Picard Linux Install
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Installing Picard on Linux
Setup and install guide for Picard under Linux. If you don't want to install third party binary packages, have a look at PicardSourceInstall.
Ubuntu
To install Picard on Ubuntu (i386 and amd64) follow these steps:
- If you haven't used Universe and Multiverse repositories yet, add them first.
- Add repository
deb http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu dapper main
to your/etc/apt/sources.list
. See Ubuntu documentation for more detailed guide on adding repositories. - Run
sudo apt-get update
to update lists of packages andsudo apt-get install picard
in console to install Picard. - Alternatively you can use Synaptic to install Picard.
The repository is signed with LukasLalinsky's PGP key. To import the key so apt can use it, run these commands:
gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 92132F7B gpg --export --armor 92132F7B | sudo apt-key add -
- When will packages be available for Edgy? Some of the dependencies are not compatible, but are probably trivial to fix in the packages. I may be able to help with some of the changes. --AndrewConkling
- I know this is a stupid answer, but it'll be done when it's done. :) I don't use Ubuntu and don't have time and motivation to build the packages for Edgy. If you want to help: 1 2 3 4 5 - these packages are for Debian Unstable, which means they should be compatible also with Edgy. --LukasLalinsky
- Not really a stupid answer since I got the impression (before you removed the Debian paragraph) that you used Ubuntu and not Debian. :) Thanks for the links. What should I do about them? Modify them and get back to you? --AndrewConkling
- I have managed to install picard on edgy, based on your feed. All I had to do was rebuild the python2.4-musicbrainz package, changing the python2.4-ctypes dependency to python-ctypes. Detailed instruction are here: http://gnurou.org/blog/gnurou/2006/10/19/picard_0_7_on_ubuntu_edgy --Gnurou
- Thanks for the fix, Gnurou. However, I wouldn't like to mess with my package system, I had some bad experiences with inconsistencies in the past. Any chance that this fix will be added to the repository? Thanks, --JJC
- Yes, I'd like to make a Edgy repository this week. --LukasLalinsky
- Thanks for the fix, Gnurou. However, I wouldn't like to mess with my package system, I had some bad experiences with inconsistencies in the past. Any chance that this fix will be added to the repository? Thanks, --JJC
- I have managed to install picard on edgy, based on your feed. All I had to do was rebuild the python2.4-musicbrainz package, changing the python2.4-ctypes dependency to python-ctypes. Detailed instruction are here: http://gnurou.org/blog/gnurou/2006/10/19/picard_0_7_on_ubuntu_edgy --Gnurou
- Not really a stupid answer since I got the impression (before you removed the Debian paragraph) that you used Ubuntu and not Debian. :) Thanks for the links. What should I do about them? Modify them and get back to you? --AndrewConkling
- I know this is a stupid answer, but it'll be done when it's done. :) I don't use Ubuntu and don't have time and motivation to build the packages for Edgy. If you want to help: 1 2 3 4 5 - these packages are for Debian Unstable, which means they should be compatible also with Edgy. --LukasLalinsky
Gentoo
Marti Raudsepp (aka intgr) has written a Portage overlay for Picard 0.7.0 and related packages, plus bleeding-edge subversion ebuilds.
- Installation instructions
- Overlay tarball
- Overlay from subversion: svn://svn.juffo.org/musicbrainz-overlay
Arch Linux
Augusto Oliveira has created the necessary PKGBUILDs for Picard 0.7.0 and all its dependencies. The main PKGBUILD can be found at:
And the procedure to be followed to install it can be found at:
ALT Linux
Mikhail Yakshin aka GreyCat has compiled all ~10 packages that were needed by Picard and Picard itself into ALT Linux Sisyphus repository, so all ALT Linux users can now instantly run Picard 0.6.0 after simple "apt-get install picard". His package can be downloaded from http://sisyphus.ru/srpm/picard