i'm new with linux .
this is the first time i compile a program ..

could you all explain on how to install mplayer .

i have download

MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar
mplayer-gui-0.91-2.i386

can u xplain on how to install those two thing .

tar xvf Mplayer.blah.tar cd <directory>/ ./configure ; make ; make install tar xvf Mplayer.gui and as above

Well, you will need much more than that. You will need to also download the codecs. If you compile mplayer without codecs you will get nothing but a black screen. For informations installing mplayer, read the documentation carefully or you won't make it right:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/en/documentation.html

I can see you don't have much experience with Linux either, so read this thread as well about installing programs:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=45094

It's a huge learning curve within Linux and that includes a lot of reading

Good luck!

Just a little add. Always give informations about which Linux distro you are using. That is helpful because:

1 - Some distros as Mandrake 9.1 is shipped with mplayer. Just look after mplayer into your CD's...
2 - Some distros as Redhat/Debian/Connectiva has easier ways to install mplayer (you install all with one command, apt-get install mplayer)
3 - Some distros also have some pre-compiled packages, so you don't have to compile it from source.

Regards

I don't know what is these tarballs and packages that I've been downloaded but I suggest you to get the latest tarball from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/dload.html.
The right way to ask question is to tell others what distribution you're using.

I suggest you to use --enable-gui option during ./configure

look here

Edit: I am sorry that my post is "the same" like Megaman X's. I've been writen it and have some work to do, after that I click on "Submit" button. I'm sorry

actually i using redhat9
i have done the step ..

./configure
make
make install

but i still can play the movie

so i try install the rpm package that i state above

but it have the error ..

package not found
mplayer-skin
mplayer-common=0.91

what shoould i do now

here you need to configure MPlayer with --enable-gui and you need codecs to run the movie

I suppose the easyest way to install some package is to use apt-get for RedHat http://apt.freshrpms.net/

Look this post http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=95119 and http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=95146 and be sure, that you were installed mplayer with all dependencies

Nice try is to look in apt cache what is containing "mplayer", so type in the console and there are the skins, mplayer-common and if I remember right some codecs for it, but

i have done
./configure --enable-gui

after that should i recompile that mplayer

could u explain about apt

for your information , i dont have any internet connection to connect into my redhat

when you configure with --enable-gui and install MPlayer, try to run in console gmplayer but I'm not sure if it will work. When I installed Red Hat 9.0 in office, I used apt-get to install mplayer. So install apt-get from http://apt.freshrpms.net (download the rpm and install it) and, but I'm not sure if it depends than, after apt-get is installed on your PC, do than and look the packages that contain MPlayer (I mean all mplayer* packages) than you can just type that's all that I remember
I am not sure for the name of last package "libpostproc"

nice try is to read docs about apt-get (man apt, man apt-get)

Ok I just installed MPlayer yesterday with out compiling it these are the three rpms I used, and I installed all at once.

http://ftp.falsehope.com/home/rathan....91-2.i386.rpm
http://ftp.falsehope.com/home/rathan....91-2.i386.rpm
http://ftp.falsehope.com/home/rathan...0-2.noarch.rpm

Then the install went like this:
INSTALL (ONE LINE)

rpm -Uvh mplayer-common-0.91-2.i386.rpm mplayer-gui-0.91-2.i386.rpm mplayer-skin-default-1.0-2.noarch.rpm


GL I hope it works out for ya