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XMMS For Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

I noticed that xmms was no longer available from the Ubuntu repositories as of 8.04 Hardy Heron. That being an insane bit of nonsense, I went searching for it.

http://blog.sartek.net/2008/04/install-xmms-on-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron.html has a great set of instructions on how to install from source.

I then used checkinstall (my first time) to create a deb package. Hopefully it should install fine. Give it a test. I make no guarantee that it will work for you, but let me know either way by leaving a comment.

If you have a problem with xmms not starting or crashing when doublesize is on then start xmms this way:

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && xmms

That's what this page http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-268577.html says to do anyway, and it seems to work fine.

xmms 1.2.11-1 i386


AttachmentSize
xmms_1.2.11-1_i386.deb2.09 MB

Other XMMS package

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/i386/xmms/1:1.2.10+20070601-1build2 is the other package that is available. Try that if mine fails. :)

Didn't work

Deb file great idea but didn't work. No XMMS in "Sound & Video" applications drop-down menu. Pressing "Alt+F2" then typing "xmms" didn't work either. Now how to UNDO this .deb installation, if you please. Thank you, and why don't .deb files work on everyone's computers, by the way? I've created .deb's that didn't work on other computers, too. This is an interesting opportunity to understand why .tar.gz files are superior (they seem to work more universally, but they're more of a pain to install). Anyway, how do I undo this .deb installation?

Are you running Ubuntu

Are you running Ubuntu 8.04?

Anyway to uninstall a deb either use synaptic or open a terminal and type

sudo apt-get remove xmms

No, there are no menu links,

No, there are no menu links, you'll have to to start it from the command prompt. (terminal)

This package has worked for

This package has worked for others. Mileage may vary.

I get this when try to run

I get this when try to run from terminal

xmms: error while loading shared libraries: libxmms.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Can you tell me a bit more

Can you tell me a bit more about your system?

This package works fine for

This package works fine for me, and though it doesn't add a shortcut in sound & video menu, i simple created a launcher on the desktop and it works. thanks OP

Bless you.

Oh thanks a ton. I had been checking around anxiously for instructions on how to make this work. I did get some other valuable things accomplished as a result of it's not working immediately... But, in the end, I only care to get it working. The first one didn't work, but the build 2 worked on my box. Thanks a ton. It works like a champ. For some reason the other 200 programs that "do the same thing" as xmms don't please me.

Thanks

I lost XMMS in the transition from 7.10 to 8.04

The build2 package worked on my Dell 640m

Thanks again

tc

You're all very welcome. :)

You're all very welcome. :)

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