I am installing amarok 1.1 thru apt-get it installed ok but on running amarok it stated it couldn\'t find any mime types. at the end of the configuration wizard I am told to do the following I included output, bit confused allother sound apps work including juk...I am on mepis 2004.06 using KDE

$ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/
$ su -c \"make uninstall\"
$ ./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix` && su -c \"make install\"
$ kbuildsycoca
$ amarok

Password:
root@mepis1:/home/flebber# cd ..
root@mepis1:/home# cd ..
root@mepis1:/# $ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ su -c \"make uninstall\"
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ ./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix` && su -c \"make install\"
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ kbuildsycoca
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ amarok
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ su -c \"make uninstall\"
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ ./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix` && su -c \"make install\"
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ kbuildsycoca
bash: $: command not found
root@mepis1:/# $ amarok

root@mepis1:/# $ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/

Hm, I hope you didn\'t just copy and paste?
1. $ shouldn\'t be there.
2. /path/to/amarok/source-code/
you should write the path to the amarok source, e.g /home/flebber/amaroK-1.1

Post edited by: Mogger, at: 2005/01/09 13:46