first time using shell need help installing media player
:newbie: just installed Red Hat 9 and need help installing programs! Specifically a media player to view media files (avi, mpeg,divx, etc.). I've downloaded mplayer-0.91.tar.bz2 but don't know how to install it. I've never used shell before and would appreciate it if someone could take the time to run the steps needed to install this, or if there is a better, media player. The file downloaded to home/safil. Once again thanks in advance for helping a newbie out!
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Using the cd command, go into the directory where you saved the file.
To uncompress the archive to the current directory, type: Code:
tar -jxvf MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2 Take the time to read the ReadME file. |
tar -jxvf mplayer-0.91.tar.bz2
cd mplayer-0.91 (or whatever the extracted directory is called) ./configure make su -c "make install" type root password thats the basic run down of what your going to have to do, if you have any problems while doing so, just repost what it is...gl! |
after ./configure a bunch of lines ran and then it said "Please downgrade/upgrade C compiler to version gcc-2.95.x or gcc-3.x"
You are not using a supported compiler How do I install that? Thanx!!! |
also, how do i know if i have a C compiler?
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http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html
Download the prepackaged and compiles RPM from there and install it. rpm -ivh mplayer-0.90rc2-1.i386.rpm you have to be root to do this. |
ok, I've installed mplayer. Now how do I get it to work? Where is it? Do I have to run it from shell and if I do what do I type?
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/usr/bin/mplayer
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when i type mplayer a whole bunch of options come up for use with mplayer but how do I get the mplayer to play files?
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If you want to use the GUI, type: /usr/bin/gmplayer
To see the basic options for MPlayer, type: /usr/bin/gmplayer --help |
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