Here is my 2 cents worth of how to get it working in a satisfactory fashion.
1. Install libgpod 0.6.0, and compile from source yourself using checkinstall
1.1. Go here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=553119. Download this file: libgpod-0.6.0.tar.gz. Save it to your desktop, your home folder, wherever. I put it on my desktop.
Unzip it. I use console commands:
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cd Desktop/
tar -zxvf libgpod-0.6.0.tar.gz
cd libgpod-0.6.0
Now you've decompressed the source code for libgpod. Before anything else, make sure you've got the required dependencies installed:
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sudo apt-get install build-essential libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libsgutils1-dev checkinstall
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sudo apt-get build-dep libgpod2
5. Compile it!
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./configure
make
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sudo checkinstall
Type 2, press Enter. Enter libgpod2 at the prompt. It should now look like this: 2 - Name: [ libgpod2 ]*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************
This package will be built according to these values:
0 - Maintainer: [ you@yourcomputer ]
1 - Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.1 ]
2 - Name: [ libgpod ]
3 - Version: [ 0.6.0 ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 - Source location: [ libgpod-0.6.0 ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ ]
10 - Requires [ ]
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:
Press Enter to commit the changes. The package will get automatically installed.
Okay one last thing: we link the libraries:
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sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.2
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgpod.so.3 /usr/lib/libgpod.so.3
and enter your ipod generation (classic for me) and the fire wire id which you can ifnd out by typing
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sudo lsusb -v | grep -i Serial
I hope this helps some people, since I really could have done with something like this when I was starting out with my ipod+linux(-itunes)=hassle/adventure
follow your nose around the menus and it's all fairly self explanatory and it takes little to no effort to get running. A few minutes in the command line, a little time spent in XP (or none if your using your ipod straight out of the box) and youre done.
++++bear in mind that if you have used your ipod with something other than itunes for the setup then this wont work, but since most everyone I know has access to a windowsXP pc (you need it for itunes v7.5+) this asnt an issue++++
and much thanks to Ghostbea121 on the ubuntu forums whose instructions for getting gpod installed!
If anyone feels like stickying this post for general use then pleases do so, mods!
civint