Install XMMS on Ubuntu ( 8.04 ) Hardy Heron

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First: I'm not an Ubuntu user, but I would like to help newbies to get XMMS working on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.Why:

a) A guy entered #xmms on Freenode and wanted to install XMMS on him Ubuntu, so I tried to help him.
b) XMMS is still a good player, and if somebody wants to use it, why not help him?We will install XMMS from source, but there are alternatives though like:

1) change your distro
2) try gutsy packages

OK, let's start

First Step:

We need to download the required packages to compile XMMS

# sudo apt-get install autotools-dev automake1.9 libtool gettext libasound2-dev libaudiofile-dev \libgl1-mesa-dev libglib1.2-dev libgtk1.2-dev libesd0-dev libice-dev libmikmod2-dev libogg-dev \libsm-dev libvorbis-dev libxxf86vm-dev libxml-dev libssl-dev build-essential makeDepending on your internet connection and your machine this may take some minutes.

Second Step:

Prepare the XMMS for compilingCreate a directory in your HOME directory:

# mkdir ~/build
Change the working directory to it:
# cd ~/build
Download XMMS sources:
# wget http://xmms.org/files/1.2.x/xmms-1.2.11.tar.gz
Unpack it:
# tar xvf xmms-1.2.11.tar.gz

Change the working directory to the source directory:

# cd xmms-1.2.11/Third Step:Compiling it:This generates the necessary files, and checks your system:
# ./configure --prefix=/usr

The actually compiling

# make

Fourth Step:
Install it:
# sudo make install

After install we no longer need the source directory:

# cd# rm -rf ~/build

That's it, now we can run XMMS: press ALT+F2 write xmms there and hit enter and enjoy your music.
NOTE: many people say that XMMS is old, buggy,no UTF-8 support, etc. Yes maybe all is true, but it's an audio player not a media library organizer, so it plays music and you listen, that's all and it does that job.

UPDATE:
Flac Plugin
We need to get the build dependencies

# sudo apt-get build-dep flac

You already know what's this ;)

# mkdir ~/build
# cd ~/build

Get flac's sources

# apt-get source flacAnother well known step:)
# cd flac-1.2.1
# ./configure
# make

It's enough to copy the plugin, not to install the whole flac stuff, this is good if will be flac update, note, an update wont break the plugin.

# cp src/plugin_xmms/.libs/libxmms-flac.so ~/.xmms/Plugins
# cd
# rm -rf ~/build