HOWTO: Latest Quod Libet audio player

[sexcopter]

EDIT: try apt-get build-dep quodlibet

I tried this and there was a ton of stuff to install. Then tried build and install and it worked! It installed quodlibet 2.0 and it works fine so far.

Now I just hope I don't run into too much trouble with files scattered around the filesystem.

Thanks,

James.

[hugmenot]

I tried this and there was a ton of stuff to install. Then tried build and install and it worked! It installed quodlibet 2.0 and it works fine so far.

Now I just hope I don't run into too much trouble with files scattered around the filesystem.


I case you ever want to go back to the official version, you would need to clean out the manual install first because it would be found with precedence in the /usr/local tree. Finding the folders of the manual install would go like this:

find /usr/local -name quodlibet
you could even directly delete them in one go. But that is a bit more risky:
find /usr/local -name quodlibet | xargs sudo rm -rf
only run ↑ after you determined all output of the first command is safe to delete.

[sojusnik]

I'm searching for a .deb package for hardy 64-bit of quod libet 2.0.

[moopoo]

Semi Bump.

I really am looking forward to a 32 bit deb-package of ql 2.0, since I am unable to install it via the script. But that is another story.

[BrunoC]

yes, it would be very nice to have 32 bit deb package of quodlibet 2.0 for ubuntu 8.10.

[KhaaL]

adding my vote for a .deb!

[moopoo]

about the deb for ql 2.0:

is that the point where people start a poll? i already contacted getdeb.net but they didn't respond.

[jsteinhart]

FYI, I've made UNOFFICIAL, *UNSUPPORTED* packages of this for my own jollies, and placed them in my PPA here (for your jollies!):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main

You need to get quodlibet, quodlibet-ext, quodlibet-plugins, and exfalso

You can either download them individually (e.g. via your browser) or add the above lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list, do an update, and install/upgrade them.

Although these should be considered experimental/untested, they have been working for me for the last day or so... but your mileage may vary.

This is based on the quodlibet-2.0 code from code.google.com, and the current quodlibet-plugins source package from debian unstable (20080601-1).

[prismatic7]

FYI, I've made UNOFFICIAL, *UNSUPPORTED* packages of this for my own jollies, and placed them in my PPA here (for your jollies!):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main

You need to get quodlibet, quodlibet-ext, quodlibet-plugins, and exfalso

You can either download them individually (e.g. via your browser) or add the above lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list, do an update, and install/upgrade them.

Although these should be considered experimental/untested, they have been working for me for the last day or so... but your mileage may vary.

This is based on the quodlibet-2.0 code from code.google.com, and the current quodlibet-plugins source package from debian unstable (20080601-1).

Thanks for the PPA, but I've noticed a problem - exfalso is not available! This breaks installation...

EDIT: **Actually, no - I'm wrong... I have some kind of weird dependency thing going on... please ignore**

[moopoo]

FYI, I've made UNOFFICIAL, *UNSUPPORTED* packages of this for my own jollies, and placed them in my PPA here (for your jollies!):

Thanks mate! Finally!

Update: Works like a charm.

[agmk]

Thanks for the PPA, but I've noticed a problem - exfalso is not available! This breaks installation...

EDIT: **Actually, no - I'm wrong... I have some kind of weird dependency thing going on... please ignore**

I had one too, but removing quodlibet and retrying seemed to fix it :)

[moopoo]

As the title suggests, the Quod Libet tray icon has suddenly disappeared on my intrepid machine. Everything was fine until yesterday, using jsteinhart's ppa for Quod Libet 2.0 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6254605&postcount=258). I haven't changed anything related to Quod Libet, only installed and then purged alltray once.

Quod Libet's plugin manager spits out this message, which I hope. someone is able to interpret:


#trayicon
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/plugins/events/trayicon.py", line 17, in <module>
import _trayicon as trayicon
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/__init__.py", line 123, in import_ql
old_import("quodlibet." + module, *args, **kwargs)
ImportError: No module named _trayicon

Tried complete removal and reinstall, with no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

Update:
Now that I look into the plugin manager more closely, I see more references to "missing modules":


#brainz
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/plugins/songsmenu/brainz.py", line 4, in <module>
import musicbrainz, os, gtk, re
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/__init__.py", line 123, in import_ql
old_import("quodlibet." + module, *args, **kwargs)
ImportError: No module named musicbrainz

#cddb
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/plugins/songsmenu/cddb.py", line 9, in <module>
import CDDB
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/__init__.py", line 123, in import_ql
old_import("quodlibet." + module, *args, **kwargs)
ImportError: No module named CDDB

#lastfmsubmit
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/plugins/events/lastfmsubmit.py", line 12, in <module>
import lastfm.client, lastfm.marshaller
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/__init__.py", line 123, in import_ql
old_import("quodlibet." + module, *args, **kwargs)
ImportError: No module named lastfm.client

#trayicon
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/plugins/events/trayicon.py", line 17, in <module>
import _trayicon as trayicon
File "/usr/share/quodlibet/quodlibet/__init__.py", line 123, in import_ql
old_import("quodlibet." + module, *args, **kwargs)
ImportError: No module named _trayicon

[lazka]

the failing part is:

try:
import egg.trayicon as trayicon
except ImportError:
import _trayicon as trayicon

install "python-gnome2-extras" for egg.trayicon

[moopoo]

install "python-gnome2-extras" for egg.trayicon

Thank you. That solved the tray icon problem.

[tv0571]

FYI, I've made UNOFFICIAL, *UNSUPPORTED* packages of this for my own jollies, and placed them in my PPA here (for your jollies!):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main

You need to get quodlibet, quodlibet-ext, quodlibet-plugins, and exfalso

You can either download them individually (e.g. via your browser) or add the above lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list, do an update, and install/upgrade them.

Although these should be considered experimental/untested, they have been working for me for the last day or so... but your mileage may vary.

This is based on the quodlibet-2.0 code from code.google.com, and the current quodlibet-plugins source package from debian unstable (20080601-1).
This looks like just the ticket... but I'm getting an error -- that may have nothing to do with the QL packages:
1. I upgraded to intrepid.
2. I added the PPA sources to synaptic
3. I go find the 3 QL packages and mark for upgrade.
4. Synaptic shows "4 to install/upgrade, 1 to remove"
5. Apply shows the package to be removed is nvidia-glx.
6. When the changes try to run, I get an error on this package removal:
E: nvidia-glx: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
The details on it indicate error checking /usr/x11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a no such file or directory.

The entire installation aborts.

I can't figure out a way to tell synaptic to ignore libglx as it can't be unmarked. It also won't allow reinstallation.

Can someone step me through a fix? Thanks!

[BrunoC]

FYI, I've made UNOFFICIAL, *UNSUPPORTED* packages of this for my own jollies, and placed them in my PPA here (for your jollies!):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jsteinhart/ubuntu intrepid main

You need to get quodlibet, quodlibet-ext, quodlibet-plugins, and exfalso

You can either download them individually (e.g. via your browser) or add the above lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list, do an update, and install/upgrade them.

Although these should be considered experimental/untested, they have been working for me for the last day or so... but your mileage may vary.

This is based on the quodlibet-2.0 code from code.google.com, and the current quodlibet-plugins source package from debian unstable (20080601-1).

thank you! it worked fine. :)

[hallu]

quodlibet-unstable

https://launchpad.net/~lazka/+archive/dumpingplace (https://launchpad.net/%7Elazka/+archive/dumpingplace)

Gapless Playback & Conditional Tags!

[hugmenot]

New version 2.2 is out (http://groups.google.com/group/quod-libet-development/browse_thread/thread/cb7aee4c2cbae222).

NEWS:
2.2 (2010-02-02) - I know you are enjoying that song but a woman DIED
* Saved searches extended to Album and Paned browsers [41].
* Human sorting is now used in Album and Paned browsers [190].
* Windows is now supported (for real this time).
* foobar2000's broken TXXX:DATE now supported [220].
* Warnings are now printed for many missing dependencies.
* Fixes for device backends.
* Lyric downloading disabled until it can be fixed [273].
* Editing both key and value with multiple keys fixed (extruded) [393].
* Plugin changes:
* AnimOSD: major update (Andreas Bombe, Christine Spang) [387].
* MusicBrainz: major update.
* Random Album: Changed algorithm to increase fairness.
* QLScrobbler: Custom patterns for title and artist.
* Last.fm Sync: new plugin to sync stats from Last.fm.
* Notify OSD, Album Art: Minor fixes.
* Translations:
* Galician, Spanish (Johám-Luís Miguéns Vila).
* French (Bastien Gorissen).
2.1.98 (2010-01-04) - How are you going to convince people to use it?
* Christoph Reiter is now a maintainer.
* The GStreamer backend is now gapless [49].
* Win32 is once again supported [248].
* ID3 tags are removed from FLAC files upon saving [124].
* File extensions are converted to lowercase upon renaming [66].
* Thumbnails are now generated for artwork [140].
* Inline searches in the album list can now match people [239].
* Embedded album art is now supported in FLAC files [255].
* Bitrates are now reported in kbps. Library reload required [79].
* Additional ReplayGain settings (Nick Boultbee) [132].
* Tag splitting setting is now order-sensitive [74].
* Paned browser now supports patterns for panes [45].
* Numeric columns have been given a few tweaks (Johan Hovold) [81].
* New ratings column options (Johan Hovold, Bastien Gorissen) [82, 83].
* Renaming when symlinks present no longer raises error (Philipp Weis) [353].
* Xine backend uses software volume control (Markus Koller) [370].
* Song positions are now saved and restored when quitting [218].
* DeviceKit-Disks (UDisks) supported for device discovery [252].
* Plugin changes:
* New playlist export plugin [30].
* New queue only playorder plugin [43].
* New Python console plugin. [229]
* Updated trayicon plugin [158].
* Updated album art plugin (Eduardo Gonzalez) [139].
* Updated qlscrobbler plugin (Nicholas J. Michalek) [376].
* Updated lastfmsubmit plugin [292].
* Translations:
* Russian (Anton Shestakov) [274].
* Turkish (Türerkan İnce).
* German (Rüdiger Arp).
* Many bug fixes and performance improvements.

[canadiandude007]

Since Karmic only has version 2.1 in dep repository, have to install this manually.

Remember to run:

sudo apt-get build-dep quodlibet

To ensure you have all the dependencies installed before installing quodlibet from source.

http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/wiki/Guide_Requirements

Then after downloading and extracting version 2.2, run ...

sudo ./setup.py --verbose build

Then with no errors, run ...

sudo ./setup.py --verbose install

All should be good, but also grab the latest plugins for 2.2 and copy them to the proper folder after you start quod libet for the first time.

[canadiandude007]

Actually a better way to install the plugins for quod libet is to use Mercurial.

sudo apt-get install mercurial

followed by ...

cd ~/.quodlibet
hg clone http://quodlibet.googlecode.com/hg/ quodlibet_hg
ln -s quodlibet_hg/plugins

[lazka]

Or even better, just use the PPA Version I posted before..

https://launchpad.net/~lazka/+archive/ppa
https://launchpad.net/~lazka/+archive/dumpingplace