xmms not in portage

New User · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 57

Hello all,

in the past I've been able to install xmms just be typing

zsoltika · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject:

I think xmms is unmaintained, why don't you use audacious (xmms based) or xfmedia. It's GTK2.
According to the Gentoo Newsletter, xmms will be removed from portage:
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20061030-newsletter.xml
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New User · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 57

Wow, that is quite a huge thing. As long as I've been using linux (8+ years), xmms has been the media player of choice. I'm surprised that the old version is not just left there for posterity. i guess that if I want the old ne, then have to get it from somewhere else. Is there a policy to pressure users to use this other player, audacious?

Thanks for making me aware of that.

drwook · Veteran Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 1324 Location: London

It was removed. There was much bloodshed....

That said, it was unmaintained. I miss it, but you can still get the ebuild from cvs and put it in a local overlay if you really need it. Unfortunately, the dependancies meant it is on its way out sooner or later anyhow.

New User · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 57

Well, I guess there should be a memorial service , then. J/K

onlinepancakes · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject:

Yeah

Sad thing.... They just want people to move to bloat called Amarok or Banshee sad to say

Xmms was a great media player... After it was gone I just moved over to MPD.. Works great. Audacious is ok, but not the same as Xmms..
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silon · n00b Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 41

drwook · Veteran Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 1324 Location: London

Audacious is fine, it just seems sluggish compared to xmms. But then so does aterm....

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

Sluggish? Check that this is ticked: Preferences - Audio - detect file formats on demand.

zsoltika · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:03 pm Post subject:

Give 'xfmedia' a try. (If it compiles) One of the best (not so bloated, but can play videos on demand) media player.
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mark_alec · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.

See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-509819-highlight-xmms.html
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