Few days ago i wrote about quite cool program named Minitube - Youtube client. Today new update is out and it brings some new very useful improvements. The whole list you can find if you click here.
Like most of you probably i am always trying to avoid compiling something from source since using .deb files and program managers are easier and faster ways to do installation. But, in this case it is very easy to compile new version of Minitube. Just follow these lines and you will see that. It will all take about 5 minutes. This is particularly important for users of 64bit OS because there is no .deb file for them.
The reason i am compiling it is very simple - the repository which is given on website is always installing me the same old version 1.1 which doesn't work for me. Always some errors...
So lets begin:
1. Remove you old version if you have one installed. Type:
sudo apt-get remove minitube
2. Go to flavio.tordini.org/minitube and download Source code
3. Unpack that file - it will be folder minitube by default
4. Open Terminal/Konsole and navigate to that folder
5. Type in Terminal/Konsole:
sudo apt-get install libqt4-network phonon-backend-gstreamer gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
6. Once you have installed those files, find in minitube's folder, file INSTALL. Open it.
7. On the top you will see that you need to install some additional files. Type:
sudo apt-get install build-essential qt4-dev-tools libphonon-dev
8. Now while you are still in minitube type:
qmake
and then type:
make
9. It will take some time to do some mambo jumbo and that is it.
10. In order to run it just type (you have to be in ~/minitube
./build/target/minitunes
That is it! Enjoy and let me know if you have some problems.
Enjoy Minitube,
9 comments:
Seems to be a really cool software indeed, thanks for pointing it out to me!
It is really cool but it also knows to irritate sometimes because one version works great and another doesn't work at all. Generally idea and program itself is great. What is even better if you have laptop your lap (not to say something else) will not be burned because you are using flash applications :)
Thanks man, this is great stuff! Runs smoothly in Mint on old laptop.
Typo error, to run Minitube it should be:
./build/target/minitube
I am so confused one i get to number 8 nothing is working.
fixed it :D. in the terminal i type pwd, then cd Downloads, then cd minitube and then do the ./build/target/minitube. I just guessed since this was vague and luckily I did not screw up my computer! :D
Couldn't get qmake or qmake-qt4 to work, just plain old make, works fine none the less. After you test with ./build/ETC~ you can run "sudo make install" and save yourself from the terminal every time you wish to run.
Tested Kubuntu Natty 64bit.
Wow, thanks a lot. I used the package manager to download Minitube and it didn't work but this did. Now all I need to do is to figure out the proper command line to add it to a launcher. Any idea? I need to brush up on my command line skills.
Never mind, I figured out how to add to launcher, thanks again for the great post :-)
thanks.great tutorial for compiling.
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