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A few days ago, Songbird released 0.3 “Developer Pre-release”. This release provides Webpage API, Add-on API, and Feathers API. This how to will help you install Songbird 0.3 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

1. Download Songbird 0.3 from here.

2. Execute the following commands in your terminal:

sudo tar zxvf Songbird_0.3_linux-i686.tar.gz -C /opt/
sudo chown -R root:root /opt/Songbird/
sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/Songbird/


3. Create a menu item:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/songbird.desktop

And add the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Songbird
Comment=Songbird
Exec=/opt/Songbird/songbird
Icon=/opt/Songbird/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;AudioVideo;
StartupNotify=true


To run Songbird 0.3, you can click Applications → Sound & Video → Songbird.