Hello friends, thanking the excellent reception that my first post, here I bring you a simple way to be able to synchronize your iPod Nano 6G (sixth generation) with your favorite music in Banshee or any other compatible player with libraries libgpod.
Steps to Sync iPod Nano 6G to Banshee
This tutorial is tested for Linux Mint 7, but in principle, it should work for any Ubuntu derived distribution. The first thing we are going to do is install the libraries libgpod from the repositories, in case they are not installed:
$ sudo apt-get install libgpod4 libgpod-common
Next, we will download the modified library libhashab.so by deny days which will allow us to use our iPod Nano 6G: (I recommend reading the library documentation)
$ wget https://github.com/denydias/libhashab/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master.zip
$ cd libhashab-master/
$ /bin/uname -mIf the answer is i686 then your system is 32bits, on the contrary if the answer is x86_64 then your system is 64bits
If your system is 32bits, so
$ sudo sh install_32bit.sh
On the contrary, if your system is 64bits, so
$ sudo sh install_64bit.sh
Now everything is ready for you to use your iPod Nano 6G ………….
but….
If you still cannot use your iPod Nano 6G it means that these libraries for some reason do not start together with the system (which was my case), so we must add the directory where the modified library is hosted to the file / etc / environment so that they are loaded in the system so that the player can see them. For that we open this file with the command
$ sudo gedit /etc/environment
Now that we have the file open, a line will be added depending on the architecture:
a) If your system is 64-bit add this line of code at the end of the file:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = »/ usr / lib64 / libgpod /»
b) But if your system is 32bit, then add this line of code at the end of the file:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = »/ usr / lib / libgpod»
LD_LIBRARY_PATH =«/ Usr / local / lib /: / usr / lib64 / libgpod /«
Now with the file / etc / environment modified we have to load it to the system to be able to use our player (compatible with libgpod) to synchronize our iPod 6G, and apologize to Apple for not using iTunes
$ source /etc/environment
And that's it..
great post! by chance you would not know how to synchronize with the iPhone4 without dying in the attempt?
I think it depends on what you want to do with the iPhone, if you want to copy music to it, maybe it can be done, but if you want to restore the iPhone by making a backup of your data, reinstall iOS and restore it later, it is very likely that you cannot, I will I recommend using a virtual machine for those hosts. Cheers
yes!!! It is an iPhone4 and only music, podcasts and photos I want to manage (the most important thing is the music) as is the process, I use Archlinux with kde.
I'd better stick with iTunes on Windows.
It is definitely a drag that we cannot untie for some Apple devices. But if you can sync an iPod on Linux, this one is sooo much faster, I tell you, because in my case my iPod Nano 6G copies music faster in Banshee / Linux, than iTunes / Windows and even iTunes / OSx.
And how about you try using the HFS file system?
Now I am using my iTunes formatted iPod on Windows. I tried the Apple file format and it wouldn't sync 🙁
friend i think you meant linux mint 17
Exactly that same hahahahahahaha
Very good post, where can I find something similar for the nano 7G?
Google friend, but I find it difficult for you to find something, since the libgpod libraries that are the ones that help us with our iPod's do not reach the Nano 6G and this is a modification that a user selflessly launched for the community, but if you find something, please don't feel free to tell us
It worked great for me on fedora 20
I was able to use my abandoned ipod for a year again.
The libgpod library already had it installed so I just had to follow the steps below.
Thank you very much for the contribution.
yeeea !! dpm !! quite a computer challenge hahahah since I have ipod I have only been able to be in windows because having linux could not do it. now I've gotten it on my colleague's pc and I'll install linux for now. a recommendation for me ... ubuntu or linux mint? I am not a newbie in linux I have been many years and above in those in which linux was still for cracks, but I do not know what to put.
in short, that you are a meister; D
Regretting the delay, mint is better to my taste than ubuntu, since personally ubuntu does not have any advantage over mint and mint comes "install-use"
regards
Great!!! After more than 3 years… .. Snifff, I will cry with emotion. My not-so-brand-new-iPodNano6G running on Linux with gtkpod. Thank you so much 😀
Hello good morning I have a problem with my 5th generation ipod nano and I tried everything even with plaonlinux and it won't let me install iTunes… This tutorial could help me with ipod nano because I didn't find a solution to anything I hoped could you help me thanks / ,, /
Reading http://www.gtkpod.org/wiki/Home It says that the iPod Nano 5th can be synced without doing this tutorial, as long as there is at least one song pre-synced to iTunes. In summary:
1.- install the gtkpod libraries if you don't have them
2.- sync at least one song to your ipod Nano 5th with itunes
3.- now you can synchronize with your favorite program that can manage gtkpod, example: rythmbox or banshee
Thank you very much for the article!!
The truth is that it has not worked for me. I'm hating Apple's snobbery right now. I have a 5th generation Ipod nano and what gtkpod recommends does not work for me either. I have done everything there is for the forums.
Anyway ... let's see what happens.
Regards!
Carlota, I really do not know how to help you, if you tried this tutorial, you will have to delete all the changes, this tutorial is only for the ipod Nano 6G on the other hand, remember that not all players support libgpod libraries, Banshee works very well and rhythmbox too with those libraries, also, I recommend you format the ipod Nano with iTunes in windows, pass a song that is in both libraries (windows and linux) and continue the synchronization in linux. Did you check if the libgpod version is the latest? Luck.
regards
Hi, I have a 7G ipod nano and a Linux Mint 18 computer. It already came with the built-in Banshee and it works fine, except when I plugged in my ipod and tried to delete old songs and play some new ones, I couldn't do it. The ones I deleted remained on the ipod, although they don't sound. And the ones I tried to put in just don't appear or don't exist. Any idea how I can solve it?
Thanks in advance.