Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Debian: Difference between revisions

From KDE Community Wiki
 
Line 13: Line 13:


Amarok plays media via the [http://phonon.kde.org/ Phonon multimedia framework]. You can choose either [http://packages.debian.org/stable/phonon-backend-vlc VLC] (recommended) or [http://packages.debian.org/stable/phonon-backend-gstreamer GStreamer] Phonon backend.
Amarok plays media via the [http://phonon.kde.org/ Phonon multimedia framework]. You can choose either [http://packages.debian.org/stable/phonon-backend-vlc VLC] (recommended) or [http://packages.debian.org/stable/phonon-backend-gstreamer GStreamer] Phonon backend.
'''GStreamer'''
apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer


'''VLC'''
'''VLC'''
Line 18: Line 22:
  apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc
  apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc


'''GStreamer'''
Please note that some Amarok features might not be available with this backend. See ''/usr/share/doc/amarok/README.Debian'' (2.8.0-1 or later) for details.
 
apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer


'''Xine (Debian oldstable only, deprecated in later versions)'''
'''Xine (Debian oldstable only, deprecated in later versions)'''

Latest revision as of 05:25, 19 August 2013

Installing Amarok

Amarok can be installed by installing the amarok package. For example, using apt-get:

  1. apt-get install amarok

Amarok versions currently in Debian

Phonon Backends

Amarok plays media via the Phonon multimedia framework. You can choose either VLC (recommended) or GStreamer Phonon backend.

GStreamer

apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer

VLC

apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc

Please note that some Amarok features might not be available with this backend. See /usr/share/doc/amarok/README.Debian (2.8.0-1 or later) for details.

Xine (Debian oldstable only, deprecated in later versions)

apt-get install phonon-backend-xine

For more on Phonon, see the Phonon page.