As a mp3 playlist lover I would like to use a decent and simple program for playing mp3's. So I always use xmms, on every distro, also on Ubuntu.

Someone has decided to remove the xmms package from the Ubuntu repositories. Why can't I decide for my own if I would like to use xmms on my ubuntu?

I get the point why they did it. I think it was because of the little bugs in xmms. But the apt-get install xmms command didn't help. The package couldn't be found.
The strange part is that the rest of the packages are still available. I think they have a little fever at Ubuntu or something.

So this is a way to install xmms on Ubuntu without compiling.

Most people are talking about compiling xmms from the source. It's possible and works, but then you've to wait longer. And also, we're using a Debian based here!

It's also possible to install XMMS with the .deb package:

Step 1
Download the xmms .deb package to your harddrive.

Step 2
Run the installation by entering

sudo dpkg -i xmms_1.2.10+20070601-1build2_i386.deb

on the commandline. That's all! Very easy! Compiling is nice and fun, but sometimes apt is also.