Install XMMS
Posted: July 11, 2009 at 6:51 pm | Tags: xmms installation , Ubuntu , linux winamp , xmmsHere I describe the XMMS player installed on a system running Ubuntu 9.04. Follow the same steps for installing the previous versions.
XMMS is a simple player, not a music organizer. Closely resembles Winamp. More details about XMMS can be found on official site.
First must be downloaded packages we need for the compilation of XMMS. After executing the following command, the system will be ready for installation of XMMS. To execute commands that begin with "sudo" need to know your root password.
# sudo apt-get install autotools-dev automake1.9 libtool gettext libasound2-dev libaudiofile-dev \libgl1-mesa-dev libglib1.2-dev libgtk1.2-dev libesd0-dev libice-dev libmikmod2-dev libogg-dev \ libsm-dev libvorbis-dev libxxf86vm-dev libxml-dev libssl-dev build-essential make
Can you ever find something like this:
Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree
Information ... Done Reading states
E: Could not find package libsm-dev
In this case, the packages installed before installing xmms's absence.
~$ sudo apt-get install libsm-dev
Describe the steps that I should not be followed exactly, but I prefer to stay with a clean system. This is why I will create a folder where you put in your home directory sources and after installation, the sources will be deleted.
# mkdir ~/temporar
Now I need XMMS's source:
# cd ~/temporar# Wget http://xmms.org/files/1.2.x/xmms-1.2.11.tar.gz
The next step is unpacking the source:
# tar xvf xmms-1.2.11.tar.gz# Cd xmms-2.1.11 /
Next compile the sources. Command ". / Configure" generates the necessary files for compilation:
# ./configure --prefix=/usr
The command "make" is the actual compilation:
# make
Installation is done with the command "make install":
# sudo make install
After installation, as I said above, I do not need the directory containing the source, so delete it:
# cd# Rm-rf ~ / temporary
That's it!
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does not work, I followed the steps and still did not work
If not go to get some errors somewhere inseamnca. Give me more details on the system you want to install xmms and post the errors that occur and I will try to help you.
E: Could not find package libglib1.2-dev
I try to install on Ubuntu 9.10 I followed the steps described by you taking orders with copy & paste
Here you can find package libglib1.2-dev:
Or you can try to install it:
John @ John-desktop: ~ $ sudo apt-get install libglib1.2-dev
[Sudo] password for John:
Reading package lists ... Done
It builds the dependency tree
The state information ... Done reading
E: Could not find package libglib1.2-dev
John @ John-desktop: ~ $
you have other solutions?
You can try to install from source. If you access this link into your browser will ask you to open GDebi Package Installer package. Choose "Yes" and install the package altogether. First of all try to do an update.
I installed that package, but it finds and tries to install it: