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How to install Songbird on Ubuntu (Linux)?

I proudly say that I always prefer using Ubuntu. I use Ubuntu 95% of the time for my personal work but in office I am a Windows XP user. Can’t help it there.
I used to use Songbird 0.5 earlier with Ubuntu 7.10 but when I upgraded to Ubuntu 8.04 I somehow forgot to install it. May be I was too busy blogging so didn’t get time for music.
Today I downloaded Songbird 0.6 and tried to install it. Somehow I forgot how I installed it before. I searched for solution but couldn’t find any.
After a little logic I was able to install it. So here is what I did, may be it will help someone trying to install this excellent new music player for Linux specifically Ubuntu:

  • Download Songbird 0.6 preferably on your desktop
  • The file name is : Songbird_0.6_linux-i686.tar.gz
  • Right click this file and extract everything using ‘Extract here‘ on desktop.
  • This gives you a folder called ‘Songbird‘.
  • Copy this folder to your Home folder or wherever you want.
  • Right click somewhere on desktop and create a launcher. That’s it.
  • Double click on this launcher to run Songbird.
  • Follow on screen prompts for the first time to fully install it on your system.
  • Steps are same no matter which Songbird revision you download.

For your information, Songbird is a platform independent application which works on Windows, Mac and Linux. You can get it right now…

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Update 1# If you are having difficulty installing Songbird on Ubuntu 9.04, then ‘Completely remove’ libvisual-0.4-plugins. Then try following the above method.

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  1. Knowliz How to install Songbird 0.6 on Ubuntu (Linux)?: I proudly say that I always prefer using U.. http://tinyurl.com/6a5wvo

  2. David says:

    for ubuntu, it says that the archive type is not supported, what should i do??

  3. Anurag Bansal says:

    I am assuming that you downloaded the ‘i686′ Linux version file. If you did, then you shouldn’t see this error message.
    Try to download it again.
    If 0.7 then from http://getsongbird.com
    If 1.0 RC2 then from http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Nightly_Builds and select Linux, i686.

    Hope it helps.
    Thanks

  4. la_vie_en_rose says:

    I did exactly as said but am getting “permission denied” messages. What now?

  5. Anurag Bansal says:

    Are you sure, you have rights to install anything on your computer. I mean to install something, you should have admin rights. In linux world, generally you get these rights by supplying a SUDO command.
    Hope that helps…

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