How-To: Compile Amarok 1.4.10 in Ubuntu 10.04

[dentaku65]

I'm a big user of old Amarok and I still using in Lucid; here the how-to compile from source; based on this post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1307737 (thx Seegorkesolot) with some new hints and modified patches.

This works on Ubuntu (Gnome version) without the official repository version of Amarok installed.

INSTALL DEPENDENCIES

sudo apt-get install libgpod-common libgpod-dev libgpod4 kdelibs4-dev libxine-dev libdbus-qt-1-dev libtag1-dev libsqlite3-dev libtunepimp-dev libmysqlclient15-dev libpq-dev libvisual-0.4-dev libsdl1.2-dev libifp-dev libxine1 libxine1-ffmpeg build-essential checkinstall ruby ruby-dev libruby libltdl-dev

DOWNLOAD AMAROK SOURCE

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://download.kde.org/stable/amarok/1.4.10/src/amarok-1.4.10.tar.bz2
tar -xvf amarok-1.4.10.tar.bz2
cd amarok-1.4.10

PATCH FIX THE CODE (fix for GCC, Cover Manager and Wikipedia lookup)

wget http://yep.it/savedpatch/amarok-1.4.10-gcc44.patch -O amarok-1.4.10-gcc44.patch
patch -p1 < amarok-1.4.10-gcc44.patch

wget http://yep.it/savedpatch/amarok-1.4.10-covermanager-fix.patch -O amarok-1.4.10-covermanager-fix.patch
patch -p1 < amarok-1.4.10-covermanager-fix.patch

wget http://yep.it/savedpatch/amarok-1.4.10-wikipedia.patch -O amarok-1.4.10-wikipedia.patch
patch -p1 < amarok-1.4.10-wikipedia.patch

COMPILE & INSTALL THE APP

./configure --without-arts
make
sudo make install

RESTORE ORIGINAL APP ICONS (thx zenkaon)

cd ~/Downloads
wget http://pprc.qmul.ac.uk/~jmorris/personal/amarok/amarok.icons.__usr.share.icons__.tar.gz -O amarok.icons.__usr.share.icons__.tar.gz
sudo cp ~/Downloads/amarok.icons.__usr.share.icons__.tar.gz /usr/share/icons
cd /usr/share/icons
sudo tar zxvf amarok.icons.__usr.share.icons__.tar.gz

Done! You can now launch Amarok

NICE TO HAVE (Install when Amarok is executed)

UltraLyricwiki, working script for lyrics:

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=116725

Notify OSD for Ubuntu integration:

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...content=104506

My favourite theme:

under Amarok - Configure Amarok - Appareance - Download theme, then search for 3Dintegrity

[Seegorkesolot]

Hi

I just randomly googled the topic to check if my script still is in use anywhere and it is in fact Nice work and thx for keeping it alive

Greetz

[sharkindustries]

Hi.. thanks to dentaku65 and Seegorkesolot for making my fav linux audio app (and it's right version.. lol) available in 10.04!!

INSTALLATION: I followed instructions as per the first post; I ran into troubles, which i fixed by installing the following:
1) ruby, ruby1.8 and ruby1.8-dev
2) libltdl-dev

REMARKS: I don't know if this case applies to everyone! But better to check if the above packages are installed before installing amarok.

[mc4man]

It will also build and run fine on 10.10 w/ a few minor changes, there's also the pana clone
Atm have both installed, haven't decided which to keep.

[dentaku65]

Thx all,
I've updated the dependencies and did some screenshots

bye

[ubfu]

Problem start at compiling

./configure --without-arts
make
sudo make install

having the problem compiling giving some error about ruby programming language which I am not sure which lib to install.

http://pastebin.com/TjgDkmhR

Thanks hope for solution