Re: EasyTAG 2.1.8 released

["Alastair" <ajebay errichel co uk>]

Hi David,

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:22:58 +0000 David King wrote:
> Hi Alastair
>
> On 2013-03-19 20:25, Alastair <ajebay errichel co uk> wrote:
> > I am a bit out of my depth here but a loyal Easytag user and thought I would upgrade.  I 
> was
> > using openSUSE 12.1 with KDE desktop.  Tried to install the latest version and "broke" 
my
> > setup trying to install GTK+3.  Had to recourse to -devel repos and break dependencies to
> > the extent that I gave up.  I have now installed openSUSE 12.2 with KDE desktop and am
> > ready to try again with Easytag.  My my first question is what is LATEST-IS-2.1.8 
please?
> > I think I understand the .tar.xz file is but the first one has me guessing.
>
> As GTK+ 3.2.1 is included in updates to OpenSUSE 12.1, you should have been able to 
> install it and the remaining dependencies without upgrading to a newer version of your 
> distribution. The "LATEST-IS-x" file is a symlink to the latest source code tarball, in this 
> case easytag-2.1.8.tar.xz (if you are unsure about what a file is, you can run "file" on it, 
> which tries to automatically determine the file type). You can extract from the file as if it 
> were a tarball ("tar -xvf LATEST-IS-2.1.8").
>
> > An idiot's guide to installation would be much appreciated as I have been forced to use
> > previous version as the only one supported by openSUSE/packman  repo. and have had
> > some problems with it.
>
> The "INSTALL" file in the tarball has some generic installation instructions, which should 
> give you a working version of EasyTAG, provided that you have the desired dependencies 
> installed. For stable releases, it is much better to rely on your distribution for packaging, 
and 
> EasyTAG 2.1.8 is included in openSUSE Factory, so should be in the 13.1 version of the 
> distribution when it is released:
>
> http://software.opensuse.org/package/easytag
>
> You could probably even use one of the "unstable" packages listed on that page if you 
> want to do some testing.
Many thanks for the above.  If I get time I might try a short tussle with the download page 
offering but what I need is to be up and running again so will report if I am successful but 
else will stay with 2.1.7 or puddletag.

It will be a while before I upgrade to openSUSE 13.1 if ever as their new releases are 
always flaky and full of unwanted and un-needed changes especially by the KDE outfit.  
My trouble is I started with SUSE 8 and have been loyal out of habit.  Am likely to move to 
Mint in future.

Thanks again for the pointers. 
Regards,
Alastair.