How to install Amarok 2 on Ubuntu 8.10
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Ubuntu 8.10 is coming by default with Amarok 1.4.1 in the repository. I decided to install version 2. To do this, we need to install it from “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main” repository. This small tutorial will show you how to do it using graphical tools and using commands lines. |
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What is amarok?
According to wikipedia,Amarok is a free software music player for Linux or other varieties of Unix. It makes use of core components from the K Desktop Environment, but is released independently of the central KDE release cycle.
Here is a short video of the version 2 on youtube
Installation with graphical tools
We need to begin by adding the repository. To do this, we have to go in “Software Sources” which is located in “System/Administration”.
The system will ask you to enter your administrator password.
Search for a package called “amarok-kde4″, do a right click on it and choose “Mark for installation”.
The system will show you that some packages are not authenticated, click on “Mark”.
The system will ask for confirmation, click on “Apply”.
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Installation with commands lines
We need to add the repository “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main” without the quotes to the file “/etc/apt/sources.list”. You can use gedit, kate or your favorite text editor like this:
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
or
kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list
We update our repository list and proceed to the installation :
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install amarok-kde4
Once completed, amarok 2 is installed! It is found in the”Applications/Sound & Video” menu.
Have a good use of amarok 2!
FRANÇAIS
March 16th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Great, I have never seen any article so neat and to the point (and along with screenshot), goog job
March 16th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Thanks for this tutorial. However, I believe you may have a typo in the name of the repository. Instead of “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid hand”, I believe it should be “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid MAIN”
It is correct in your screen shot.
March 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
I’m having issues finding the “amarok-kde4″ package. You just posted this blog yesterday, which is why I’m so baffled. But was it pulled, or is it still available? I’ve added the repository to the third party tab, reloaded the package list, but still not seeing it.
Also, I noticed at the beginning of the blogpost, you said it’d be installed from the Launchpad URL in the “main” repo. But when you got down to the step-by-step instructions, you seem to have replaced “main” with “hand”. But the screenshot shows “main”.
March 16th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I tried “sudo apt-get install amarok-kde4″ from the CLI just to see what would happen. And sure enough, it installed! I saw “amarok-kde4″ in the “NEWS packages that will be installed” section. After it finished, Amarok2 is installed. Two issues:
1) The first time I booted it up, it crashed. It prompted for any folder that may contain music, I left it at the default /home/[user]/Music and pressed OK. During it’s scanning, it crashed with the below error:
A Fatal Error Occurred
The application Amarok (amarok) crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV).
2) I re-opened it and got it to complete a scan, but it didn’t add anything to the collection. So I went to Settings>Configure Amarok and attempted to add a folder to the collection again. I opted to use SQLite, and it errored out with this error:
Error: Could not open Amarok 1.4 database: Driver not loaded Driver not loaded
Failed: Unable to import statistics
Just thought I’d throw this out there in case anybody who came across this tutorial runs into the same problems as me. Amarok plays files (.mp3) fine (through the “files” tab), and I can create playlists this way, it just won’t add files to the collection. Let me know if anybody knows a solution
March 16th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Thanks Chased and Mike O. for the typo.
For your problem with the importation of statistics from amarok 1.4, did you have amarok 1.4 before installing amarok 2?
Your problem is weird, did you google it?
March 17th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
is not a good idea. Above, instead of
and
it should say
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The exact reason for this is rather esoteric (and I don’t remember it), but apparently using sudo with certain graphical programs can make very bad things happen.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Alpho2k – It wasn’t necessarily importing statistics from 1.4 to 2.0, but it couldn’t build a collection from scratch. I didn’t even have Amarok 1.4 installed beforehand. I haven’t had a chance to Google around yet for a solution, but hopefully soon. If I come across something, I’ll post it here
March 19th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Well, just for shits and giggles I thought I’d try to build up the collection again. I haven’t really gotten around to researching my previous errors. But the collection built this time! No problem. So yeah, whatever happened before…I don’t know. haha
March 24th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Nice one.
On an unrelated note, since you completely solved the sound issue,
I don’t suppose you’ve found a way to solve the video flicker problem when Compiz effects are activated?
March 24th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Sorry David but I dont use Flickr!
March 24th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Neither do I, I didn’t mean the website. xD
I refer to an issue I’ve been suffering whenever I activate the Desktop effects.
Whenever I try to watch a video, through Totem or MPlayer, or even have a visualization, the video will flicker within the window, and lag when the window is moved.
The flicker is persistent, very annoying, and only goes away when Compiz effects are turned off.
I’ve heard this is something to do with the ATI card, and as we both use an Aspire 6920, I was hoping you may have had and solved this issue.
March 24th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
To Alex :
Thanks for the hint, it’s corrected now!
To David :
Ok! I understand now. Sorry, english is not my first language
I dont have this problem and I often watch videos. My video card is a NVIDIA one. Did you install the new driver? Are you sure your card is an ATI one?
March 24th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Ah, you have the other Acer 6920.
Acer released two configurations for manufacturers to sell, one had an NVIDIA card (not sure which one), the other had an ATI Radeon HD 3650 card.
NVIDIA seems to be much more supported by Ubuntu, and I’ve heard it’s a faster card too…
Did yours come with the Blu-Ray drive?
March 24th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Yes, I have it but I didn’t try it with ubuntu and I dont have blue ray disk
Is yours working?
March 24th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
To be honest, I have yet to try.
I have one Blu-Ray disc, I bought it from eBay (haha, cheapies), I’ll try it now and tell you how it went.
Though I’m using Linux Mint at the moment, it is more or less a modified version of Ubuntu, and should provide the same results.
March 24th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Tried and failed, there doesn’t yet seem to be an opensource player for blu-ray yet.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I will try one this weekend. I’ll tell you also how it went.
April 24th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
After install how to enable video? I am talking about podcasts which includes video. Thank you
April 30th, 2009 at 7:28 am
It seems to me that Amarok 2 is similar to 1.4 – but with all of the best parts removed!
Now you can’t have a separate collection/player window
Now there aren’t the same options to organise your files or do half the things you could access from a right click in Amarok 1.4!!!
I managed to import all my files, have them arranged and taken care of with 1.4 – to reimport them with 2 seems impossible!
December 8th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
hi, I’d like to try this procedure but I’m wondering: I have 1.4 installed and dont want to lose all the ratings and preferences, SQL database set up etc. If I do as you suggested, will I lose those things? Will it work at all? thanks
January 16th, 2010 at 1:41 am
Doesn’t work –
I added the repository, but when I try to update the repository, I get this error:
“W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 9423A34CCA967634″
What do I need to do?
January 17th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Try do install without the key. There is no problem of doing it.