I don't know how to instal amarok in simply mepis 3.3

[odysseas 0]

Hi all

I recently installed Simply Mepis 3.3 and found out that it doesn't have amarok, probably the best equivalent of iTunes. I live in England so I found in the magazine Linux Format a version of amarok. Unforunately I am really new to the whole area of linux so I would like some serious help if possible with spesific ways of installing amarok...

 

Thanks

Odysseas

[danleff 0]

What is the exact name of the package of amaroK that you have? Is it something like amarok-1.2.1.tar.bz2? Or does it have a .deb extension?

 

Anyway, amaroK is included as an installable package in Mepis.

 

Mepis has Synaptic, which is the easiest for some.

 

However, I suggest the following;

 

1. Get to a terminal window and get to root user. (Once at a terminal window, type su hit the enter key, then put in your root password (hit the enter key).

 

2. Once there, type in apt-get update (hit the enter key).

 

3. Once the package list is updated and the prompt re-appears, type in apt-get install amaroK. Note the capital "K" not amarok! This may take a while. You will see a percent progress bar as it installs packages and dependencies.

 

Apt-get is a package (program) installer that should take care of any other dependency needs that amoraK should have.

 

amaroK should be installed. Find it under start-->Multimedia.

 

[odysseas 0]

Thanks man

I ll gice it a go

 

Odysseas

[LinuxCrusader 0]

Thanks Danleff, Wow, I didn't know about this nice application. It's awesome...It's very close to Itunes and probably even better in my opinion.

[iamroot 0]

You might want to try Rhythmbox as well.