Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Debian

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

• The version in wheezy (currently stable) is 2.5.90-75-g47e75df (post 2.6-beta1 snapshot) at the moment.
• The version in wheezy-backports is 2.6.0 at the moment.
• The version in sid (unstable) is 2.6.0 at the moment.
• The version in experimental is 2.7.0 at the moment.

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.