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jak
December 22nd, 2006, 10:48 PM
Just wanna use it?

Download the attached debs, and do the following..

1. sudo apt-get remove gtkpod-aac gtkpod
removes the old gtkpod version
2. sudo dpkg -i libgpod-0.4.0-1_i386.deb
install our own libgpod alongside the ubuntu one (called libgpod0)
3. sudo dpkg -i gtkpod-0.99.8-1_i386.deb
install our new gtkpod
4. sudo rm /usr/lib/libgpod.so.0
remove the link to the old 302 library
5. sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.0.400.0 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.0
make a link to the new 400 library.. all gpod apps (rhythmbox, amarok, gtkpod) will use the shiny new one

Wanna do it from scratch?

I've built the two packages you need using checkinstall, but if you want to build them yourself it was simple...

First, run apt-get install libid3tag0-dev libglade2-dev

Download the source tarballs from sourceforge, extract, run ./configure, then make, then checkinstall

Oh, that was it. Done!



Except we lost gtkpod in the menu, but thats easy to put back! :)

Note: There's no need to remove libgpod0 at any point, doing so would remove rhythmbox/amarok etc.. we can keep the Ubuntu library and install the new one (they have slightly different names), just updating the link to the new one!
melvix
February 3rd, 2007, 07:18 PM
Hi jak,
i hoped it would be o.k. after following precisely your guide, but trying to load the mounted ipod after starting gtkpod at last i always get the error:

/usr/bin/gtkpod: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/gtkpod: undefined symbol: itdb_device_set_mountpoint

(Edgy, freshly installed)

Is there any way else than building from scratch?

Thanks for your help

melvix
gschoper
February 3rd, 2007, 11:16 PM
Hi jak,
i hoped it would be o.k. after following precisely your guide, but trying to load the mounted ipod after starting gtkpod at last i always get the error:

/usr/bin/gtkpod: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/gtkpod: undefined symbol: itdb_device_set_mountpoint

(Edgy, freshly installed)

Is there any way else than building from scratch?

Thanks for your help

melvix

I built it from scratch this morning. It's not that complicated.

Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf flex glib gtk+ libglade libid3tag pkgconfig python python-eye3D libgpod0 python-id3 libgpod-dev python-dev swig
Download sources:
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtkpod/gtkpod-0.99.8.tar.gz?modtime=1159139788

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtkpod/libgpod-0.4.2.tar.gz?modtime=1168909009
Uncompress sources:
tar -xvvzf gtkpod-0.99.8.tar.gz
tar -xvvzf libgpod-0.4.2.tar.gz

Build and install libgpod:
cd libgpod-0.4.2
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

Build and install gtkpod:
cd gtkpod-0.99.8
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

I made these instructions from memory (and bash history), so they may not be perfect, but I don't see why they shouldn't work.

gschoper
oomisilekootsi
March 24th, 2007, 06:05 PM
where can I get these files:
gtkpod-0.99.8-1_i386.deb
libgpod-0.4.0-1_i386.deb

even google could not find them...:(
Wargazm
March 28th, 2007, 02:08 AM
Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf flex glib gtk+ libglade libid3tag pkgconfig python python-eye3D libgpod0 python-id3 libgpod-dev python-dev swig

When I do this step, it gives me an error:

E: Couldn't find package glib

How do I get this package?
rjh78
March 29th, 2007, 08:53 PM
When I do this step, it gives me an error:

E: Couldn't find package glib

How do I get this package?

I've got the same problem. In fact I get this message for
glib
gtk+
libglade
libid3tag
pkgconfig
python-eye3d
ba0bab
January 31st, 2009, 06:02 PM
me too, it can't find python-eye3d. Anybody?
ba0bab
January 31st, 2009, 06:09 PM
I found the answer. It's because the package is called python-eyed3 and NOT python-eye3d. A bit misleading me thinks!