my quick search for lame-libs. it says that it is for mp3 development. can i safely delete this package. the only thing that i have that might use this is xmms. but im not seeing this anywhere. any ideas.

thanks,
AD

[root@dhcp-452-3 MPlayer-0.90rc4]# apt-get install mplayer
Reading Package Lists... Done
Collecting File Provides... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
aalib alsa-lib lame libdv libdvdcss libdvdread lirc xvidcore
The following NEW packages will be installed:
aalib alsa-lib lame libdv libdvdcss libdvdread lirc mplayer xvidcore
0 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 6198kB of archives.
After unpacking 17.7MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms aalib 1.4rc5-fr1 [104kB]
Get:2 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms alsa-lib 0.9.0-fr0.rc7.1 [294kB]
Get:3 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms lame 3.93.1-fr1 [523kB]
Get:4 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms libdv 0.99-fr1 [240kB]
Get:5 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms libdvdcss 1:1.2.5-fr1 [34.4kB]
Get:6 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms libdvdread 0.9.3-fr2cvs [50.2kB]
Get:7 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms lirc 0.6.5-fr3 [373kB]
Get:8 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms xvidcore 0.9.0-fr3 [159kB]
Get:9 http://apt.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/en/i386/freshrpms mplayer 0.90-fr0rc4.3.0 [4421kB]
Fetched 6198kB in 32s (188kB/s)
Executing RPM (-Uvh)...
warning: /var/cache/apt/archives/aalib_1.4rc5-fr1_i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
file /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 from install of lame-3.93.1-fr1 conflicts with file from package lame-libs-3.93.1-0.2.8.0
E: Sub-process /bin/rpm returned an error code (9)
[root@dhcp-452-3 MPlayer-0.90rc4]# rpm -qa *lame*
lame-libs-3.93.1-0.2.8.0
[root@dhcp-452-3 MPlayer-0.90rc4]#

I do not have the libmp3lame package installed on RedHat 8.0 and I did a full install. You must have installed this package yourself or another program you installed added it. Umm...how bad to you want mplayer? I would remove it and then go about my buisness. If you see another program thats not working it could be the one that was dependent on libmp3lame.

Also there was a bit of wierdness with RH8.0 and mp3s. Something with licensing issues. Theres a package you need to install to use mp3's in RH8.0. Search this forum for the package name. I foreget exactly what its called.

well i uninstalled it and now mplayer installed. guess i will find out. with xmms i had to install mp3 support no big deal. check out xmms website home page it tells the story and give the solution.

thanks for the input,
AD

Yeah yeah thats it! xmms page has the package for mp3 support. You should be cool. Now you have to get Mplayer to work. Good luck. It was a real pain for me but then again, I've been known to have bad luck with these types of things.

apt-get install mplayer* i think it was made it a piece of cake. i uninstalled my source install. i love this apt-get its sooo cool. its the best thing i have discovered as far as package management. i just know its going to get me into trouble. hey for your website maybe you could explain how you installed your webserver so newbies like me have a place to go to get baby step info on installing and configuring a webserver. infact call it that "baby steps to installing and configuring a webserver"

just an idea. im looking at hosting my own website just for the learning experience. gotta find a old PII first though.

thanks for all the input,
AD