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 follow these steps:

1. If you haven't used Universe and Multiverse repositories yet, add them first.
2. 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.
3. Run sudo apt-get update to update lists of packages and sudo apt-get install picard in console to install Picard.
4. Alternatively you can use Synaptic to install Picard.

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If you want to get rid of the warning about unverified packages, use these commands to import the PGP key:

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 92132F7B
gpg --export --armor 92132F7B | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update

Debian

• I used to compile the Ubuntu packages also for Debian Sid, but since Debian has a new policy for python packages, the packages made for Ubuntu are not usable on Debian anymore and I don't have time to maintain two sets of different packages. --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://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:

• http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=3733

And the procedure to be followed to install it can be found at:

• http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS_-_The_Arch_Build_System

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