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Thursday, September 27, 2007

How to: install latest songbird 'blessed' build on linux

Here are some commands to get and run the latest songbird release candidate:

edit: post edited to contain same info as 'how to install songbird release candidate'


sudo su
cd /etc/
mkdir Songbird
cd Songbird
wget http://developer.songbirdnest.com/nightly/builds/linux/i686/Songbird_0_3_pre_20071027_linux-i686.tar.gz
tar xvfz Songbird_0_3_pre_20071027_linux-i686.tar.gz
wget http://mikesubuntu.googlepages.com/songbird
sudo cp songbird /usr/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/songbird

now you can run songbird from the terminal or alt+f2 with

songbird

8 comments:

Tim said...

Hi Mike,

Thanks for this. I followed your instructions, but now I get this:

haelen@haelen-desktop:~$ songbird
cd: 2: can't cd to /etc/Songbird/Songbird_20070913/
/usr/bin/songbird: 3: ./Songbird: not found


Any ideas?

Thanks,
Tim

mike said...

for some reason, your computer is having trouble changing directories (cd) to the songbird files.

first, I would try 'sudo songbird' and then enter your password. If it is the same error, we can eliminate a permissions problem.

second, I would try copying all the commands again. It will go through all the steps again, just to make sure nothing went wrong.

let me know how this works for you

mike

Tim said...

Hi Mike,

I tried all the steps again and I still get the same error. I already tried 'sudo songbird' before I contacted you with the first comment - do dice.

Thanks,
Tim

mike said...

what happens when you manually run

cd /etc/Songbird/Songbird_20070913/

same error? if not, then type

./Songbird


(thats exactly what the little script I wrote does, just changes directories and runs the file)

Tim said...

Hi Mike.

"No such file or directory"

Best,
Tim

mike said...

did you get any errors when you run all the commands?

Tim said...

OK,

The following doesn't produce and errors - neither does Songbird fire up though:

haelen@haelen-desktop:/etc/Songbird_20070913$ cd
haelen@haelen-desktop:~$ cd /etc/Songbird_20070913
haelen@haelen-desktop:/etc/Songbird_20070913$ ./Songbird
haelen@haelen-desktop:/etc/Songbird_20070913$

mike said...

thats strange.. try running it now, I updated it for the latest 'blessed' build. I have no clue what the problem might be.