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

1. Add the line deb http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu breezy main (or deb http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu dapper main for Dapper) to your /etc/apt/sources.list.
2. Do sudo apt-get update to update lists of packages and sudo apt-get install picard in console to install Picard.

You can also use Synaptic to add the repository (Settings → Repositories → New) and install Picard.

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This appears to fail on dependencies, as of 2006-05-30. (picard: Depends: python-tunepimp (>= 0.5.0) but 0.3.0-9.1ubuntu3 is to be installed)

• libtunepimp 0.5.0 depends on packages from universe and multiverse, so you have to enable these repositories first. for example by adding line deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse to /etc/apt/sources.list. --LukasLalinsky

Debian

Ready made packages without warranty:

1. Add the line deb http://users.musicbrainz.org/~luks/ubuntu sid main to /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Do sudo apt-get update to update the repositories and the sudo apt-get install picard in console to install Picard

Gentoo

Marti Raudsepp (aka intgr) has written a Portage overlay for Picard 0.7.0 beta3, plus bleeding-edge subversion ebuilds.

• Installation instructions
• Overlay tarball
• Overlay from subversion: svn://juffo.org/musicbrainz-overlay

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 after simple "apt-get install picard". His package can be downloaded from http://sisyphus.ru/srpm/picard

Arch Linux

Augusto Oliveira (aka AugustoOliveira) has created the necessary PKGBUILDs for Picard 0.7.0 Beta 3 and all its dependencies. The main PKGBUILD can be found at:

• http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=4142

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

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