PPA for Amarok?

[Oceanwatcher]

I have both the Kubuntu ppa and the Kubuntu backports PPA enabled (just upgraded to KDE 4.3), but Amarok stay at v. 2.1 with no sign of upgrades to 2.1.1.

After a chat on irc, it became apparent that they only added Amarok 2.1.1 to Ubuntu Jaunty backports (there is a KDE section). What can I risk if I add that repo as well? Or who can I contact to ask if they can add the latest version of Amarok to the Kubuntu backports ppa?

All the different repo's and ppa's are getting a little confusing sometimes. I actually like the ppa system as they are smaller and it is easy to turn one off if I do not want updates from it anymore.

[Rog131]

Re: PPA for Amarok?

From the PPA's mouth ( > Kubuntu Backports) :

Backports of new versions of KDE for Kubuntu which are not yet tested enough to go to Ubuntu Backports.

With the backports (Kubuntu PPA & Ubuntu) you need to be careful. The drill is to:

1) enable the wanted repository
2) do only the wanted upgrades
3) disable the repository.


An example > Topic: Amarok 2.1 Released.

If you don't want to use the graphical package managers, where you easily can pick the wanted upgrades:

sudo apt-get install amarok

man apt-get

install
install is followed by one or more packages desired for installation or upgrading.

[ukchucktown]

Re: PPA for Amarok?

It compiles and installs fine from source on 9.04. I think it's easier to keep track and remove this way than adding a temporary PPA. Here is what I do to get the latest version without disrupting my system. It takes about 30 minutes to compile on a decent laptop.

1. Download and copy source bundle to the /usr/src directory
2. Untar with tar xjf <source bundle>. That will create an amarok-2.1.1 directory under /usr/src
3. Install all the build dependencies. Easy enough with apt-get build-dep amarok
4. I usually purge the repository version before installing the latest version from source: apt-get remove --purge amarok
5. I also remove all the old config files in my home directory. They are all under the ~/.kde directory. Not necessary but it does avoid potential conflicts.
6. Navigate to /usr/src/amarok-2.1.1
7. Then create the makefile, build and install:

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
make
make install

8. If you ever want to get rid of it and return to the repository version:

cd /usr/src/amarok-2.1.1
make uninstall
rm -fr /usr/src/amarok-2.1.1
apt-get install amarok

The biggest reason I patched it: I was sick of the Shoutcast integration. It is smoking fast in 2.1.1. I'm also glad they let you hide the center panel (they call it the context view) in the latest release.

Cheers, UK