foobar-on-linux

foobar-on-linux integrates a Wine installation of the foobar2000 audio player into the Linux desktop so that it can be launched and used as if it were a native Linux application.

foobar-on-linux is released under the MIT license.

Features

• Command-line interface (foobar2000) supporting the same switches/options as the Windows version
• Automatic and transparent conversion from UNIX to Windows paths
• Applications menu launcher with icon
• Context menu integration ("Open with foobar2000") for popular file managers
• Installation for single user or all users

Installation

Installing foobar2000 with Wine

1. Ensure Wine is installed (on Debian-based distros: sudo apt-get install wine)
2. Download the latest foobar2000 installer from the website
3. Run wine foobar2000_vx.x.exe
4. In the install wizard, make sure foobar installs in portable mode

Installing foobar-on-linux

1. Clone the git repository (git clone https://github.com/dweymouth/foobar-on-linux.git)
2. cd foobar-on-linux and run sudo ./install.sh to install for all users or ./install.sh to install for just you
   (Note: install.sh searches for foobar2000's installation directory within $HOME. If foobar2000 was not installed in your home directory tree, you must run [sudo] ./install.sh /path/to/foobar/dir)
3. To uninstall foobar-on-linux, run [sudo] ./uninstall.sh

Todo

• Bash completion for the foobar2000 script
• Add more MIME types to the desktop entry (cue sheet, etc.)
• Register MIME types for foobar2000-specific file formats (.fpl, etc.)

Feel free to fork and pull!