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.
Mandriva
Picard is available in the Mandriva development version Cooker in the contribs repository. Cooker users can simply install it by running
urpmi picard
or by selecting it in rpmdrake.
Ubuntu
To install Picard on Ubuntu Feisty and Gutsy follow these steps:
- Enable the universe repository, add them first
- Install Picard with you favorite package manager
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install picard
To get MP3 tagging to work on Ubuntu (all other formats are OK), you need to
sudo apt-get install libtunepimp5-mp3
To install Picard 0.9 (PicardQt) on Ubuntu Gutsy follow these steps:
- Add repository
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luks/ubuntu gutsy main
to your/etc/apt/sources.list
. See Ubuntu documentation for more detailed guide on adding repositories. - Run these commands to update lists of package and install Picard
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install picard
- Alternatively you can use Synaptic to install Picard.
The repository is signed with LukasLalinsky's PGP key. To import the key to apt, run this command:
wget http://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/users/luks/public.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Debian
A package for Picard is in the Debian Experimental repository.
Gentoo
Marti Raudsepp (aka intgr) has written a Portage overlay for Picard 0.7 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 and all its dependencies. The main PKGBUILD can be found at:
And the procedure to be followed to install it can be found at: