Cannot install banshee-1 to my hardy amd athlon x2 PC

look that
http://linuxbasement.com/content/install-banshee-1-hardy

If is not work post your sources.list

No go unfortunately.

When I sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list and add the lines, the terminal seems to lock up and I cannot copy the text to show you what happens.

There is a similar procedure posted by Bhavani Shankar (gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and add the lines

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu hardy main

Save the source list

then

sudo apt-get update

then

sudo apt-get build-dep banshee-1

sudo apt-get install banshee)

which appears to work and saves the sources list but produces the same package not found error.

What is the difference in these procedures

Here is the source.list from this procedure......

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release amd64 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu intrepid main

Hope you can help.

Paul

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu intrepid main

because intrepid?
use the hardy repository

This is the hardy repository this is what you get on the source.list

No that's the intrepid source

The hardy sources are

#Banshee ppa
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu hardy main

If you had read the full text of the Terminal as pasted from it after completing the procedure from Bhavani Shankar, you will see that I selected the Hardy Repository, this is what was downloaded. I have not altered anything, so are you saying that the sources.list is wrong?

So Far...

 I have removed all banshee packages and retried the PPA procedure. This time it actually downloaded and installed (apparently).

Banshee Music Player appears in the application list and attempts to start, appears in the taskbar, then just ends and the application disappears from the taskbar after a few seconds.

I have removed it with apt-get and then tried reinstalling the package but this produces the same result.

I really don't know how to go forward from this..

The sources list is pointing at the intrepid source not hardy, if you say it has installed then fine.

Run it from a terminal and post any error output you get - use

banshee-1

to run the program.

If you get no output - you could try deleting the config file - it's a hidden folder inside .config in your home directory and then run it again.

Hi Again.

When I tried the PPA again I checked the last line on the sources.list file and this time it showed hardy not intrepid?? I can't explain this!!

I followed your advice and launched banshee-1 from the Terminal.
As it was running up in Terminal, Banshee actually started and ran, but there is an error shown in Terminal.
This is what I have copied and pasted from Terminal

......................................................................................

paul@Pauls-Linux-Desktop:~$ banshee-1
[Info 17:06:52.900] Running Banshee 1.2.0
[Info 17:06:54.469] Copying your old Banshee Database to /home/paul/.config/banshee-1/banshee.db
[Info 17:06:56.176] Querying MusicBrainz for Disc Release (Uyc5BhkDhT9sTdivNlMNDbasAgg-)
[Error 17:06:56.359] Unknown sort key passed in! Published not recognized
[Info 17:06:57.179] All services are started 2.721296s

(Nereid:7035): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_style_detach: assertion `style->attach_count > 0' failed

(Nereid:7035): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_style_detach: assertion `style->attach_count > 0' failed

(Nereid:7035): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_style_detach: assertion `style->attach_count > 0' failed

(Nereid:7035): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_style_detach: assertion `style->attach_count > 0' failed
[Info 17:06:58.203] nereid Client Started
[Info 17:06:58.219] Migrating Podcast Feeds and Items
[Info 17:06:58.225] Done Migrating Podcast Feeds and Items
[Info 17:06:59.603] Query finished (success: True, 3.426595 seconds)

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I really appreciate the help. Sometimes it is just so frustrating working with something that you are learning as you go along. I really like Linux and after years of Windows it's a really refreshing change

Paul

OK - delete the config file - Ctrl +H to view hidden in nautilus

delete the folder

/home/user/.config/banshee-1

Try running it now