebox application, supporting collections of MP3, Ogg Vorbis,
+and FLAC audio files. It allows you to edit the tags of your audio files, and
+manage your collection and playlists. It's main focus, in fact, is on music
+management.
+
+Learn more about [Juk at KDE.org](https://www.kde.org/applications/multimedia/juk/).
+
+## Features
+
+
+
+- Collection list and multiple user defined playlists
+- Ability to scan directories to automatically import playlists and music files
+ on start up
+- Dynamic Search Playlists that are automatically updated as fields in the
+ collection change.
+- A Tree View mode where playlists are automatically generated for sets of
+ albums, artists and genres.
+- Playlist history to indicate which files have been played and when.
+- Inline search for filtering the list of visible items.
+- The ability to guess tag information from the file name or using MusicBrainz
+ online lookup.
+- File renamer that can rename files based on the tag content.
+- ID3v1, ID3v2 and Ogg Vorbis tag reading and editing support (via TagLib).
+
+## Installation
+
+The methods listed below for each major OS are based on executing the
+installation commands on a terminal window. Alternatively, you can use
+your OS' package management app.
+
+Unless using `sudo` to escalate privileges, the installation commands are
+expected to be executed as the `root` user.
+
+### Ubuntu
+
+```
+sudo apt install juk
+```
+
+### Debian
+
+```
+apt install juk
+```
+
+### CentOS, Fedora, RHEL
+
+```sh
+dnf install juk # On CentOs, use 'yum' instead of 'dnf'
+```
+
+### OpenSUSE
+```
+zypper install juk
+```
+
+### ArchLinux
+
+1. Enable the `extra` repository on `/etc/pacman.conf`:
+ ```
+ [extra]
+ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
+ ```
+1. Install the `juk` xz package:
+ ```
+ # pacman -Sy juk
+ ```
+
+### Other OSs
+
+Find your OS and installation instructions on
+[Packages Search](https://pkgs.org/download/juk).