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5 ._/ http://gpodder.org/
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8 Copyright 2005-2010 Thomas Perl and the gPodder Team
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11 License (see COPYING file)
12 ==========================
14 gPodder is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
15 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
16 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
17 (at your option) any later version.
19 gPodder is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
20 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
21 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
22 GNU General Public License for more details.
24 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
25 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
33 * python-gtk2 (>= 2.12)
35 * python-dbus (optional, but highly recommended)
37 Additional dependencies for iPod synchronization support:
39 * One of the following metadata libraries:
40 - python-pymad (preferred; MAD MP3 decoder Python bindings)
41 - python-eyed3 (alternative to pymad; eyeD3 Python bindings)
42 * python-gpod (libgpod's Python bindings)
43 * mplayer (OPTIONAL; if you want video podcast length detection)
45 Additional dependencies for MTP-based device synchronization support:
47 * python-pymtp (libmtp's Python bindings; nick125.com/projects/pymtp)
49 Additional dependencies for converting OGGs to MP3s on iPod sync:
51 * oggdec (for decoding OGG files)
52 * lame (for encoding MP3 files)
54 Additional dependencies if you want Bluetooth file send support:
56 * gnome-obex-send OR bluetooth-sendto
58 Additional dependencies if you want Rockbox Cover Art syncing:
60 * python-imaging (Python Imaging Library, PIL)
62 Additional dependencies for gtkhtml2 episode shownotes:
66 Additional dependencies for gPodder on Windows:
68 * PyWin32 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/)
70 Additional dependencies for the Soundcloud plug-in:
72 * Python >= 2.6 (as this includes the "json" module) OR
73 * Python < 2.6 with the "simplejson" module (Debian: python-simplejson)
75 Additional dependencies if you want to install from source:
81 Dependencies for running unittest/doctests ("make unittest"):
84 * python-coverage (optional; recommended)
90 Extract the tar archive somewhere into your home directory and cd into
91 the directory where you extracted it, for example:
93 tar xzvf gpodder-2.0.tar.gz
97 If you have any problems, please visit the gPodder website or mail the
98 gPodder mailing list (see below for more information).
100 ================================
101 Portable mode / roaming profiles
102 ================================
104 You can set the environment variables GPODDER_HOME and GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR
105 to point to locations for storing the database and downloaded files:
107 GPODDER_HOME ........... location for configuration and database
108 GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR ... location for downloaded episodes
110 You can use this to have different configurations for gPodder or to put
111 gPodder's data directly on your MP3 player or USB disk, for example:
113 export GPODDER_HOME=/media/usbdisk/gpodder-data/
114 export GPODDER_DOWLOAD_DIR=/media/usbdisk/podcasts/
117 =========================================
118 Feature requests, bug reports and patches
119 =========================================
121 Feature requests, bug report and patches should all be filed in our
122 Bugzilla at http://bugs.gpodder.org - for general discussion and questions,
123 please send a message to gpodder-devel (this is a subscriber-only list, so
124 you have to subscribe first before sending mail there).
126 For up to date information about gPodder, see the website and Wiki.
128 Homepage: http://gpodder.org/
129 Wiki: http://wiki.gpodder.org/
130 Bugzilla: http://bugs.gpodder.org/
132 FAQs: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/FAQs
133 Mailing List: gpodder-devel@berlios.de
134 IRC Channel: #gpodder on FreeNode (irc.freenode.net)
136 Have fun with gPodder!
137 Thomas Perl <thpinfo.com>