Comments on: Install iTunes 7.2 in Ubuntu and other Linux distros

By: trgz

trgz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:24:05 +0000

got a whole load of errors including:

wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\iTunesSetup.exe": Module not found
paul@paul-desktop:~$ err:dosmem:setup_dos_mem Cannot use first megabyte for DOS address space, please report
preloader: Warning: failed to reserve range 00000000-60000000
err:dosmem:setup_dos_mem Cannot use first megabyte for DOS address space, please report
preloader: Warning: failed to reserve range 00000000-60000000
err:dosmem:setup_dos_mem Cannot use first megabyte for DOS address space, please report

By: Manuel

Manuel — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:25:36 +0000

I just followed along (except i did apt-get wine). It hanged at the Registration … So I killed the terminal and tried launching it, I though it was hanged but fortunate enough I got a visitor, when I got back to the computer (like 5 minutes later) it was at the Setup screen (the one that asks about importing and all that) so I realized it was working, just VERY SLOWLY ..

I got it to work (100%) is just that it is like if it was in a TIME TRAP ..

So, conclusion.. it is in-operable since it becomes un-responsive with every click.. music plays fine but it takes 10 times the normal time to do anything it takes on my Mac.

Again, I have no idea how it would work on Windows, since I do not have a windows PC, so this was a great exercise, but FUTILE.. nice to know it works, but that is it.

Good luck

Summary:
sudo apt-get install wine
winecfg

I cd into my Desktop (just to SEE the file I was about to download, but it is not necessary

wget http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iTunes7/Win/061-4476.200402.tGbhu/iTunesSetup.exe

wine iTunesSetup.exe (here is where it hanged up, give it some time, but if it fails just close the terminal window)

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/iTunes/iTunes.exe (and fill yourself with patience)

Good luck

By: skino

skino — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:46:42 +0000

GUys while I was trying to install iTune I got this

err:dosmem:setup_dos_mem Cannot use first megabyte for DOS address space, please report

Whotta hell is this?????

Thank you

By: Ticus

Ticus — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:00:45 +0000

It dosn't work with my Ipod classic, some body told me that it works on earlier Ipods

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:47:54 +0000

Yeah, this'd probably work except that all the latest versions of iTunes install auto-update regardless of whether you check the box or not, and my ubuntu hangs at registering for the automation server. Damn their eyes. =1 When do you think they're gonna get around to supporting their hardware (iPods) on Ubuntu and other linux distros by compiling a working version? Probably never, since they'd have to release some of the source code for that to happen… Bastids.

By: Ticus

Ticus — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:38:54 +0000

nice… but does it work like windows or mac? I mean can you transfer music and videos?

By: leroi

leroi — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:33:38 +0000

Hello artiomix,

I ran iTunes.exe with Wine from the terminal line like it was said and nothing happened after that. It just produced a long list of lines stating Register dump, Stack dump, and Backtrace. What else there is to do after that?

By: artiomix

artiomix — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:22:02 +0000

Hir Rob,

I would recommend to run iTunes.exe with Wine from command line instead of via regular desktop launcher. Just copy launcher command and run it with your favorite terminal. It will help you to see what errors messages wine will report when trying to start iTunes.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:12:01 +0000

The installation went fine for me, but when I run it, nothing happens. Any ideas?

By: artiomix

artiomix — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:46:37 +0000

Hi Tivasyk,

amarok? exaile!