Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic on Ubuntu 9.04

I've had trouble in the past getting this sound card to work on Ubuntu, so I thought I'd quickly post the steps to getting it (Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic ) working on Ubuntu 9.04.

First, we need to make sure you have the tools you need to build a driver from source code. Don't worry if this sounds scary, it's actually very easy. You'll need a terminal open. If you're unfamiliar with terminal, go to Applications>Accessories>Terminal to open a new terminal window.

Enter the following command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential

You'll have to enter your admin password, and then it will download and install the tools you'll need.

Now onto the driver. You'll need to download the driver from Creative. You can do so here:
XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00.tar.gz.

Once the download is complete, open a terminal and navigate to the folder you downloaded the file to. For example, my downloads all end up on my desktop, so if you're unfamiliar with terminal type:
cd ~/Desktop

Once you're in the folder that contains the download (you can type ls to check if it's there), enter the following commands:
tar -xvf XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00.tar.gz

cd XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00.tar.gz

This extracted the archive and moved you into the extracted folder.
What's going on here is that you now have all the source code for the driver. To make it useful to you, you need to compile/build it and then install it. Enter the following commands:
sudo make

sudo make install

And that's it! You have now built and installed the driver. Your sound should be working great. If you have any problems or questions, just leave a comment to this post.

Cheers.