I am unable to install VLC on my computer running fedora 9.

I followed the instructions in website: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-fedora.html , but I got the error. The whole process is here:

[root@rahul-rohit ~]# rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm
Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.1qV4Q2: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package livna-release-9-1.noarch is already installed
[root@rahul-rohit ~]# yum install vlc
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9/i3...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedor...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
livna | 2.1 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 | 277 kB 00:06
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...ra-9&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: //var/cache/yum/fedora/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@rahul-rohit ~]# yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc (optionnal)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@rahul-rohit ~]# yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...ra-9&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@rahul-rohit ~]#



Please help me out... I want to switch over to linux from windows.

With the first command, it tells you that VLC is already installed. Did you try to run VLC?

I tried to run VLC many times but failed....

I did not found the installed VLC anywhere.
and none of the predicted command worked.

Well, if you click on any of the links:

http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9/i3...ta/repomd.xml:
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...ta/repomd.xml:
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...ta/repomd.xml:
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedor...ta/repomd.xml:

You can see they are all dead, so that will never work. What happens when you type "vlc" on a terminal?

[root@rahul-rohit ~]# vlc
bash: vlc: command not found
[root@rahul-rohit ~]#

it never works in any directory...

That is so bad. Why could they not simply provide the rpm for VLC. I think more people should follow the KISS philosophy. Then again, these guys are the ones writing "optionnal" on the howto page :S

Anyway, try to download this file:

http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed....lvn9.i386.rpm

then, navigate to the folder where you've downloaded that file and as root, try this:

rpm -ivh vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386.rpm

And see if that works. Try once again to run vlc on a terminal. Post any error message here if any.

There's a Error Message:

[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]# rpm -ivh vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386.rpm
warning: vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
error: Failed dependencies:
libaa.so.1 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libcaca.so.0 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libcucul.so.0 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libtar.so.1 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libvlc.so.0 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0(WXU_2.8) is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.8.so.0 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.8.so.0(WXU_2.8) is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0(WXU_2.8) is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
libxosd.so.2 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
vlc-core = 0.8.6i-2.lvn9 is needed by vlc-0.8.6i-2.lvn9.i386
[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]# vlc
bash: vlc: command not found
[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]#

I have a Core 2 Duo Processor (2.1 GHZ, T8100 with 2 GB RAM)

I am in a 64 bit environment (i686)

i686 would be a 32bits OS, even if you are running on a 64 bits processor. To be sure, post the results of:

uname -rsa

from a terminal. About vlc, well, it looks like the package livna-release-9 you are using is old. Try this, as root:

yum remove livna-release

if it fails:

yum remove livna

then:

rpm -ivh http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fed...9-1.noarch.rpm

yum install vlc
yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc

I hope that helps. Again, if any errors, post them here

P.S: I am not familiar at all with fedora's environment. I will do my best to help, but if I can't, I hope you don't get too mad

vlc hasn't been installed as you have unmet dependencies, which is what all the text displayed before you tried to run VLC shows. You have to find a way to install these libraries first or VLC can't be installed.

Total-MAdMaN is correct . Either you download all the packages manually (they can all be found here). I still suggest you at least to try my method above. That would handle all dependencies automatically, I guess (again)

[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]# uname -rsa
Linux rahul-rohit.localdomain 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:28:41 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]#

installation in progress...

[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]# yum remove livna-release
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Remove Process
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/9/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/9/i3...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedor...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
livna | 2.1 kB 00:00
Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mir...ra-9&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (110, 'Connection timed out')>
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again
[root@rahul-rohit Desktop]#

Cool, that means you have a 32 bits OS / kernel. If the output was anything like "x86_64 GNU/Linux", that would be a 64 bits OS. Your processor can still be a 64bits, no problems there. If you ever want to know which processor you have:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Just for future reference