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Install Amarok Music Player in Ubuntu
If you are using kubuntu 6.10 you will get the amarok version 1.4.4 packages so these are latest packages.If you are using ubuntu edgy eft you need to follow these instructions.
First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following source list and save the file
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-144 edgy main
You need to copy the key using the following command
wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~jriddell/kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
Now you need to update the source list using the following command
sudo apt-get update
Now you need to install amarok using the following command
sudo apt-get install amarok
This will install amarok version 1.4.4 in your edgy desktop
If you want to open amarok go to Applications—Sound&Video—Amarok you can see this in the following screen
Once you select amarok you shoud see the following screen
If you click on fast forward it will start the amarok configuration for the first time You should see welcome screen and here click on next
Locate your music files and click next
Now you need to select the which database you want to use for your msic collection informatione store.I have selected mysql database with the required username and password and click next
Now you can see amarok configuration finished and ready for use and click on finish
Amarok Music player in action
Amarok Music player Version Details
Access iPod with Amarok
If you want to access your ipod with amarok you need to go to settings—Configure Amarok you can see this in the following screen
This will open up the following screen here you need to click on Media Devices on your left and click on add device button on your right you should see the following screen here you need to select the option “Apple iPod media device” under plugin to use,enter the name of the device and enter the correct destination of the device (/media/ipod) and click on ok
Now you should see the following screen here you need to click on apply and press ok now your ipod should work
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November 6th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
There’s a pipe missing in the gpg command
wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~jriddell/kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
is correct.
Thanks for the instructions, didn’t think amarok wouldn’t update automatically in Edgy. Why is 1.4.4 not in the repositories?
November 6th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
thanks llan i have corrected that and i think edgy is having lower version than this
November 9th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
1.4.3 is in the repositories, 1.4.4 was released very recently. Aside from bug fixes there were a few major changes such as Magnatune’s streams directly available to the user.