~~NOCACHE~~




===== GNU/Linux installation ======

This page contains specific installations procedures for Gnu/Linux systems. Dependencies should be managed automatically.

Most of these packages are external contributions. So they may be out of synchronization with last offical one.

The packagers deserve a lot of thanks for their work.

===== ArchLinux =====

GCstar has been added to the **community** repository. So first activate it by editing **/etc/pacman.conf** to uncomment corresponding line. Then following command will launch the installation:

<terminal>pacman -S gcstar</terminal>


===== Debian =====

GCstar has been included into **Debian Sid (unstable)** and **Debian Squeeze (testing)**. So users only need to run (as root):

<terminal>apt-get install gcstar</terminal>

===== Exherbo =====

Masked in [[http://git.exherbo.org/summer/repositories/jedahan/index.html|::jedahan]]

<terminal>paludis --install gcstar</terminal>

===== Fedora =====

GCstar has been included in Fedora since version 7. It is in Fedora Extras for versions 5 and 6. So to install it on Fedora, just enter this command:

<terminal>yum install gcstar</terminal>



===== Gentoo =====

GCstar is available in Gentoo's main portage tree as [[http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-misc/gcstar|app-misc/gcstar]]. You can install it with the following command: <terminal>emerge -av gcstar</terminal>

===== Mageia =====
GCstar 1.6.2 will be available in Mageia in the ''Core Updates'' urpmi media for Mageia, so that you can install it using the command:
<terminal>urpmi gcstar</terminal>
It's currently [[http://download.tuxfamily.org/cauldron/mageia/rpm/RPMS/noarch/gcstar-1.6.2-0.1.mga1.noarch.rpm|being packaged for Mageia 1 as gcstar-1.6.2]] as of 2011-07-15.

===== Mandriva Linux =====

GCstar 1.1.1 is now available in the ''contrib'' urpmi media for Mandriva Linux 2008.0. If the ''contrib'' media is not defined on your system yet, just use [[http://easyurpmi.zarb.org|Easy URPMI tool]] to get the required command. You can find GCstar in the Mandriva Control Center installation tool or use the command

<terminal>urpmi gcstar</terminal>

baud123 had created an [[http://download.tuxfamily.org/cooker/mdvrpm/2007.0/noarch/gcstar-1.0.0-1mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm|RPM of GCstar 1.0.0 for Mandriva 2007]]. It could be installed - once you downloaded it - using this command:

<terminal>rpm -ivh gcstar-1.0.0-1mdv2007.0.noarch.rpm</terminal>







===== Ubuntu =====

On 7.04 Feisty Fawn and above, GCstar is included in the repository. But this version is not always up-to-date. A more recent version could be found on the official gcstar stable ppa :

https://launchpad.net/~gcstar/+archive/ppa

You can install it by simply doing:

<terminal>
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gcstar/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcstar
</terminal>

Below 7.04, this installs GCstar on Ubuntu:

<terminal>
sudo apt-get -y install libgtk2-perl libxml-perl libxml-simple-perl 
sudo apt-get -y install libarchive-tar-perl libarchive-zip-perl libmp3-info-perl libmp3-tag-perl libogg-vorbis-header-pureperl-perl
sudo apt-get clean
wget %%http://download.gna.org/gcstar/gcstar%%-[VERSION].tar.gz
tar zxf gcstar-[VERSION].tar.gz
rm gcstar-[VERSION].tar.gz
cd gcstar/
sudo ./install
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/share/gcstar/helpers/xdg-open
</terminal>

On 7.10 you might need these additional packages for a full featured version:
<terminal>
sudo apt-get -y install libgtk2-spell-perl libtime-piece-perl libdatetime-format-builder-perl
</terminal>

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===== Generic RPM =====

This RPM is a generic one that contains less features than the specific ones. It should be used with any RPM-based distributions.

[[http://download.gna.org/gcstar/Rpm/gcstar-[VERSION]-1.noarch.rpm|Download RPM GCstar [VERSION] ]]