Gnupod

What the Program is?

Gnupod is a program that allows a Linux user to access the iPod in a more Linux way, wait I don't want to say Linux way. But what I mean is you don't need a UI to use your iPod or put music on your iPod with Gnupod.

Usages or How I use it?

I think I wrote a month ago about podget a great little CLI program that goes and gets your podcasts. Gnupod puts those podcasts over to your iPod or your music however you want it.

I set mine in a script to run and move my podcasts over to my iPod.

Here is my script:

#!/bin/bash
IPOD="/media/MyIPOD"
iTunesDB="iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB"
#GnuPod add songs
rm -rvf $IPOD/$iTunesDB
wait
rm -Rvf $IPOD/iPod_Control/Music
wait
gnupod_INIT -m $IPOD
wait
find ~/Podcasts -type f -name '*.mp3' -exec gnupod_addsong -m $IPOD {} \;
wait
mktunes -m $IPOD

Gnupod has a set of tools that help to work with your iPod. I won't go into much detail but there are sites out there that do explain it.

Installation in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

Open a terminal pop-in the below commands:

$sudo aptitude install gnupod-tools

of if you want to

$sudo su
[your password]
#aptitude install gnupod-tools