3 / \ |_// \ / | / | /_| |
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-mygpoclient (http://thpinfo.com/2010/mygpoclient/)
36 * python-dbus (optional, but highly recommended)
38 Additional dependencies for iPod synchronization support:
40 * One of the following metadata libraries:
41 - python-pymad (preferred; MAD MP3 decoder Python bindings)
42 - python-eyed3 (alternative to pymad; eyeD3 Python bindings)
43 * python-gpod (libgpod's Python bindings)
44 * mplayer (OPTIONAL; if you want video podcast length detection)
46 Additional dependencies for MTP-based device synchronization support:
48 * python-pymtp (libmtp's Python bindings; nick125.com/projects/pymtp)
50 Additional dependencies for converting OGGs to MP3s on iPod sync:
52 * oggdec (for decoding OGG files)
53 * lame (for encoding MP3 files)
55 Additional dependencies if you want Bluetooth file send support:
57 * gnome-obex-send OR bluetooth-sendto
59 Additional dependencies if you want Rockbox Cover Art syncing:
61 * python-imaging (Python Imaging Library, PIL)
63 Additional dependencies for gtkhtml2 episode shownotes:
67 Additional dependencies for gPodder on Windows:
69 * PyWin32 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/)
71 Additional dependencies for the Soundcloud plug-in:
73 * Python >= 2.6 (as this includes the "json" module) OR
74 * Python < 2.6 with the "simplejson" module (Debian: python-simplejson)
76 Additional dependencies if you want to install from source:
82 Dependencies for running unittest/doctests ("make unittest"):
85 * python-coverage (optional; recommended)
91 Extract the tar archive somewhere into your home directory and cd into
92 the directory where you extracted it, for example:
94 tar xzvf gpodder-2.0.tar.gz
98 If you have any problems, please visit the gPodder website or mail the
99 gPodder mailing list (see below for more information).
101 ================================
102 Portable mode / roaming profiles
103 ================================
105 You can set the environment variables GPODDER_HOME and GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR
106 to point to locations for storing the database and downloaded files:
108 GPODDER_HOME ........... location for configuration and database
109 GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR ... location for downloaded episodes
111 You can use this to have different configurations for gPodder or to put
112 gPodder's data directly on your MP3 player or USB disk, for example:
114 export GPODDER_HOME=/media/usbdisk/gpodder-data/
115 export GPODDER_DOWLOAD_DIR=/media/usbdisk/podcasts/
118 =========================================
119 Feature requests, bug reports and patches
120 =========================================
122 Feature requests, bug report and patches should all be filed in our
123 Bugzilla at http://bugs.gpodder.org - for general discussion and questions,
124 please send a message to gpodder-devel (this is a subscriber-only list, so
125 you have to subscribe first before sending mail there).
127 For up to date information about gPodder, see the website and Wiki.
129 Homepage: http://gpodder.org/
130 Wiki: http://wiki.gpodder.org/
131 Bugzilla: http://bugs.gpodder.org/
133 FAQs: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/FAQs
134 Mailing List: gpodder-devel@berlios.de
135 IRC Channel: #gpodder on FreeNode (irc.freenode.net)
137 Have fun with gPodder!
138 Thomas Perl <thpinfo.com>