Amarok/GettingStarted/Download/Debian

Installing Amarok

Amarok can be installed by installing the amarok package. For example, using apt-get:

apt-get install amarok

Amarok versions currently in Debian

The version in wheezy (currently stable) is and always will be 2.5.90-75-g47e75df (post 2.6-beta1 snapshot).
The version in wheezy-backports is 2.6.0 at the moment.
The version in testing (jessie) is 2.7.1 at the moment.
The version in sid (unstable) is 2.8.0 at the moment.

Phonon Backends

Amarok plays media via the Phonon multimedia framework. You can choose either VLC (recommended) or GStreamer Phonon backend.

GStreamer

apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer

VLC

apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc

Please note that some Amarok features might not be available with this backend. See /usr/share/doc/amarok/README.Debian (2.8.0-1 or later) for details.

Xine (Debian oldstable only, deprecated in later versions)

apt-get install phonon-backend-xine

For more on Phonon, see the Phonon page.