error in mplayer instllation

ramu_ak · 03-08-2003, 10:03 AM

hi
i downloaded Mplayer-0.90 source file for redhat linux 8.0. but its extension is .tar.tar still when i used tar xvjf MPlayer...
its untaring till /Gui directory but after file /Gui/skin/cut.h its giving
bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
prehaps it is corrupted
......
.......
tar: Child return status 2
tar:Error exit delayed from previous errors
after tht if i do ./configure i m getting errors
thnx for the help

Crashed_Again · 03-08-2003, 10:05 AM

If it is in the bzip2 format and you do:

tar xjvf mplayer.bz2

it should unzip and create the new directory. My guess is that it is probably corrupted.

loke137 · 03-08-2003, 10:07 AM

it is not .bz2, that is the issue, as he said it is only tarred, so he should only use tar -xvf ( if what he said is accurate)

using -j makes tar try to take it off the bz2 format, but it is not bz2.

trickykid · 03-08-2003, 10:09 AM

Moved: Clearly more suitable for the Installation forum

loke137 · 03-08-2003, 10:09 AM

Also you have to be root sometimes, depending on where the files are being created!
The same is true while compiling source code.