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How to install Zattoo player and watch TV on 64-bit Ubuntu Hardy PDF Print E-mail
Written by Han   
Aug 12, 2008 at 08:47 AM

Zattoo is a cross-platform p2p internet TV application which allows
you to watch TV on your laptop. It runs under Windows, Mac OS and
Linux (As of today Aug-12-2008, Zattoo only works if you have an European IP
address as Zattoo determines your TV program list depending on your
IP
, an up-to-date list of countries in which Zattoo is available can be found here). The official Zattoo website states that currently they only
support 32-bit platform therefore I had to do some modification to get
it work on my 64-bit Hardy.

 

4 simple steps:

1) Download the Zattoo player, you may either go to the official
website to download it, or assign the following command in terminal:

   wget http://download.zattoo.com/zattoo-3.2.4.15876-i386.deb

2) Force it to install on the 64-bit machine:

   sudo dpkg -i --force-all zattoo-3.2.4.15876-i386.deb

3) Solve the libaray conflict using getlibs:

   sudo apt-get install getlibs && getlibs /usr/bin/zattoo_player

4) Run Zattoo player ( from your main menu: Applications->Sound & video -> Zattoo player) and start to watch TV!(You may need to register
for a new account if you don't already have one, but the registration
steps are really simple)


User Comments

Comment by on 2009-06-09 14:33:12
Hi,  
I followed your guide replace zattoo with teh latest deb i had... 
zattoo-3.3.3.20775-i386.deb 
 
viz. sudo dpkg -i --force-all zattoo-3.3.3.20775-i386.deb 
 
I can see it in my applications menu under Sound&Video but it doesn't launch when click on it. 
 
just in case i follwed step 3) of your guide, but i get back E: Couldn't find package 'getlibs' 
 
Maybe you can advise? 
 
thank you
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