Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Debian

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Installing Amarok

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

apt-get install amarok

Amarok versions currently in Debian

Phonon Backends

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

VLC

apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc

GStreamer

apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer

Xine (Debian oldstable only, deprecated in later versions)

apt-get install phonon-backend-xine

For more on Phonon, see the Phonon page.