Help with itunes on ubuntu, PLEASE HELP!!?

Question

ok well i use wine alot on ubuntu and it usually works with all the programs i install but with itunes i install it and when i try to open it says that itunes or itunes installer didnt install correctly, so i try to go uninstall and all it does is install it again incorrectly, and when i go to wine uninstaller in terminal it does the same thing first of all i just want to find out how to get it off ubuntu and then reinstalling it correctly so it work, someone please help me!

Answer 1

Depending on Wine to run windows apps. is somewhat defeating the object of working with Linux. In most cases open source alternatives are available. I challenge anybody that says open source software is not up to the job and if that were their opinion then why would they be working with Linux in the first place.



Would you buy a petrol car and expect it to run on diesel ? Of course not and the same applies running windows apps. on Linux.



Your specific issue is with iTunes easily addressed using an open source alternative



Replacing iTunes on Ubuntu

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/itunes



10 Linux replacements for iTunes

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-linux-replacements-for-itunes/450



List of open source software alternatives

http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/tools.htm



Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) User Guide

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Natty







LUg.

Answer 2

Fajner1 is correct, a couple things simply don't work in WINE, but you might try a Virtualbox in which to run a copy of Windows.

http://www.virtualbox.com



Why would you even use iTunes, anyway? There are far better media players out there, such as VLC and Banshee, to name two.

http://www.banshee-project.org/ (I think that's the one...)



To remove it, browse to /home/~/.wine (hidden folder, press control+h if using a gui, or type ls -a in a terminal)/c_drive/Program Files/iTunes or whatever, delete this.

Answer 3

iTunes doesn't work with Wine.