Re: Itunes on Ubuntu 9.10

Hello all. I am a completely new user to Linux and I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop yesterday. Earlier I followed a guide on this page: http://www.ehow.com/how_5197743_download-itunes-linux-ubuntu.html  to install iTunes 7.2 on Ubuntu. I followed the instructions exactly using Wine and the links given but after installation anytime I run the program I get the following error message:

Warning!
The registry settings used by the iTunes drivers for importing and
burning CDs and DVDs are missing. This can happen as a result of
installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall iTunes.

 

The only option in this window is OK.

 

After pressing OK iTunes opens fine but makes my task bar at the top of the screen go black and stays black until each location is clicked, e.g. firefox icon.

I would appreciate any help anyone can provide.

Thanks

 

iTunes CD ripping and burning is NOT supported in WINE... nor is iPod ver3 syncing.

Depending on what you want to do, take a look at either Songbird or  Rhythmbox

songbird:

http://www.getsongbird.com/

Rhythmbox:

http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/

info:

http://theappleblog.com/2009/07/09/how-to-sync-an-ipod-using-open-source-software/

Both of the above should sync to an ipod or jailbroken iphone, and are available in your package manager.

Ohhh...on the 'info' link, it mentions Amarok... BE AWARE amarok is a KDE application, so if you try to install it in Ubuntu it 'may' break your Ubuntu installation.

Amarok is KDE but is fully Gnome compatible and you will get an icon in the taskbar .. so as long as you have sufficient memory etc it's not going to cause you a problem. Just be aware that on startup it's going to scan for existing Music potentially managed by other applications .. and if you're like me then it could hang on the splash screen for a number of minutes on the first run. Also, it'll try to run "KDE Wallet" which may appear in the background giving the impression the Splash screen has Frozen. Simply click on the "KDE Wallet" icon that appears in your windowlist and select "Basic Setup" and complete.

If you actually want to sync your music with your iPod rather than managing / playing on your PC, you need something called gtkPod (there are other applications that claim to do this, nothing else appears to work properly) gtkPod works with the Nano, Mark II and touch, at the very least ...