Latest Version: 1.4.3 ‒ March 4, 2009
1. Select a Distribution
Banshee is packaged for many Linux distributions, and is even the default media player for several. Here you can learn how to install or update Banshee for your distribution.
openSUSE
| openSUSE 11.1 | openSUSE 11.0 |
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While Banshee 1.4 is included by default, subscribing to the Banshee repository will provide automatic major release updates. |
Subscribing to the Banshee repository is highly recommended to get the latest releases of Banshee, since the version in 11.0 (Banshee 1.0) is rather old. |
Note: The 1-click install provides the opportunity to automatically subscribe to the repository.
Banshee Releases for other openSUSE distributions:
- openSUSE Factory: 1-Click Install | Repository
- openSUSE 10.3: 1-Click Install | Repository
Foresight
- Banshee 1.0 is the default media player on Foresight Linux 2.0.
- Install or update
bansheefrom PackageKit, or in a terminal type,sudo conary update banshee
Fedora
- Install via yum:
yum install banshee
Debian
- Unstable / Lenny:
apt-get install banshee
Mandriva
- Spring 2008 (latest stable release): Enable the
/contrib/backportsrepository and install thebanshee-1package - The
bansheepackage provides the legacy 0.13.x series Banshee - Details on enabling /contrib/backports
Mac OS X
This release is a beta-quality technology preview with no device (iPod etc) support, CD support, or video support. We encourage you to test and report issues. Banshee 1.4.0 was our first release on the Mac OS X platform, so it is not yet as complete or as stable as our Linux releases.
To install Banshee on Mac OS X, you must have either 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard) on the Intel platform (we do not plan on supporting PowerPC). You also need the Mono Framework installed.
- Install Mono 2.2 or newer
- Install Banshee 1.4.3
Platform Not Detected or Unsupported
- Your distribution or operating system could not be detected or is not supported at this time.
- If you are running Linux, please choose a distribution above, or download and build from source (details below).
- Banshee is available for many Linux distributions and will soon be available for Windows and Mac OS X. Please stay tuned to our blog for details.
Source Releases
- The latest release of Banshee is version 1.4.3 released on March 4, 2009.
- Download Source Tarball
- See older releases
Beta Releases
Banshee 1.5.0 (aka 1.6 beta 1) was released on June 1, 2009. It is available via the above instructions for many distributions. The source tarball, NEWS file, and OS X .dmg file are also available. It is (or will soon be) packaged for openSUSE and Ubuntu.
Development Version
Banshee's source code is hosted in a version control system. See getting the development version for more information.
