Audacious - OLD, PLEASE USE GITHUB DISCUSSIONS/ISSUES

Hello Garry. I'm new to linux too, and I'm using KDE instead of Cinnamon, but I bet I can help you out a little bit since nobody else has chimed in.

When you click on the link to download a .tar.bz file, your browser should ask you what to do with the file. You want to open it with whatever package manager you're using (like Synaptic) and install it from there. With this package I noticed, you install it to the root and it knows to put things into your home folder.

If you already downloaded the file, just find it with your file manager and either double click on it, or if that doesn't work, right click and choose to open it with your package manager.

After you've installed it, it should make an icon in your start menu (sorry, I'm a windoze user). If it didn't, just search for the shortcut for it in the start menu, assuming Cinnamon has something like that. Mine looks like the following URL:

https://imgur.com/a/dXtNxaf

Good luck, Garry.

Whoops, just realized I didn't actually tell you how to download the file. Just head over to the Downloads page:
https://audacious-media-player.org/download
and grab the current stable release. Also grab the plugins right below it. Install the main package first in your package manager (like Synaptic,) then install the plugins.

Hope that helps a little.

I looked a little further (finally) and found that there are instructions for installation (including for Mint) on the download page. Just go to the download page and scroll down to Linux. I'd still go to that page for the links, but here's a preview:
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Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint

Users of Debian and its derivatives can install Audacious with apt-get:

1. apt-get install audacious

Synaptic will not know how to install a .tar.bz file.

"apt-get install" is the safest way but it may install an older version -- installing from a PPA is one way to get a newer version but has its own risks.