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.
I will teach you to make iTunes work on Linux Ubuntu 10.4. No more words, let's start with the first step.
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
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.
wine iTunesSetup.exe
Look at the welcome screen of the iTunes below.
Now just accept the license for the latter steps.
When the dialog window appears you just click on OK.
Now the iTunes has been downloaded you just need to click on Finish.
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/iTunes/iTunes.exe
Step 1. Download Wine in Linux Ubuntu 10.4
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
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.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.Now just accept the license for the latter steps.
Step 6. Select the installer options
When the dialog window appears you just click on OK.
Step 7. When it finish to download click on finish
Now the iTunes has been downloaded you just need to click on Finish.
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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