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<p>Greetings Debianistas,</p>
<p>Clementine audio/music player version 'clementine/bionic
1.3.1+git276-g3485bbe43+dfsg-1.1build1 amd64' used by Ubuntu 18.04
flavors works perfectly for my particular needs. <br>
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<p>However, on two older laptops for which I most value Clementine's
abilities for downloading podcasts, the slightly newer/different
Clementine version 'clementine/stable
1.3.1+git609-g623a53681+dfsg-1 amd64', which is supplied by the
default repos for Debian 10 stable/Buster and antiX 19 (a
lightweight Debian derivative), always fails with respect to the
Music > Add Podcast > iTunes Search option. <br>
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<p>I currently spend about half my time living in a location where
the only access to the internet I have is through occasional
infrequent use of WiFi supplied by the public library (now closed
and only through an office window and apparently restricted hours
due to Covid 19). So I really want to be able to conveniently
grab new episodes of particular podcasts using these two reliable
and infrequently updated Debian machines.<br>
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<p>By way of additional context and perspective, my Android/F-Droid
phone
app, AntennaPod, which has an Add Podcast > iTunes Search
functionality similar to Clementine, always works fine (though
with more limited speed and storage capability than the laptops.)
So, although I won't entirely rule it out, I don't expect the
iTunes Search problem lies directly or solely with iTunes or the
current anti-competitive (and perhaps understandable) machinations
of Apple.<br>
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<p>It happens that Clementine version
'1.3.1+git276-g3485bbe43+dfsg-1', the version provided for Ubuntu
18.04 flavors (less the .1build1 suffix), appears to be exactly
the same as that listed at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://packages.debian.org/stretch/clementine">https://packages.debian.org/stretch/clementine</a> as the version
formerly provided by Debian for oldstable/Stretch. <br>
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<p>So, in theory it seems probable that I ought to be able to simply
replace the Buster version of Clementine with the Stretch version
so as to obtain the full functionality I have under Ubuntu in
Debian. <br>
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<p>People usually seem to complain that the problem with Debian is
the default preference for older packages, but in this case the
problem seems to be exactly the other way around. <br>
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<p>General Linux and Ubuntu information I've found suggests that it
is a reasonable possibility to restrict the use of certain
packages to older or specific versions of software, but I've yet
to locate official Debian sources that provide direct confirmation
or clearly applicable instruction for my case. All the
wiki.debian.org instructions seem to be geared to using the
occasional newer 'sid' or 'testing' version in 'stable'
installations. <br>
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<p>Of course, if I can get the Stretch version of Clementine
installed in Buster, I want to do it in the safest and most
maintainable way so that nothing is liable to break.</p>
<p>Any advice or suggestions?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Tom<br>
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