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5 ._/ http://gpodder.org/
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8 Copyright 2005-2011 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/>.
32 * python (>= 2.5) with sqlite3 support
33 * python-gtk2 (>= 2.12)
35 * python-mygpoclient (>= 1.4; http://thp.io/2010/mygpoclient/)
36 * python-dbus (optional, but highly recommended)
38 If your Python installation does not come with "sqlite3" support,
39 you can either re-compile Python with support for sqlite3 or use
40 the "pysqlite" package from http://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/
42 Additional dependencies for iPod synchronization support:
44 * python-gpod (libgpod's Python bindings)
45 * At least one of the following packages:
46 - mplayer (recommended for video podcasts)
47 - python-eyed3 (eyeD3 library)
49 Additional dependencies for MTP-based device synchronization support:
52 Please note that the previously-required "pymtp" module is now included in
53 the gPodder distribution as "gpodder.gpopymtp", and therefore no longer
54 needed as special dependency. You still need a recent version of libmtp.
56 Additional dependencies for converting OGGs to MP3s on iPod sync:
58 * oggdec (for decoding OGG files)
59 * lame (for encoding MP3 files)
61 Additional dependencies if you want Bluetooth file send support:
63 * gnome-obex-send OR bluetooth-sendto
65 Additional dependencies if you want Rockbox Cover Art syncing:
67 * python-imaging (Python Imaging Library, PIL)
69 Additional dependencies for HTML episode shownotes:
71 * python-webkit (Python bindings for WebKitGTK+)
73 Additional dependencies for gPodder on Windows:
75 * PyWin32 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/)
77 Additional dependencies for gPodder on Mac OS X:
79 * ige-mac-integration (optional; when using the quartz GDK backend)
81 Additional dependencies for gPodder on Maemo 5:
86 Additional dependencies for the Soundcloud plug-in:
88 * Python >= 2.6 (as this includes the "json" module) OR
89 * Python < 2.6 with the "simplejson" module (Debian: python-simplejson)
91 Additional dependencies if you want to install from source:
97 Dependencies for running unittest/doctests ("make unittest"):
100 * python-coverage (optional; recommended)
106 Extract the tar archive somewhere into your home directory and cd into
107 the directory where you extracted it, for example:
109 tar xzvf gpodder-2.13.tar.gz
113 If you have any problems, please visit the gPodder website or mail the
114 gPodder mailing list (see below for more information).
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117 Portable mode / roaming profiles
118 ================================
120 You can set the environment variables GPODDER_HOME and GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR
121 to point to locations for storing the database and downloaded files:
123 GPODDER_HOME ........... location for configuration and database
124 GPODDER_DOWNLOAD_DIR ... location for downloaded episodes
126 You can use this to have different configurations for gPodder or to put
127 gPodder's data directly on your MP3 player or USB disk, for example:
129 export GPODDER_HOME=/media/usbdisk/gpodder-data/
130 export GPODDER_DOWLOAD_DIR=/media/usbdisk/podcasts/
133 =========================================
134 Feature requests, bug reports and patches
135 =========================================
137 Feature requests, bug report and patches should all be filed in our
138 Bugzilla at http://bugs.gpodder.org - for general discussion and questions,
139 please send a message to gpodder-devel (this is a subscriber-only list, so
140 you have to subscribe first before sending mail there).
142 For up to date information about gPodder, see the website and Wiki.
144 Homepage: http://gpodder.org/
145 Wiki: http://wiki.gpodder.org/
146 Bugzilla: http://bugs.gpodder.org/
148 FAQs: http://wiki.gpodder.org/wiki/FAQs
149 Mailing List: gpodder-devel@berlios.de
150 IRC Channel: #gpodder on FreeNode (irc.freenode.net)
152 Have fun with gPodder!