Hour in life of Agaric: Finding php-getID3 library, and fixing CSS show audio info

An hour or two in the life of an Agaric Design Collective member...

getID3 php library debian
where does debian apt-get install the php-getid3

So we ran:

apt-get install php-getid3

/etc/apt/preferences
Version preferences file. This is where you would specify "pinning",
i.e. a preference to get certain packages from a separate source or
from a different version of a distribution. Configuration Item:
Dir::Etc::Preferences.

/var/cache/apt/archives/
Storage area for retrieved package files. Configuration Item:
Dir::Cache::Archives.

/var/lib/apt/lists/
Storage area for state information for each package resource
specified in sources.list(5) Configuration Item: Dir::State::Lists.

Why doesn't the locate command work instantly? Why doesn't debian apt-get tell you where you put things?

UNBELIEVABLE. After an hour of searching, the answer was right there on the site of our friends at May First / People Link:

http://mayfirst.org/node/377

/usr/share/php-getid3

Mind you, this is on one of our own servers, not one we have hosted with them, but they run Debian too.

Background: Agaric client support and the moral of the story, don't forget to set the path above each time

Hi Ben,

Can you take a look and see what's up on the insurance site for audio?

I tried a file and here is the set of error messages I got. . .

o The directory /tmp/internetbar/audio has been created.
o This file is not compatible with the Flash audio player. Flash can only play MP3 files with a sample rate of 11, 22 or 44KHz.
o The Audio getid3 module cannot find the getID3 library used to read and write ID3 tags. The site administrator will need to verify that it is installed and then update the settings.
o The Audio getid3 module cannot find the getID3 library used to read and write ID3 tags. The site administrator will need to verify that it is installed and then update the settings.
o Artist field is required.
o Title field is required.

Response:

Hi Ed,

You should be all set now to upload more. I had to tell the site where the getID3 library was hiding... you do need to give each file an artist (probably your name) and title. I imported your podcast so it's there under audio:

http://example.com/audio

ben

And a totally unrelated display issue

OK, so I installed getID3, and that's very good for the audio module.

But can you explain why this:

http://www.internetbarcontest.org/ODR-ADR+Podcast+by+Ed+Rholl

has no content, even though it's all there?

http://www.internetbarcontest.org/audio

You are, after all, the audio expert.

Arghhhh...

drupal show audio information

Heh. It's actually there, just pushed out of sight on the side. Some kind of float gone bad, I assume, but nothing seems to shake it.

css do not float

The answer:

.meta:after {
content: ".";
display: block;
height: 0;
clear: both;
visibility: hidden;
}

From http://www.positioniseverything.net/easyclearing.html