[ubuntu-uk] get_iplayer fork

[Colin Law]

On 13 May 2010 21:38, Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I gather the get_iplayer has been forked, the thing is, I can't seem to
> get it installed.
>
> I've been reading the instructions on the Git repository (here:
> http://github.com/jjl/get_iplayer/blob/master/INSTALL) and I can get the
> simple version working (which won't allow me to capture HD format shows).
>
> I've tried the instructions to install the new version, first of all I
> use the command:
>
> git clone git://github.com/jjl/get_iplayer.git
>
> Which gives me the following output...
>
> rob at aspire:~$ git clone git://github.com/jjl/get_iplayer.git
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/rob/get_iplayer/.git/
> remote: Counting objects: 112, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (106/106), done.
> remote: Total 112 (delta 58), reused 0 (delta 0)
> Receiving objects: 100% (112/112), 191.68 KiB | 220 KiB/s, done.
> Resolving deltas: 100% (58/58), done.
>
> It creates a get_iplayer directory which has the following contents...
>
> rob at aspire:~$ ls get_iplayer/
> deps  get_iplayer  INSTALL  LICENSE.txt  man  README  run.pl
>
> I then run the next command...
>
> git submodule update
>
> ... and get this error message...
>
> "fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git"

You will have to be in the get_iplayer folder to run the git submodule
command as that is where you have cloned a copy of the repository
(that is the hidden .git folder).  I guess you are running it from ~

Colin

>
> This is where I'm getting stuck.  Not knowing anything about Git, I'm
> wondering if I should be in the get_iplayer folder, in the .git folder
> or in /home/rob
>
> So I'm wondering, has anyone got it working at all?
>
> Ta,
>
> Rob
>
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