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I use get-iplayer
to download TV programs so I can watch them on the devices that suit me, when it
suits me. What follows is how I install get-iplayer on a headless Debian 6.0
server I have a home. The server in question is really low powered so building
from source was not an option.
In order to install the latest version of get-iplayer (currently 2.82) on
Debian Squeeze a couple of additional package
repositories need enabling.
Enable the Debain Backports repository by adding the following line to
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list.
deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
Enable the Debain Multimedia repository by adding the following lines to
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/multimedia.list.
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org squeeze-backports main
Update the repositories.
sudo apt-get update
Install the deb-multimedia-keyring package.
sudo apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install deb-multimedia-keyring
Install get-iplayer (currently v2.78) from the official Debian repositories,
this will also install the dependencies.
sudo apt-get install get-iplayer
Install the get-iplayer suggested packages.
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg rtmpdump libdata-dump-perl libid3-tools libcrypt-ssleay-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl
I have seen it suggested that mplayer should also be installed. I’ve not
determined if that is an absolute requirement. But this is how to install it
on a headless Debian computer.
sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install mplayer
Finally, upgrade get-iplayer to v2.82.
sudo apt-get install libmp3-tag-perl libxml-simple-perl
wget http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/get-iplayer/get-iplayer_2.82-2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i get-iplayer_2.82-2_all.deb
At this point get-iplayer should be good to go and the get-iplayer
website and man get-iplayer will assist you.