itunes and ubuntu

**patat** · July 30th, 2008

I am new to ubuntu and ave tried amarok with my ipod for a while, not really working as well as itunes though. Is there any way of making itunes work on ubuntu? or any other alternatives i could try? any help would be appreciated!!

**cozmicharlie** · July 30th, 2008

There really isn't any way to make itunes work. I think Codeweavers may have an older version but you have to pay for it.

As per another player their are a lot of god ones to try. Banshee is very popular, Quod Libet is another that is very good. Amarok is coming out with version 2 which is supposed to be real nice (http://lifehacker.com/399160/an-early-look-at-amarok-2). Songbird is another one that a lot of people like. Personally, I keep it simple and use xmms.

Players usually come down to personal preference so you will probably get better answers if you also post what features you are looking for in a player.

Enjoy

**unoodles** · July 30th, 2008

Banshee my favorite.
If you want an interface really similar to iTunes, try Rhythmbox. (Installed by default)

**bobdobbs** · August 3rd, 2008

Originally Posted by patat

I am new to ubuntu and ave tried amarok with my ipod for a while, not really working as well as itunes though. Is there any way of making itunes work on ubuntu? or any other alternatives i could try? any help would be appreciated!!

You can get iTunes running on ubuntu with wine.

Works for me. I'm running Heron.

Download the installation file from apple.
From the terminal
wine iTunesSetup.exe

This will guide you through the setup normally.

When it's run, go to where iTunes.exe lives in the .wine directory.
~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/iTunes

Then:
wine iTunes.exe

It works for me.

Caveat - I've done this as a curiousity. I haven't actually loaded any songs into it.
I'm thinking of trying to actually get my iphone to work with it sometime.
At the moment I believe that this is not possible. I don't know of anyone having done it. But it would be an awesome hack.
I think that it would involve getting wine to run the iphone's USB drivers.
Anyone care to comment on the possibility of this? Or am I smoking crack?

**Jujumasta** · August 3rd, 2008

do any of the programs (banshee, amarok, gtkpod, etc) work well with podcasts? will they auto-download them?

**EnGorDiaz** · August 3rd, 2008

Originally Posted by unoodles

Banshee my favorite.
If you want an interface really similar to iTunes, try Rhythmbox. (Installed by default)

no noob songbird lol *slaps over head with newspaper*

**dentaku65** · August 3rd, 2008

Originally Posted by Jujumasta

do any of the programs (banshee, amarok, gtkpod, etc) work well with podcasts? will they auto-download them?

Podcasts works very well in Amarok

**liquidfunk** · August 3rd, 2008

+1 To Banshee.

Depending on your iPod it will work with most of them.

Version 1.2 has an equalizer.

And yes you can get postcasts to download automatically.

**NanNGg** · August 17th, 2008

I Want A Program for My iPod... I Want It For Sync And All Enoethers Works For iPod....
Before One Week I Installed Ubuntu 8.04 And I Want One Program For That Work...
Thanks

**Crafty Kisses** · August 17th, 2008

Banshee and Rhythmbox are great alternatives and as well as gtkPod. I've never been able to get iTunes to work with Wine, but I've heard that some people can actually get iTunes to work with Wine, I just don't know if it's fully functional.