HELP WITH WINE!!! (need itunes)

[austine]

hi, so im trying to install itunes on my linux system. ive already installed wine, but when i try and open ANY of the files in the windows folder i get this error message

[/home/austine/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/iTunes8Setup.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/austine/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/iTunes8Setup.exe or
/home/austine/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/iTunes8Setup.exe.zip, and cannot find /home/austine/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/iTunes8Setup.exe.ZIP, period.

i would appreciate any information regarding how i can properly install itunes and be able to OPEN it in wine... or any other way u can think of. i just got a new pretty pink ipod over the holidays and its pretty much obsolete lol PLEASE HELP!!!

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
I know Itunes has some stuff you can't get on WINE but just for music, have you tried using Rythmbox or Amarok? Rythmbox will be easiest but I think Amarok has better Ipod support. I'm going to be trying them both myself this evening because we bought our son an Ipod Touch, I'll be looking to see how things go and let you know what I find out.

[austine]

ya ive tried rythymbox but for some reason the music dosnt apply. it shows the music is on there, but when i eject the ipod and check theres nothing on the ipod. i will give amarok a try.......

[MikeTbob]

ya ive tried rythymbox but for some reason the music dosnt apply. it shows the music is on there, but when i eject the ipod and check theres nothing on the ipod. i will give amarok a try.......

I had a similar problem yesterday, after you eject the Ipod, make sure you go into the main menu of the Ipod and click on the Music Icon, is your music there?

[austine]

yes i definately tried that lol. i dont know where else the music could be....

so when i go into my terminal and enter wine itunes8setup.exe i am now getting this error message

Bad EXE format for C:\windows\itunes8setup.exe

help!!! lol

[MikeTbob]

It's probably a compressed file. Try unzipping it.
You'll need to "cd" to the correct directory....so something like this if the itunes8setup.exe is in the .wine directory.

cd ~/.wine/dosdevices/c\:/windows/

unzip itunes8setup.exe

Or if you have Windows, use Windows to unzip it.

[austine]

ok so i tried the 2nd one and it gives me th is error message:

unzip itunes8setup.exe
unzip: cannot find or open itunes8setup.exe, itunes8setup.exe.zip or itunes8setup.exe.ZIP.
austine@austine-laptop:~/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows$ unzip iTunes8Setup.exe
Archive: iTunes8Setup.exe
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of iTunes8Setup.exe or
iTunes8Setup.exe.zip, and cannot find iTunes8Setup.exe.ZIP, period.
austine@austine-laptop:~/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows$

i do not have windows, the only reason i got linux is because my dell crashed with vista and i wanted 2 learn something new. lol linux is not very user friendly.

[MikeTbob]

Ok, well apparently it isn't a zip file....and yes, Linux can be a bit daunting for new users. The good news is Itunes does work with Linux but I don't think it will be really easy. If you try this link and scroll down a little bit, it will tell you how to get it working. If you have problems with a specific command or task, then post back here for more help.
WineHQ - iTunes 8.0

[alanrlow]

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i do not have windows, the only reason i got linux is because my dell crashed with vista and i wanted 2 learn something new. lol linux is not very user friendly.

It can seem hard but persevere. Do you have a windows disk still, even XP? I found th best solution (for me) was to run XP in VirtualBox and run itunes from there. Worked fine for me. YMMV.
Alan

[austine]

hmmm... that sounds interesting and wut may i ask is "virtualbox"? and how do i get it lol