zinf tips please

[Charles Hallenbeck]

I know lots of folks use and like zinf, so I thought I would give it a 
test run here.

I installed zinf, zinf-extras, and zinf-plug-in-alsa on this Debian 
system, and then looked in vain for clues in the documentation as to how 
to get started. I found the "preferences" file which seems strategic, 
but I don't see anything in it that I should obviously change. The man 
page is not helpful, and there seems to be no help option in the 
software itself. 

When I do this:

zinf file.mp3

I get this:

The Download Manager cannot run as the primary ui
The musicbrowser cannot run as the primary ui
No UI plugin in '.:~/.zinf:/usr/lib/zinf' matched 
'plugins/musicbrowser.ui' or 'plugins/musicbrowser.ui.ui.'
Zinf will quit.


I would appreciate some tips or references as to what to read to make 
this thing work. Are the Debian packages the wrong way to go? Should I 
get the sources and build it locally?

TIA

Chuck

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