I can't find any documentation.
Info here:
http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Download:Kubuntu

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Ubuntu (Gnome) users can install Amarok with the following command:
sudo apt-get install amarok


But this tells me that my 2.2.0 is already the latest version. Can someone point me at some documentation please?

You need to activate the kubuntu-backports PPA as described here:

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/amarok-2.2.1

Thanks. I think it would help others if it were easier to find that info from the download page.

BFG wrote:I think it would help others if it were easier to find that info from the download page.

Good heavens yes. Who controls these documentation pages. They are a confusing mess. It really hurts the reputation of the application.

Devehf, you are welcome to give a hand instead of whining. We simply don't have enough manpower. This is work in progress by volunteers who do this in their spare time.
Get in touch with us in #amarok on irc.freenode.net.

Mamarok wrote:Devehf, you are welcome to give a hand instead of whining. We simply don't have enough manpower. This is work in progress by volunteers who do this in their spare time.
Get in touch with us in #amarok on irc.freenode.net.

#1 I have been in touch with members of the community on irc.

#2 I have updated documentation that was grossly out of date when and where I have been given access.

#3 the "Download" page is not a page that is editable by the community - hence my question about who controls the pages

#5 obviously my intent is to lend a hand - that is why I am asking "who controls the pages" - they are not editable.

#4 your characterization of my statements as whining is rude and unconstructive to building community

Most often I would not expect backports to happen immediately after upstream has come out with a new version.

I followed the link you posted in the message at the beginning of the thread and from there to the backports PPA archive and 2.2.1 is there now, so if you have followed the instructions on that page for adding the 2 PPA archives and Amarok is already installed then the update manager should show you there is an updated version the next time it checks for updates or if you run Synaptic and hit the reload button, Synaptic should show there is an updated version.

Of course you have to be running Karmic, the newer Amarok is not being backported to older releases.

The page does mention project NEON if you are running an older release of Ubuntu, but NEON provides nightly builds, so if you use it the risk of something being broken is significantly increased.

Later, Seeker

hi:

i added the repositore as mentioned in the link above, but it tells me something like this (my version of ubuntu 9.10 is in spanich):

Not all the indexes of the repositories could be downloaded.

The repository maybe its not available or there were internt problems.

(Imposible to get)
Imposible obtener es.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener Packages.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener http://cl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis ... Sources.gz 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener es.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener ckages.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener .gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener Packages.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener es.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener 6/Packages.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener ry-i386/Packages.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener rces.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener ce/Sources.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener -i386/Packages.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener /Sources.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener ry-i386/Packages.gz... 404 Not Found
Imposible obtener ce/Sources.gz... 404 Not Found


Now, in synaptic, its available amarok 2.1.1, but when i tried to install it, it tells me this:

Not all packages could bo marked for update or installation. The following packages have unresoluble dependences.

amarok:
(Depends on) Depende: kdebase-runtime (>=4:4.3.3) (but it will be installed) pero se va a instalar 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4
Depende: kdelibs5 (>=4:4.3.3) pero se va a instalar 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7
Depende: libplasma3 (>=4:4.3.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1) pero se va a instalar 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7

any idea of what to do to install amakok 2.2.1??

The Launchpad PPAs are currently updating, please refer to the http://kubuntu.org website for changes. Should be fixed in a few hours at maximum.

now i installed it, thanxz for the help...

I am trying to install amarok in kubuntu karmic. However I am still getting the following unresolved depedency problem

amarok:
(Depends on) Depende: kdebase-runtime (>=4:4.3.3) (but it will be installed) pero se va a instalar 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4
Depende: kdelibs5 (>=4:4.3.3) pero se va a instalar 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7
Depende: libplasma3 (>=4:4.3.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1) pero se va a instalar 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7

You will need at least KDE 4.3.3, they built the Amarok packages against it. This is in a different PPA, the Kubuntu updates one. Please see the http://kubuntu.org website for more information.

Thanks... that worked... id initially just added the backports repository, not the main. But anywaz.. thanks again.

Hi,

after an upgrade to Karmic (Ubuntu, not Kubuntu) I ran into the same issues but managed to proceed by adding the two lines to /etc/apt/source.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu karmic main

However, when installing amarok with
sudo apt-get install amarok
I get several errors and afterwards, snaptic tells me that the package amarok is broken.

Before installing, I made sure that I have no residue of the previous release (sudo dpkg -l|grep amarok shows nothing).

Here are the errors I get:
spolysiu@anthem:~$ sudo apt-get install amarok
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut
Lese Status-Informationen ein... Fertig
Die folgenden zusätzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
amarok-common amarok-utils kdemultimedia-kio-plugins libkcddb4 libqca2
libqtscript4-core libqtscript4-gui libqtscript4-network libqtscript4-sql
libqtscript4-uitools libqtscript4-xml
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
libqt4-sql-psql libqca2-plugin-cyrus-sasl libqca2-plugin-gnupg
libqca2-plugin-ossl libqca2-plugin-pkcs11
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
amarok amarok-common amarok-utils kdemultimedia-kio-plugins libkcddb4
libqca2 libqtscript4-core libqtscript4-gui libqtscript4-network
libqtscript4-sql libqtscript4-uitools libqtscript4-xml
0 aktualisiert, 12 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Es müssen noch 0B von 18,2MB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Nach dieser Operation werden 56,3MB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Möchten Sie fortfahren [J/n]?
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket amarok-common.
(Lese Datenbank ... 166323 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Entpacke amarok-common (aus .../amarok-common_2%3a2.2.1-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1_all.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket amarok-utils.
Entpacke amarok-utils (aus .../amarok-utils_2%3a2.2.1-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1_amd64.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket libqca2.
Entpacke libqca2 (aus .../libqca2_2.0.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Entpacke libqtscript4-core (aus .../libqtscript4-core_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-core_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
Versuche, »/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/script/libqtscript_core.so.1.0.0« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libqtscriptbindings1 0:0.1.0-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa3 ist
dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste mit Signal (Broken pipe) getötet
Entpacke libqtscript4-gui (aus .../libqtscript4-gui_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-gui_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
Versuche, »/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/script/libqtscript_gui.so.1.0.0« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libqtscriptbindings1 0:0.1.0-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa3 ist
dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste mit Signal (Broken pipe) getötet
Entpacke libqtscript4-network (aus .../libqtscript4-network_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-network_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
Versuche, »/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/script/libqtscript_network.so.1.0.0« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libqtscriptbindings1 0:0.1.0-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa3 ist
dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste mit Signal (Broken pipe) getötet
Entpacke libqtscript4-xml (aus .../libqtscript4-xml_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-xml_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
Versuche, »/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/script/libqtscript_xml.so.1.0.0« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libqtscriptbindings1 0:0.1.0-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa3 ist
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste mit Signal (Broken pipe) getötet
Entpacke libqtscript4-sql (aus .../libqtscript4-sql_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-sql_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
Versuche, »/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/script/libqtscript_sql.so.1.0.0« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libqtscriptbindings1 0:0.1.0-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa3 ist
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste mit Signal (Broken pipe) getötet
Entpacke libqtscript4-uitools (aus .../libqtscript4-uitools_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von /var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-uitools_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
Versuche, »/usr/lib/qt4/plugins/script/libqtscript_uitools.so.1.0.0« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libqtscriptbindings1 0:0.1.0-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~ppa3 ist
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
dpkg-deb: Unterprozess paste mit Signal (Broken pipe) getötet
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket amarok.
Entpacke amarok (aus .../amarok_2%3a2.2.1-0ubuntu1~karmic1~ppa1_amd64.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket libkcddb4.
Entpacke libkcddb4 (aus .../libkcddb4_4%3a4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic~ppa1_amd64.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket kdemultimedia-kio-plugins.
Entpacke kdemultimedia-kio-plugins (aus .../kdemultimedia-kio-plugins_4%3a4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic~ppa1_amd64.deb) ...
Verarbeite Trigger für hicolor-icon-theme ...
Verarbeite Trigger für man-db ...
Verarbeite Trigger für desktop-file-utils ...
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-core_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-gui_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-network_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-xml_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-sql_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libqtscript4-uitools_0.1.0-3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

After this, synaptic offers me to re-install these packages but it always fails.

Amarok starts and works, but I don't feel comfortable with the red sign in my panel saying that the package management is broken...

Best regards,
Siegi

Have you refreshed your repositories?

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sudo apt-get update