Install Banshee 2.5 on Ubuntu/Linux Mint (New Release)

Install Banshee 2.5 on Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 Oneiric Ocelot/Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal/Linux Mint 13/12

Banshee 2.5 is the culmination of six months' work by 35 developers, 38 translators and dozens of bug reporters and testers. It is a stable release, the successor to Banshee 2.0.
Play your audios and videos. Keep up with your podcasts and Internet radio. Discover new music and podcasts. Keep your portable device loaded with good stuff.

Bugs Fixed:

• Migo.Syndication: Handle feeds with malformed enclosure URLs
• AppleDeviceTrackInfo: Fix reading and writing rating values
• MassStorage: Save playlists relative to BaseDirectory
• Don't increment skip counter when restarting current track
• ServiceManager: check properly if a service is required
• FileSystemQueueSource: Reload when tracks are imported
• PlaylistSource: Make sure the right tracks are removed
• PrimarySource: Make sure AddTrackJob is marked as finished
• PlaylistParser: Retry HTTP request after timeout
• DapSource: Flush pending changes when quitting
• DapSource: Put the playlists below the default sources
• UPnPServerSource: Fix crash when getting the root object
• libossifer: Fix certificate validation with libsoup 2.38
• DbIteratorJob: Abort job after several consecutive failures
• PlayQueueSource: Fix high memory usage when shuffling
• PrimarySource: Fix pruning of artists from the database
• AppleDevice: Fix a crash when deleting invalid tracks
• PlayerEngine: Fix reporting of playback errors

See here release notes of 2.5.

To install Banshee in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:banshee-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install banshee

That's it

Source: Banshee