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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

How to Make iTunes Work on Linux Ubuntu 10.4 using wine



Overview: It is widely known that iTunes is a useful and powerful software which is written for Mac and Windows only, and does not work for Linux. But is it a truth? If you read this article you will find that iTunes will run on Linux Ubuntu 10.4. I will teach you to How to make iTunes work on Linux Ubuntu 10.4. The software you will need in this article are iTunes and Wine. Some screen shots will be displayed to help you learn the tip.


How to Make iTunes Work on Linux Ubuntu 10.4

I will teach you to make iTunes work on Linux Ubuntu 10.4. No more words, let's start with the first step.

Step 1. Download Wine in Linux Ubuntu 10.4

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-download wine

At first we will tell you some knowledge of Wine. Wine is a useful software which is written for Linux that allows it to run Windows software. You can successfully download Wine through the terminal:

sudo dpkg -i wine_0.9.45~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_i386.deb

Step 2. Install Wine to the options

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-wine options

Next to configure Wine to the options which comes up to the requirements. Type in the terminal "winecfg". Then choose the Windows XP option in the Allications tab. And then you need to select Autodetect in the Drivers tab. Once these have been done you can check the ALSA Driver and uncheck the OSS Driver in the Audio tab.

Step 3. Download iTunes

In this step you need to download the latest version of iTunes.

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-itunes

Step 4. Go to the terminal once again

If you have download the latest version of iTunes you need to go to the terminal once again and then type:

wine iTunesSetup.exe

Step 5. Accept the license of the iTunes

Look at the welcome screen of the iTunes below.

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-welcom screen

Now just accept the license for the latter steps.

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-iTunes license

Step 6. Select the installer options



When the dialog window appears you just click on OK.

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-itunes

Step 7. When it finish to download click on finish

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-quicktime

Now the iTunes has been downloaded you just need to click on Finish.

How to Download iTunes in Linux Ubuntu-final

Step 8. Run the iTunes

Once you have download the iTunes successfully you will run it on your Linux Ubuntu 10.4.

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/iTunes/iTunes.exe



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