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″
- run
sudo apt-get update (always the first thing to do when installing new programs, see previous post)
- 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 “).
- Navigate to the download folder (i use /home/runar/Applications) and unpack the file:
tar xvf emusicj-linux-i686-0.25.tar.gz
- run
cd emusicj-linux
- run
emusicj and verify that the program is running. Close the program.
- 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
- Open the application launcher (ALT+F2) and verify that the symlink works by typing emusic and pressing ENTER. See that the application launches.
- 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.
- That’s it! Now you are able to enjoy all your high-quality long-tail fair-use music on Ubuntu!
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