Installing Amarok with mp3 support the easy way

Installing Amarok with mp3 support the easy way

this is how i managed to install Amarok on my out of the box AA1 in aprox 5 mins of tinkering time.

First step is to open the terminal.

Press alt+F2 and type: terminal hit enter.

Once in the terminal window insert:

Code:

sudo yum update fedora-release

Hit enter.
When asked press Y until the update is done
When the system is updated it's time to get amarok.

Code:

sudo yum install amarok

When asked press Y until the install is done.
now you need to get the mp3/wma codex making amarok able to play all your files/internet radio etc.

Code:

sudo yum install amarok-extras-nonfree

when asked press Y until the install is done.
Now you have downloadet installet and updated amarok to play mp3 :mrgreen:

To access and open amarok u need to do one final thing.

Exit the terminal window and press ALT+F2

Then type: xfce-setting-show hit enter.

in the appering window Left click on the Desktop icon.
In the Behavior tap u can choose Show desktop menu on right click.
choose it and close all open windows.

Now you can right click on the desktop and acess amarok in >multimedia>amarok

enjoy!!!

Hope this guide helped. if nok let me know

 

I quess I'm much bigger noob than you...

terminal:
[user@localhost ~]$ sudo yum install amarok-extras-nonfree
audit_log_user_command(): Connection refused
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
No package amarok-extras-nonfree available.
Nothing to do

What am I doing wrong? I tried to get mp3-codecs to Audacious too, but it says the same.

edit: I not sure what I did, but it seems like it's working now... Hip hip hooray!

 

i dont know what went wrong. did you live update your acer before trying to get the codex?

I did the install and update on a new acer with no other updates.

Did you sudo yum update fedora-release? to get more repositories?