Latest Version: 1.7.5 ‒ September 1, 2010
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
Make sure your openSUSE installation is fully up to date before installing the latest Banshee!
For other SUSE distributions:
- SLED/SLES 11 SP1: 1-Click Install | Repository
- SLED/SLES 11: 1-Click Install | Repository
- openSUSE 11.1: 1-Click Install | Repository
- openSUSE Factory: 1-Click Install | Repository
Ubuntu
- Banshee is available from the official Ubuntu repositories; click here to install it. Ubuntu has a policy of not updating the version of a shipped application, so the version available might be old.
- To keep up to date with the latest version, add the Banshee Team PPA repository.
Foresight
- Banshee 1.0 is the default media player on Foresight Linux 2.0.
- Install or update
bansheefrom PackageKit, or in a terminal type,sudo conary update banshee
Fedora
- Install via yum:
yum install banshee
Debian
- Unstable / Lenny:
apt-get install banshee
Mandriva
- Spring 2008 (latest stable release): Enable the
/contrib/backportsrepository and install thebanshee-1package - The
bansheepackage 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 no device (iPod etc) support, CD support, or video support. We encourage you to test and report issues. Banshee for OS X is not yet as complete or as stable as our Linux releases.
Banshee for OS X runs on Intel 10.5 and newer. 10.4 and older and the PowerPC architecture are not supported.
- Install Banshee 1.5.7
Platform Not Detected or Unsupported
- Your distribution or operating system could not be detected or is not supported at this time.
- 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 1.7.5 released on September 1, 2010.
- Download Source Tarball
- See older releases
Beta Releases
Snapshot/Alpha Releases
Development Version
See getting the development version for more information.



