If you just want to install and use qhimdtransfer and python-netmd on Ubuntu, we do not recommend that you checkout the code from our git repository and build the code yourself (see compilingonlinux). Instead, we advise that you install Ubuntu ready-to-use packages from the Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive) on the Launchpad website that we have setup for this purpose. With this method, qhimdtransfer and python-netmd are properly integrated onto your Ubuntu installation including a program icon in the "Applications" menu and proper documentation. Furthermore, you will always receive automatic updates to the software once you run a software update on your Ubuntu system. To install the software from PPA, follow these instructions:

First open the following website: https://launchpad.net/~glaubitz/+archive/linux-minidisc and click "Technical details about this PPA", in the drop-down menu choose your version of Ubuntu (Jaunty, Karmic or Lucid):

Copy the appropriate deb-entry (you do NOT need the entry deb-src) for your version of Ubuntu to the clipboard (mark the text, right-click and choose "Copy"), for example:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/glaubitz/linux-minidisc/ubuntu lucid main

if you use Ubuntu Lucid (10.04).

Then open the dialog "Software Sources", which can be found in "System→Administration→Software Sources":

this is how the dialog should look before you have added our PPA.

Now click "Add+" and paste the line that you copied to the clipboard before:

After adding the line, the window should look like this:

Click "Close" and confirm the following dialog with "Reload":

To install qhimdtransfer, run the synaptic package manager ("System"→"Administration"→"Synaptic Package Manager") and search for "qhimdtransfer":

Check the box next to "qhimdtransfer" and click apply:

Click "Apply" in the following dialog to confirm the installation of qhimdtransfer:

qhimdtransfer is now being installed:

After installation, click "Close":

and finally close "Synaptic Package Manager". qhimdtransfer has now been installed successfully and its program icon should appear in "Applications"→"Sound & Video". qhimdtransfer is now ready for use.

Have fun!