AMAROK INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

I AM UNABLE TO INSTALL AMAROK, CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME?.
Can you recommend a site that I can download it and that it can be installed automatically?

 

What is going wrong with using the normal Linux installation method? The Add/Remove Software application, Pirut, lists Amarok on my One; select it and click 'Apply' and you should be away.

If it's not working, perhaps you could post error messages etc here so that people can help. But if it's listed in Pirut, you shouldn't need to go looking for places to download from: this isn't Windows.

 

detailed symptoms AMAROK INSTALLATION FAILURE

right clicked ---> system > add/remove software
retrieving software installation
Selected APPLICATIONS
ticked SOUND & VIDEO
OPTIONAL PACKAGES
ticked amarok 1.4.7.7.fc8.i386 media player for KDE.
PACKAGE SELECTIONS
alsa plugins
pulse audio
amarok
bluez-utils-alsa
cdparanoia-alpha
codeina
compiz-kde
digikam
etc.
etc.
etc.
RESOLVING DEPENDENCIES
DEPENDENCIES ADDED
ERROR UPDATING SOFTWARE
>details
package kdpowersave 0.7.3-2.slp (which is newer than kpouwersave 0.7.3-0.2sun20070928.fc8 is already installed)
file/usr/share/desktop-directories/
internet.directory from install of gnome-menus-2.20.1-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package
xfdesktop-acer-lp-1652.mcs_patched
file/usr/share/desktop-directories/
settings.directory from install of gnome-menus-2.20.1-1.fc8 conflicts with file from package xfdesktop-acer-lp-1652.mcs_patched
file/usr/bin/kolourpaint from install
of kdegraphics-3.5.8-5.fc8 conflicts with file from package
kolourpaint-1.2.2-2.fc8.rf
file/usr/share/apps/kolourpaint
icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/
toolbrush.png from install of
kdegraphics-3.5.8-5.fc8 fonflicts with file from package
etc. etc.
etc.

What did I do wrong???
I attempt to install amarok, but not successfull
always getting the same error

 

Hmm. First reaction is that pirut seems to be trying to install old packages over new ones. Try this (in a termina):

sudo yum update fedora-release

This should update the repositories, which may sort out the issue.

Then, since you're already in the terminal, we can use the command line to install Amarok (this is just doing what Pirut does graphically):

sudo yum install amarok

See what happnes, and if it doesn't seem to have worked, copy &paste the results back into here.

 

Thanks!.
It worked, but now I have another little snag.
All the music files that I have, which are .wma extensions,
They do not play in Amarok.
What do I do, so that they do play in Amarok?

Thank you so much.

 

OK, so the first stage is working!

Now, to use .wma files we need some more codecs. To get those we need to bring in another software repositroy. Back to the terminal and do:

Code:

sudo rpm -ivh [url]http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm[/url]

You now have the livna repository available to you.

Now either:
1. (graphical but more complicated to guide you through): go back to the Add/Remove Software program, and use the Search tab to find a package called amarok-extras-nonfree, tick it and apply.

or:
2. While we've got the terminal open, just do:

Code:

sudo yum install amarok-extras-nonfree

You can see why the command line becomes a habit when people are trying to help - much easier to describe!

The 'nonfree' there doesn't mean you have to pay for it - it means the code used to produce the software isn't freely available under the usual sort of very open licence we're used to in the Linux world.

 

THX daldred

i got amarok up and running supporting MP3/internetradio following your guide using only terminal.



my face looks like this

 

How do I set up AMAROK TO LISTEN TO INTERNET RADIO?

Hi,
Thanks so much for your help!.
I got everything working, but now, I want to be able to set up AMAROK, so that I can listen to internet radio.
How do I do that?

Thanks,
Jorge

 

Could anyone share a .desktop file for Amarok, please ?
I have it up and running, but I want to add it to the Desktop - I plan to remove Media Master and replace it with Amarok (for Music) and VLC (for everything else)


Thanks !

 

OK - I sorted this myself

Future info for noobs - the amarok.desktop file may be placed under /usr/share/applications/kde by the installer.