#Ubuntu Tips: Amazon MP3 Downloads

So, Amazon now forces you to use their download tool. Which seems silly. But they offer a Linux version, which is nice. But it only is built for 32 bit architectures. Which is unfortunate. There's a way around that, however! Thanks to the efforts of these two, the handy getlibs tool, and the fact you can turn back time and get previous copies of libraries, it takes only a few minutes to get downloading. I've put their tools together into this script, after the jump:

# First, let's get getlibs sudo apt-get install getlibs # Download Amazon's deb wget https://amazonm-002.vo.llnwd.net/u/d1/clients/en_US/1.0.9/amazonmp3_1.0.9~ibex_i386.deb?httpHeader%5FContent-Disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Damazonmp3.deb&marketplace=1 # Forcefully install it sudo dpkg -i --force-all amazonmp3.deb # Run Getlibs for the available packages sudo getlibs /usr/bin/amazonmp3 # Get the libboost ones sudo getlibs -w https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost/libboost-filesystem1.34.1_1.34.1-11ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo getlibs -w https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost/libboost-regex1.34.1_1.34.1-11ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo getlibs -w https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost/libboost-date-time1.34.1_1.34.1-11ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo getlibs -w https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost/libboost-signals1.34.1_1.34.1-11ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo getlibs -w https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost/libboost-iostreams1.34.1_1.34.1-11ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo getlibs -w https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/boost/libboost-thread1.34.1_1.34.1-11ubuntu1_i386.deb sudo getlibs -w https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu38_3.8.1-2ubuntu0.2_i386.deb # Let's do a final check sudo getlibs /usr/bin/amazonmp3 #run amazonmp3 to connect it to your default browser!