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:

  1. If you haven't used universe and multiverse repositories yet, add them first.
  2. Add repository
    deb http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu edgy musicbrainz
    to your /etc/apt/sources.list. See Ubuntu documentation for more detailed guide on adding repositories.
  3. Run these commands to update lists of package and install Picard
    sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install picard
  4. 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://users.musicbrainz.org/~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.

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: