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 squeeze (currently stable) is and always will be 2.3.1.
The version in squeeze-backports is 2.4.1 at the moment.
The version in wheezy (currently testing) is v2.5.90-75-g47e75df (post 2.6-beta1 snapshot) at the moment.
The version in sid (unstable) is 2.6.0 at the moment.

Phonon Backends

Amarok plays media via Phonon multimedia framework. You can choose either VLC, Xine (Debian stable only) or GStreamer Phonon backend. VLC backend 0.3.1 or later version is currently recommended (testing/unstable only) . In case of problems, try all backends to see which works best for you.

VLC

apt-get install phonon-backend-vlc

GStreamer

apt-get install phonon-backend-gstreamer

Xine (Debian stable only, deprecated in later versions)

apt-get install phonon-backend-xine

For more on Phonon, see the Phonon page.