In this article I will show you how to install Sopcast 0.8.5 on Ubuntu 13.04.
Sopcast is needed if you want to watch TV channels online. Actually, it is the best player (as I know of) that allows you to watch online television channels.
This installation is not easy, but I will explain the installation process step by step.
Install the Medibuntu repo to satisfy the VLC dependecy requirements and update the system:
$ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get update
Install the keyring and update the system again:
$ sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
Next, download the sp-auth and sopcast-player for your system architecture:
Download sp-auth for 32 bit systems:
$ wget https://launchpad.net/~jason-scheunemann/+archive/ppa/+files/sp-auth_3.2.6~ppa1~precise3_i386.deb
Download sp-auth for 64 bit systems:
$ wget https://launchpad.net/~jason-scheunemann/+archive/ppa/+files/sp-auth_3.2.6~ppa1~precise3_amd64.deb
Download sopcast-player for 32 bit systems:
$ wget https://launchpad.net/~jason-scheunemann/+archive/ppa/+files/sopcast-player_0.8.5~ppa~precise1_i386.deb
Download sopcast-player for 64 bit systems:
$ wget https://launchpad.net/~jason-scheunemann/+archive/ppa/+files/sopcast-player_0.8.5~ppa~precise1_amd64.deb
Install sp-auth:
$ sudo dpkg -i sp-auth_3.2.6~ppa1~precise3_*.deb
Fix the dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get -f install
Install sopcast-player:
$ sudo dpkg -i sopcast-player_0.8.5~ppa~precise1_*.deb
Fix the dependencies again:
$ sudo apt-get -f install
And this is it, enjoy. Follow my steps exactly for a succesful installation.