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Here’s how to install Robin Sheat’s eMusic download manager on Ubuntu (I’m using Hardy at the moment, but I don’t think your mileage should vary too much, it is a Java program after all..).

These instructions require that you have java runtime v1.5 or higher installed, let me know if this is a problem.. The Java runtime is probably installed by default these days, or you can get it via apt-get. To check if you have the correct version, open a terminal and run “java -version”. You should see something similar to this:
java version “1.5.0.15″

1. run sudo apt-get update (always the first thing to do when installing new programs, see previous post)
2. Download the client from this page http://www.kallisti.net.nz/EMusicJ/Download (the most common version to choose is the first link, “eMusic/J for i686 Linux “).
3. Navigate to the download folder (i use /home/runar/Applications) and unpack the file:
   tar xvf emusicj-linux-i686-0.25.tar.gz
4. run cd emusicj-linux
5. run emusicj and verify that the program is running. Close the program.
6. Navigate to /usr/bin and create a symlink to make the program start from the command line:
   cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /home/runar/Applications/emusicj-linux/emusicj emusic
7. Open the application launcher (ALT+F2) and verify that the symlink works by typing emusic and pressing ENTER. See that the application launches.
8. Open your browser, navigate to www.emusic.com and select a track or album to download. For Firefox, select “Open with” and press Browse. Navigate to the emusicj-linux folder and select the emusicj application. Check “Do this automatically for files like this from now on” and press OK.
9. That’s it! Now you are able to enjoy all your high-quality long-tail fair-use music on Ubuntu!