Banshee

Latest Version: 1.4 ‒ November 10, 2008

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 11.0	openSUSE 10.3

While Banshee 1.0 is included by default, subscribing to the Banshee repository will provide automatic major release updates. Repository	Subscribing to the Banshee repository is highly recommended to get the latest releases of Banshee, since the version in 10.3 is rather old. Repository

openSUSE 11.0

openSUSE 10.3

While Banshee 1.0 is included by default, subscribing to the Banshee repository will provide automatic major release updates.

Repository

Subscribing to the Banshee repository is highly recommended to get the latest releases of Banshee, since the version in 10.3 is rather old.

Repository

Note: The 1-click install provides the opportunity to automatically subscribe to the repository.

Foresight

Banshee 1.0 is the default media player on Foresight Linux 2.0.
Install or update banshee from PackageKit, or in a terminal type, sudo conary update banshee

Ubuntu

Gutsy, Hardy, or Intrepid: Install from the Banshee Team PPA

Fedora

Install via yum: yum install banshee

Debian

Unstable / Lenny: apt-get install banshee

Mandriva

Spring 2008 (latest stable release): Enable the /contrib/backports repository and install the banshee-1 package
The banshee package 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 known bugs and stability issues. We encourage you to test and report issues. Banshee 1.4 is 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 2.0.1 or newer
Install Banshee 1.4.1

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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 1.4.1 released on November 10, 2008.
Download Source Tarball
See older releases

Development Version

The latest development version, updated as soon as developers commit any changes, is hosted in Subversion. It is recommended only for developers and experienced testers. Banshee can be checked out using subversion:

svn co http://svn.gnome.org/svn/banshee/trunk/banshee

Read getting the development version for more information.

Download the Banshee Media Player