HOWTO: GTK iTunes Store Application

[o_fortuna]

SharpMusique removes the protection

Just a quick note, SharpMusique doesn't remove the protection, it simply doesn't add it -- it takes advantage of the fact that FairPlay is added after the purchase by the iTunes application itself.

Howdy,

I tried this and this is what I got back:

kenoutten@ubuntubedroom:~$ sudo dpkg -i sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb

What am I missing?

Ken

Try

cd Desktop
sudo dpkg -i sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb

if the package is on the Desktop (it probably is).

[Cysman]

Howdy,

I tried this and this is what I got back:

kenoutten@ubuntubedroom:~$ sudo dpkg -i sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb

What am I missing?

Ken

[meisterjohann]

Yes, I previously did buy some songs from Windows on the same account. Thanks to your comment I now created a new account from within SharpMusique. It turns out that your suspicion was a direct hit. With this new account I purchase songs without problem! Thanks berserker!

Downloaded songs get the extension .m4p same as songs downloaded from windows. One thing is very different though. Songs from SharpMusique plays without problem in my totem (ubuntu installation). Songs downloaded from windows plays ok in iTunes (windows) only.

[angrykeyboarder]

I never knew there was such a thing!

I can't say that many of us pay for music though

I guess I missed your survey...

[rune]

One thing is very different though. Songs from SharpMusique plays without problem in my totem (ubuntu installation). Songs downloaded from windows plays ok in iTunes (windows) only.

Thats becasue pymusique download the song, saves it.
itunes (for windows) downloads, puts on FairPlay DRM, saves it.

[dalani]

I tried this and got this:

@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package sharpmusique.
(Reading database ... 65949 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sharpmusique (from sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe in copy)
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb (--install):
 short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/sharpmusique/libvlc.so')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb

BTW I'm using Hoary. Can anyone tell me what's gone wrong?

[gpeck157]

Howdy,

I tried this and this is what I got back:

kenoutten@ubuntubedroom:~$ sudo dpkg -i sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb

What am I missing?

Ken

Download the file, then:

sudo dpkg -i /path/you/saved/the/file/sharpmusique_1.0-1_i386.deb

Good luck,
Glen

[Jott]

Hi -

I'm trying to follow you're instructions on building sharpmusique from source for itunes 6.0. The instructions are clear and I'm fairly certain that I'm folling them correctly. Everything appears to be working, but when I try to run sharpmusique - with or without the strace command - nothing happens. I'm a bit of a newbie, though I do have some experience - but not enough to know which error logs to check or how to interpret what I'd find there. The one bit of salient information that might provide a clue is that I'm running dapper.

Any suggestions as to how I can go about identifying the problem and fixing it? Anyone else got this to work in dapper? A forum search for sharpmusique dapper turned up nada...help is appreciated!

Thanks!

[mali2297]

Hej.

I'm using Dapper and I installed Chrismurf's package without problem. These three commands should be enough:

gunzip sharpmusique-breezy-patched.deb.gz
sudo dpkg -i sharpmusique-breezy-patched.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

There are still some minor bugs in the program, but it works.

[Jott]

Hey, that worked! I was trying to follow the instructions on the first page, manually adding the file and all.

Thanks!