Prerequisites
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netRhythmbox requires the following packages:

 - A working GNOME 2.2 platform (more specifically, you need glib-2.2.1, gtk+-2.2.1,
   gnome-vfs-2.0, libgnome-2.0, gconf-2.0 and libglade-2.0.)
   For more information, see:

    http://www.gnome.org/

   - The GStreamer multimedia framework, version 0.6 or above, available from:

      http://www.gstreamer.net/

   - The following GStreamer plugins (you can check their availability with
     gst-inspect <name-of-plugin>):

      * spider (From the GStreamer main distribution)
      * volume (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-audio-effects
        package)
      * gnomevfssrc (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-gnomevfs
        package. Requires gnome-vfs to be installed.)
      * mad (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-mad package.
        Requires mad to be installed (see above for URL). MP3 playback
        will be disabled if this plugin is not available.)
      * vorbis (From the gst-plugins cvs module, or gstreamer-vorbis package.
        Requires the vorbis libraries to be installed (see above for URL).
        Ogg Vorbis playback will be disabled if this plugin is not
        available.)
      * any audiosink (osssink, alsasink, esdsink, to name a few)

      Please note that you probably need to run gst-register after having
      installed the plugins.

Simple install procedure
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  % gzip -cd net-rhythmbox-0.4.5.tar.gz | tar xvf -    # unpack the sources
  % cd net-rhythmbox-0.4.5                             # change to the directory
  % ./configure                                  # run the 'configure' script
  % make                                         # build Rhythmbox
  [ Become root if necessary ]
  % make install                                 # install Rhythmbox

The Details
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More detailed installation instructions can be found in INSTALL.GNU.
