How do I install and run Entertainer 0.3?

OUT-DATED: Please note that this FAQ is now out of date. The information you are looking for is maintained on the Entertainer wiki. Please see http://wiki.entertainer-project.com/wiki/StartUpGuide for information on getting Entertainer running.

This FAQ is designed to show how to install and run Entertainer 0.3.

Please note that if you installed a previous version you may want to remove ~/.config/entertainer because we have not devised a method to update user preferences between releases, and I can't guarantee that your config files would be correct (which could cause weird behavior).

**Recommended method for Debian based distributions: Install from the Entertainer Release Team Personal Package Archive (PPA).**

1) Add the Entertainer Release Team PPA to your software repositories list (System -> Administration -> Software Sources -> Third Party Software). Add the deb line that you find at https://launchpad.net/~entertainer-releases/+archive .

2) Either run the command `sudo apt-get install entertainer`, or search Synaptic for Entertainer and install the package. The PPA will not be authenticated software so you will have to agree to install it.

3) From a command line, type `entertainer-content-manager` to open a GUI so you can set your content folders.

4) Finally, to run Entertainer, either select Entertainer from the Applications -> Sound & Video section or run `entertainer` from the command line.

5) Please report any bugs to https://bugs.launchpad.net/entertainer .

**Recommended method for non-Debian based distributions: Install from the 0.3 source tarball.**

1) Download entertainer-0.3.tar.gz from https://launchpad.net/entertainer/+download .

2) Extract the archive that you downloaded and install the dependencies found in the file entertainer-0.3/docs/DEPENDENCIES.

3) From the command line in the entertainer-0.3 directory run the command `sudo python setup.py install`.

4) Run steps 3 & 4 from the section above.

5) Please report any bugs to https://bugs.launchpad.net/entertainer .

**Recommended method for someone who wants the lastest and greatest (or bleeding edge depending on how you look at things): Install from the trunk.**

1) Run `bzr branch lp:entertainer`

2) Install the dependencies in the docs/DEPENDENCIES file.

3) Optional (and probably not recommended): Install and run from the entertainer directory by following steps 3 & 4 in the previous section.

4)Recommended: Don't install, just run Entertainer directly from the branch. You can do this by just being in the entertainer directory and running `./entertainer-content-manager` and `./entertainer`. Note that the only difference is the "./" before each command.

5) Please report any bugs to https://bugs.launchpad.net/entertainer .

Good luck and please let me or anyone on the Entertainer Developers Team know if you are having problems.