Can't install coverart-browser, error messages

[tnuk]

the failure is probably my fault because I made a few mistakes. I use ubuntu 14.04 and rhythmbox 3.0.2

I had an older version of the coverart plugin installed which didn't work for the newer rhythmbox so I removed it via ubuntu software centre. then I followed these instructions: http://askubuntu.com/questions/112148/how-to-browse-by-album-art-in-rhythmbox

I accidentally followed the installation instructions for rhythmbox version 2.96 to 2.99.1 and when I tried to install it again following the correct instructions it won't work.

when I open the plugin menu in rhythmbox it shows the plugin with an error message

please help out a desperate music lover, thanks

[fossfreedom]

Hi - you need to follow the instructions in the README here to install the missing additional plugin called "coverart search providers"

https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-search-providers

Note - if you want an even easier method to install you can use my PPA - you'll automatically get updates for plugins as and when I update the various packages.

Instructions here:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/147942/how-do-i-install-third-party-rhythmbox-plugins

If you install the coverart browser package from the PPA - you'll need to delete the locally installed version:

rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart_browser

[tnuk]

​Hi and thanks for ​the quick reply,

Just want to make sure I am doing the right thing. I am not interested in the art search function, I have all the artwork ready. just want to make the album art browsing possible.

what can I do to completely remove what has been accidentally installed and start anew?

which readme or which other instructions should I follow for ubuntu 14.04 and rhythmbox 3.0.2?

thanks a lot for your help

[fossfreedom]

ok - to make it clear.

CoverArt Browser consists of two plugins - CoverArt Browser and CoverArt Search Providers

Both must be installed - you cannot install just CoverArt Browser by itself.

• https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/wiki/Resolving-issues

Use the above link to clean up previous installs and start anew

In the README on this page: https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser

Follow the instructions from "How to install - Rhythmbox 3.0 and later:"

Similarly in the README on this page https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-search-providers

Follow the instructions "How to install - Rhythmbox 3.0 and later:"

Remember to add mutagenx as per Note 2

If all of that above looks too complicated - then the instructions via my PPA is simply:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser

[tnuk]

Hi David,

was following instructions as thoroughly as I could and here is one error message in my shell:

tn@tn:~$ rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart_browser tn@tn:~$ git clone https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser.gitfatal: destination path 'coverart-browser' already exists and is not an empty directory.

I stopped to send you this mail. should I just carry on with the rest of the instructions? weird thing is I checked ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/ and there is nothing in there, no single folder. just one file called .directory

please advise. Thank you

[fossfreedom]

ok - good. You've cleaned up the locally install plugins folder.

In the current folder you are in when you are trying to "git clone" - just type

nautilus .

note the "." to tell nautilus to open in the current folder.

you'll see that you have another folder called "coverart-browser" - you'll need to delete this folder first before issuing the git clone command.

[tnuk]

David, I'm afraid it didn't work out.

done it all conscienscously and it all looked good apart from an error message after installing each plugin:

_zhCN.po:7: warning: header field 'Language' still has the initial default value Installing the glib schema (password needed)

​I even reset gsettings as it says. but then when I opened rhythmbox and I look at the plugins they are both marked red and hovering on 'Coverart browser' it says

The plugin coverart browser could not be loaded An error occured: Dependency 'Coverart Browser Search Providers' failed to load.​

Hovering on the plugin Coverart Browser Search Providers it says:

An error occured: Plugin loader 'python' was not found

​So it looks like the problem is all down to ​python.

really sorry to bother but please help..

thanks and take care

[fossfreedom]

did you type:

./install.sh

for both plugins?

you need to type:

./install.sh --rb3

to install correctly.

you can safely ignore the "header" message error.

[tnuk]

just checked in my shell and I typed ./install.sh --rb3 as it says on the website. just copied and pasted it

[fossfreedom]

That doesnt make much sense.

please edit the following files:

gedit ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart_browser/coverart_browser.plugin

The line "Loader=python" should say "Loader=python3"

Repeat that for the file:

gedit ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart_search_providers/coverart_search_providers.plugin

[tnuk]

they both already say "Loader=python3"

[fossfreedom]

This is very mysterious!

what is the output of the following:

ls ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/

Have you got a locally installed python version installed - or have you played with installing different python versions in the past?

[tnuk]

the output is

coverart_browser coverart_search_providers coverart-browser coverart-search-providers

and regarding the python versions that could be, my IT guy could have done that.

[fossfreedom]

got it!

rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart-browser 
rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart-search-providers

You some how managed to get the wrong "named" versions of the type plugin folders in the ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins folder

Maybe you in the past tried to git clone directly into the ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins folder?

[tnuk]

could be that mixed up directories when I tried to install it and failed

sorry for a possibly stupid question. should I run the two commands you just sent me?

On 28 April 2014 22:43, David Mohammed notifications@github.com wrote:

got it!

rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart-browser rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart-search-providers

You some how managed to get the wrong "named" versions of the type plugin folders in the ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins folder

Maybe you in the past tried to git clone directly into the ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins folder?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/issues/290#issuecomment-41610873 .

[fossfreedom]

yes please - this will delete the wrongly named folders

[tnuk]

YES! YES!! it worked out. thank you so much for helping out a total stranger probably at the other end of the world. it looks great I'm going to sleep now, 11 pm over here great job mate

On 28 April 2014 22:43, David Mohammed notifications@github.com wrote:

got it!

rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart-browser rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins/coverart-search-providers

You some how managed to get the wrong "named" versions of the type plugin folders in the ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins folder

Maybe you in the past tried to git clone directly into the ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/plugins folder?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/issues/290#issuecomment-41610873 .

[fossfreedom]

no worries!

[tnuk]

you can sort the artwork by year, fantastic!