Amarok on other platformsAmarok is intended for the KDE desktop, but it works on other platforms as well. Although it takes some effort, Amarok can run on these configurations:
Although Amarok is one the most well-known KDE applications, it can run on other desktop environments too.
This section shows how Amarok can be used on non-KDE Linux® desktops. These are examples; there may be more.
To configure the proxy for Amarok on GNOME, modify and add this to ~/.kde/share/config/kioslaverc
[Proxy Settings][$i] ProxyType=1 httpProxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/ httpsProxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/ ftpProxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/
The Amarok systray icon does not work by default with E17. So, one should disable the Show tray icon from General Options in Amarok's preferences.
To launch Amarok faster, enable Launch KDE services on startup by going into → → and checking the option.
Warning
This pages needs screenshots for the Amarok 2.6 version
As you already know, a normal Windows install doesn't use KDE, so if you want to install Amarok, you can't just download the Amarok package. You must install a compatible compiler first. Here is described how to download, install and run Amarok in the Windows operating system.
If you run into any difficulties, please visit the Amarok on Windows wiki page where the latest links will be kept updated. Otherwise, use the latest at the following links:
The installation is very simple, just run the downloaded .exe file.
Warning
If you want to update be sure to remove your current install.
Second, choose the install location.
If you want to change the default location, select Browse... and choose a new location.
Warning
Current Macports 2.1.2 only ships an outdated Amarok 2.4.3 version
Amarok can be installed and used on the Mac® OS X.
The following are the dependencies required to install Amarok on Mac® OS X. These will be automatically installed if one is using MacPorts.
automoc cmake qt4-mac dbus libmng kdebase4-runtime exiv2 hicolor-icon-theme kdelibs4 aspell texinfo xz aspell-dict-en attica phonon glib2 avahi dbus-python26 dbus-glib gtk-doc docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 docbook-xml-4.2 docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xml-5.0 gnome-doc-utils intltool gnome-common p5-getopt-long p5-pathtools p5-scalar-list-utils p5-xml-parser iso-codes py27-libxml2 python27 rarian getopt py26-gobject libffi libdaemon libglade2 gtk2 atk gdk-pixbuf2 jasper pango cairo libpixman shared-mime-info xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXi xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto py26-gtk py26-cairo py26-numpy atlas gcc44 gmp mpfr gzip fftw-3 py26-nose dbusmenu-qt qjson enchant hunspell flex gmake grantlee libart_lgpl liblzma openexr ilmbase gsed pcre qca shared-desktop-ontologies soprano clucene libiodbc redland raptor rasqal strigi virtuoso gawk libssh openslp oxygen-icons qimageblitz libgpod libplist swig-python python_select swig libusb py27-gobject py27-mutagen taglib liblastfm fftw-3-single libsamplerate libsndfile flac libogg libvorbis ruby libmtp libusb-compat loudmouth gnutls libgcrypt libgpg-error libtasn1 lzo qtscriptgenerator taglib-extras
To install Amarok on Mac® OS X, first one needs to install MacPorts from here. Once MacPorts is installed one needs to run the following command in the terminal:
sudo port install amarok
The port command will fetch all the dependencies, compile, build and install them. This process may take quite some time, four to five hours in a recent install.
If you run into difficulties, there is a troubleshooting page here.