install mp3 support for amarok in kubuntu

Hi, amarok using gstreamer engine to decode mpeg 3 audio format (it worked very good for me). You try again : re-install amarok. If not successful, you should check mixer.

On 12/30/08, Le Bien Cuong <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #55850 on amarok in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+question/55850
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Le Bien Cuong proposed the following answer:
> Hi, amarok using gstreamer engine to decode mpeg 3 audio format (it
> worked very good for me). You try again : re-install amarok. If not
> successful, you should check mixer.
>
> --

Thanx for your reply,
The error displayed is now changed to ...THERE WAS AN ERROR INSTALLING
MP3 SUPPORT. YOU NEED TO INSTALL THE PACKAGE LIBXINE1-FFMPEG MANUALLY.
The only tab there is OK. how do i install this one? Do i need to
download the package? where can i get it?

Open Konsole/Terminal and type the command:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras

i tried "sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras" in the
terminal and got the following response:-
E: Type 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu/deb' is
not known on line 54 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.

I tried to use add-remove software and the adept installer failed to launch...

You have third-party repositories, which I don't think you need anymore, since kde 4 is included in kubuntu 8.10.
You've added a bad debian source repository in the /etc/apt/sources.list

If you don't know how to remove it, post the output of these commands:
ls -lR /etc/apt/sources.list*
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

Sorry to ask but are the commands u gave are to be given in terminal?
It responds with command not found. :(
I opened the sources.list file and it looks as follows:

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386
(20081029.1)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main
restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main
restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu/deb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu/deb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4-ubuntudeb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main

Yes, in Konsole. What do you mean command not found? That's weird, anyway!

I think kate is the text editor in KDE right?
execute:
kdesudo kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Or figure out a way to be able to be able to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as root.
Now remove the last four lines:

http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu/deb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu/deb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4-ubuntudeb
http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main

(Save and close kate.)

then go to adept and update/reload/refresh/fetch updates from the repositories.

This should fix it :)