Installing Minitube on Linux

Please understand that the binaries provided are a “best effort”. The proper way to install Minitube on Linux is through packages built for your distribution.

Just unzip what you have downloaded and run minitube. You’ll have to create a launcher by yourself. Icons for the launcher can be found inside the data directory. The 256×256 icon should be ok for most people. Also make sure you install the needed dependencies.

Dependencies

Minitube depends on the Qt framework. The binaries provided require Qt 4.7. Minitube can also be built for Qt 4.6, but you have to do it yourself.

On Ubuntu and other Debian derivatives you can install the dependencies with the following command:

sudo apt-get install libqtgui4 libqt4-xml libqt4-network libqt4-dbus phonon-backend-gstreamer gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad

No Video?

Should you experience playback issues, you can try removing the Xine Phonon backend (if it’s installed):

sudo apt-get remove phonon-backend-xine

64bit

You have to find a package for your distribution or you’ll have to build by yourself. Just follow the INSTALL information you’ll find in the sources download.

Packages

Available packages may be outdated. Versions prior to 1.5 don’t work anymore.
Ubuntu and Debian have a minitube package. Gentoo has an official ebuild ready to be emerged. Also Slackware has an official build. ArchLinux users have their package too. OpenSUSE has user contributed RPMs