On Ubuntu Linux, Playerctl is only available to 19.04 users. To get it working, open up a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T or Ctrl + Shift + T, then follow the command-line instructions that correspond with the distribution you currently use. Installing Playerctl is necessary before we begin, as the software isn’t pre-installed on any Linux distributions out of the box. Playerctl supports most Mpris-based music players, which means when bound to your media keys, will be able to control the playback of Spotify, Clementine, Google Music Player Desktop, and many, many others. Playerctl is essential for enabling media keys functionality on keyboards which aren’t natively supported on Linux. Follow along as we show you how to fix media keys not working on Linux! Installing Playerctl If you’re looking to get your play, pause, stop, and skip buttons on the keyboard to work with your favorite open-source media players, you’ve come to the right place. That said, not every single keyboard’s media keys are supported out of the box, and that’s a real shame. For the most part, the Linux kernel, and Linux operating systems have support for these devices, due to increased Linux driver development over the years. Lots of desktop keyboards have media playback buttons the user can use to pause, stop, skip and play music with the press of a button.
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