Amarok 2.2/1.4

[Bas Roufs]

Hello Lisi and everybody else

>> > > Sadly, Amarok is now even worse.  At least before I could
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>> > Then something is wrong with your installation. ....
(snip)

This morning I found a solution which might also help you if you work
with Kubuntu Karmic.  Shortly summarised: I upgraded Amarok to version
2.2.1. IN THE FRAMEWORK of a general upgrade from KDE 4.3.2 to KDE
4.3.3. KDE 4.3.3. is the latest stable version of KDE and contains a
lot of useful bug fixes. After carrying out this KDE upgrade, I tried
Amarok - it works very well at my machine, the sound quality is
excellent.

I have acted as follows.

First I went to:
http://www.kubuntu.org/
>From there, I copied this phrase - a repository you need to add:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu karmic main

I did so by carefully following the instructions at a page which
explains how to 'add a repository':
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu
But of course, instead of the repository mentioned there, I added the
repository mentioned above.

Before installing the updates of that repository, but after 'adding'
that repository, I carried out a 'GPG key test' via a command line in
Konsole. See for details:
http://www.kubuntu.org/faq/PPA-keys
This test did not deliver any failures, so I went on to the next step:
I simply installed ALL the updates available now in that repository -
in order to avoid mistakes.  In this way, Amarok is well integrated in
the rest of the Kubuntu system.

If you work with Kubuntu 9.10, you could follow the above mentioned
steps. If you do so, write to this list whether it works.

Respectfully yours,

Bas.