I just took another stab at itunes with wine.. with much success!
1 - download the latest itunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
2 - install wine
sudo apt-get install wine
3 - configure wine
winecfg-change the windows version to XP
-set up your sound card with the audio tab
4 - run (in the directory of the downloaded installer)
wine ./iTunes743Setup.exe
By no means does it run perfectly, but the functionality is there and I expect will continue to be improved.
13 comments:
Banshee music player works fine for me. There is no need for itunes.
sweet, i'm going to try this
Hey Mike,
i really like the way you keep trying things out...we are very similar in this thing...
thanks for this man...i am going to try it out...Although i think rhytmbox does an amazing job as far as my needs go...
also i tried Songbird and I think its not that great...1st i had hard time installing it (ya even after i did just as you said) but i guess its just beta rite now.
see ya later
so its interesting that i can install the newest version, but not an older version. They kept throwing up quicktime errors.
Not that i really need iTunes for anything though...
I find it annoying that itunes won't run natively, since apples are unix based already.
you must have libjack to use ALSA driver
One word:
Amarok
It is very great news!! Synchronization with ipod works too?
BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
thanks..
its hanging....
Damn you iTunes automation server registration!!
Amarok it is
Now iTunes Plus tracks are DRM free, I'm buying from them, but have to run XP in a VM just to run iTunes.
I tried about 6 months ago to get it going to synch my iPhone, but performance was poor, and wouldn't see the USB ports 8(
Otherwise Amarok is a better media player and collection manager than iTunes for multiple reasons.
Would this allow you to stream music to an Airport Express adapter connected to a stereo (and control it from an iPhone) - in the same way that you can with OSX or Windows?
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