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Downloading Amarok for Arch Linux

There are some pre-compiled packages for Arch Linux. There are several packages spread in various repositories:

[extra] repository

In the [extra] repository, there is:

  • amarok-base v1.4.9.1: contains the files for a base installation with support for sqlite, mysql and postgresql support.
  • amarok-engine-xine v1.4.9.1: the Xine engine libraries.

All of these can be installed by enabling the [extra] repository and supplying the pacman -S <package_name> command.

amarok: advanced feature dependences:

amarok-base was compiled with the following advanced features enabled. Please install the according packages to enable these features also at runtime.

  • visualisations: sdl + libvisual + libvisual-plugins >=0.4.0
  • advanced scripting: python
  • collection database:
    • MySQL: mysql
    • PostgreSQL: postgresql
  • media device support:
    • iPod: libgpod
    • iRiver: libifp
    • Creative Nomad, Dell DJ and others: libnjb >=2.0
    • devices supporting Microsoft MTP: libmtp >=0.1.0

all these pkgs can be found in [extra] repository

unsupported (AUR)

  • amarok-base-svn: SVN version of Amarok.
  • moodbar: the moodbar plugin for Amarok.

These packages can be installed by downloading the PKGBUILD or using the qpkg or aurbuild commands.