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[Geomyster]

I'm trying to update Amarok to 1.4.4 since 1.3.8 is giving me trouble, Using Yast2 to update it, it tells me that "there are no installable providers of Amarok 1.4..." I tried downloading the necessary files from the Amarok web site and installing them with the command line, however, that gives me a big old list of dependencies.
Is there way to get around the problem in Yast2?
Or: can I install it via the command line with an option to ignore dependencies?
(I fixed all the dependencies of the manual install that were available on Yast2, however, some that were unavailable were ones for connecting ipods and what not, that I'm not interested in having anyway)

Suse 10.1

[Geomyster]

I used the --nodeps and got amarok 1.4.4 installed, then was able to install the rest of the components for amarok.

Unfortunately, now Amarok isn't working for me, lol.
It begins to startup, (splash screen) but then stops running, no errors are presented, it just kills.
I guess I'll uninstall it, and go back through the list of dependencies making sure that I got all the necessary ones before using --nodeps.

Any other suggestions?

[oldcpu]

Uninstalling aramok and restoring the dependencies is the best approach IMHO. I believe you should also install the Packman xine program(s), their dependencies, and also mpg321 and mad.

Please note, dependencies are there for a reason.

With Linux being mostly Open Source, program author's typically do not have the free time to write every part of a program. So they use libraries and applications from many other programs. This saves the Open Source authors signficant amount of time and effort.

Typically, it means to install program-A, one first needs to install program B, C, and D, and library E, F, and G, all of specific and different versions, and sometimes also in a specific order, in order for program-A to work properly.

To get around this, many of us run a program, known as a Software Package Manager, that has links to file servers around the world (called repositories or channels) that have all the various programs, in rpm format, as needed. These Software Package Manager Programs, when we tell it to install program A, will then automatically figure out it needs program B, C, and D, and library E, F, and G, all of specific and different versions, and also figure out the specific order of installation.

After our clicking to install "program-A", the Software Package Manager Program will tell us that it needs to install program B, C, D, E, F, and G, and ask if it is ok to proceed. If we click "NO", program-A will NOT be installed. If we click "YES", programs A, B, C, D, E, F, G will all be automatically downloaded and automatically installed.

It take the pain away from installing programs, and programs can be installed with a few clicks of the mouse.

Typical Software Package Managers are:
- Smart,
- Apt/Synaptic (where Synaptic is the gui front end to the command line apt program),
- YaST Software Management
..... and there are others.

In order to use these Software Package Mangers one needs to add the server lists (ie repositories/channels) to the Software Package Managers, so they know where to look.

Good luck with your Amarok efforts.

[oldcpu]

In case you decide to continue and Install Amarok manually, here are a couple of URLs you should know about:
Guru: http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-...php?cat=Sound/
In particular, you can get an updated Amarok from Guru.

Packman: http://packman.links2linux.org/v
In particular, use the quick search function in Packman to find "xine" (grab libxine(s) and xine-ui) and also find "mad", "lame", "mpg321" ... etc ...

Still, having typed this, I do recommend instead you spend your efforts trying to get Smart, or apt/synaptic running, with appropriate repostitories/channels installed. Those packages will greatly simplify your future update efforts.