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.
16 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?
nah, amarok and rhythmbox, both apps have a poor sound quality. Maybe Songbird or Banshee... but i want to sync my iPhone, so this is just what i need (but im still waiting for the project iphone linux!)
This will help alot if it works I have an apple desk top and alot of music bought from the Itunes store, while I was able to get around the drm by manually copying the files off my ipod nano ( I don't know why or how it worked but it did ) I do like how well the home sharing works with Itunes from my apple desktop. I do with there was a native iTunes for linux, however I think apple wants to do everything it can right now to keep suppressed until it can take a larger market share of the home computer segment. Then we might see more support for linux machines.
...please where can I buy a unicorn?
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