Install ProjectM

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ProjectM Description

Image:Projectm.jpg "projectM is an advanced iterative image based music visualization program for XMMS. It supports all the features of Milkdrop and many more." - projectm summary.

Installation of ProjectM in Feisty

Based on instructions posted http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=509130

1) Download Needed Source, Compiler tools, and dependencies

• Compiler tools

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
sudo apt-get install -y libglib1.2-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk1.2-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libsdl1.2-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libsdl-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libvisual-0.4-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libvisual-0.4-0
sudo apt-get install -y libvisual-0.4-plugins 
sudo apt-get install -y xmms-dev
sudo apt-get install -y ftgl-dev

sudo apt-get install -y libgl1-mesa-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libglu1-mesa-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libx11-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libfreetype6-dev
sudo apt-get install -y ftgl-dev
sudo apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev

• Download Source

wget -c http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/projectm/libvisual-projectM-0.99.tar.bz2
wget -c http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/projectm/libprojectM-0.99.tar.bz2
wget -c http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/projectm/xmms-projectM-0.99.tar.bz2
wget -c http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/projectm/xmms-projectM-pbuffers-0.99.tar.bz2

• Extract files and place into projectm folder in your home folder. You may just want to do these steps in your GUI desktop.

mkdir ~/projectM
mv *99.tar.bz2 ~/projectM
cd ~/projectM
tar -xjf libvisual-projectM-0.99.tar.bz2 & 
tar -xjf libprojectM-0.99.tar.bz2
tar -xjf xmms-projectM-0.99.tar.bz2 
tar -xjf xmms-projectM-pbuffers-0.99.tar.bz2 

• Compile. For each step, move into the folder, and run ./configure, make, then make install. You will need to be in the directory of the downloaded files for the mv command to work correctly.

	cd ~/projectM/libprojectM/
	./configure
	make
	sudo make install

• Extract libvisual-projectM and build

	cd ~/projectM/libvisual-projectM
	./configure --x-includes=/usr/include/X11 --x-libraries=/usr/lib/X11
	make
	sudo make install

• Extract xmms-projectM and build

	cd ~/projectM/xmms-projectM
	./configure
	make
	sudo make install

• In amarok, right click on the visualization and and choose project m at the bottom. so there you have it. Now you have an awsome milkdrop like winamp on the amarok. it takes 10 seconds before it starts to show visualization and also, you can configure through /usr/local/share/projectM

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