HOW-TO: Building amaroK from SVN source

[mlomker]

bash: amarok: command not found

Did you search for it? I don't use gnome, but an icon is created under Multimedia in KDE. The executable goes to /usr/bin, which is normally in the path.

sudo updatedb
locate amarok

[Dr. Nick]

# DONE - amaroK successfully installed/updated! Start it from your menu or by typing "amarok".
victor@ubuntu:~$ amarok
bash: amarok: command not found
victor@ubuntu:~$

What does amarokapp say? I got a shortcut to amarok in "applications-sound and video"

I do a clean reload with every major release. If you keep your /home on another partition it makes the process pretty simple. thread1 thread2]

I figure I'll end up doing this , moving my home partition this time. Of course like every time I reinstall I will be tempted to delete that little NTFS partition at the front of my drive hehe.

This install has been through hoary and the entire breezy dev cycle, I encountered a few annoyances in the dev cycle that I havent solved yet and figure a reinstall will be faster and better.

[comradevik]

victor@ubuntu:~$ amarokapp
bash: amarokapp: command not found

locate amarok only gives me the amarok folder in my home/victor directory

[mlomker]

locate amarok only gives me the amarok folder in my home/victor directory

Then I guess it didn't install anything. You'll need to run the script and watch it closely. If you don't sudo then it might not have rights to actually install the files.

[souled]

Dr. Nick, how did you fix the dcopserver problem? I'm getting that too.

And when I open amaroK, I get a window with the icon in it... Instead of going to the tray a window is opened for the icon.

[Dr. Nick]

Dr. Nick, how did you fix the dcopserver problem? I'm getting that too.

And when I open amaroK, I get a window with the icon in it... Instead of going to the tray a window is opened for the icon.

Word for word description of my problem , couldn't have said it better. I havent fixed it yet, had some other errors before that one that had to be fixed. I may mess with that tomorrow since I couldnt tonight, I too get the windows instead of it going to a tray. If anyone else is trying this how to and gets the same problem and finds a solution please do share. I will post here as soon as I fix either of the 2 errors.

Souled do you use KDE or gnome? I have an idea to complie the kdebase from source, but I plan to disable alot of un-needed things which would most likely screw up KDE. If it does anything to help the dcop error I could send you a .deb somehow, or just tell you what commands to use, but if you ever wanted to use KDE It would probably cause problems

[Dr. Nick]

victor@ubuntu:~$ amarokapp
bash: amarokapp: command not found

locate amarok only gives me the amarok folder in my home/victor directory

What did you choose in the 2nd popup I think it was, It either ask for sudo or something like su -c

If you didnt before use the sudo one

[souled]

Souled do you use KDE or gnome? I have an idea to complie the kdebase from source, but I plan to disable alot of un-needed things which would most likely screw up KDE. If it does anything to help the dcop error I could send you a .deb somehow, or just tell you what commands to use, but if you ever wanted to use KDE It would probably cause problems

If it works, please send. I use Gnome. I will never use KDE, I think it looks so ugly haha, no offense to any KDE users.

[mlomker]

did you fix the dcopserver problem?

I just loaded gnome on my test box and it works perfectly--icon in the task tray, just as I'd expect. I'll try reloading a fresh gnome install in the morning without any KDE components and see what the results are.

I spent some time trying to get the SVN version to package as a .deb but I couldn't get checkinstall to do it.

[mlomker]

If it works, please send. I use Gnome. I will never use KDE, I think it looks so ugly haha, no offense to any KDE users.

Why would I be offended? I always feel pity for the blind.