---
name: "potamus"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "potamus"
version: "0.9-1+b1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/potamus"
---

# potamus(1)

extremely lightweight GTK-based audio player

## NAME

potatus - extremely lightweight GTK-based audio player

## SYNOPSIS

**potamus** file1 file2 ... filen

**potamus** \<directory\>

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **potamus** command. As **Potamus**\
  is an extremely lightweight GTK-based audio player with a\
  simple interface and an emphasis on high audio quality.

**Potamus**\
  was written as a reaction to players like Rhythmbox that use a\
  complex database to keep track of a music collection.

## OPTIONS

- **file1 file2 ... filen**

  specify individual mp3/ogg files.

- **\<directory\>**

  specify a base directory to read the mp3/ogg files.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Anibal Avelar \<aavelar@cofradia.org\> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## AUTHOR

**Anibal Avelar**

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  Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2008 Anibal Avelar\