How to Install MPlayer?

sikandar · 08-23-2003, 12:03 PM

I have MP3 and DAT video files which I was running on windows so these will run on Linux or I have to do something extra. As I am assuming that those files will run in MPlayer.

david_ross · 08-23-2003, 12:36 PM

If you have a slow link and you still have the RedHat CD's then it should be on one of those.

sikandar · 08-23-2003, 01:01 PM

There is a little confusion that gcc-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm on the cd is of 4.4 MB while on the ftp site you already provided is gcc-3.2.2-5.src.rpm of 18.5 MB. So which one I should install

sikandar · 08-23-2003, 01:21 PM

Oh no now it is asking for libpng and libpng-dev packages and failed. Now how do I install these?

david_ross · 08-23-2003, 01:22 PM

Search rpm find to see which package they are in and install those too.

sikandar · 08-23-2003, 01:25 PM

As I had installed complete Redhat with out any customized selection then why all these things are missing there. is there any way I can installed all these package at once so to avoid any dependency.

david_ross · 08-23-2003, 01:31 PM

You can use the redhat package manager. The fact that it isn;t there though tells me that you didn't install everything.

MrPancake · 08-23-2003, 02:24 PM

Instead of compiling MPlayer, you can also get the rpm-file. For redhat 9, you can find it at http://freshrpms.net/. You also have to get a couple of other packages, but you'll have too look at the dependencies to know which ones.

mobassir · 08-25-2003, 01:22 AM

In Redhat 9 (gnome)u acn use add and remove programe to add and remove any linux default packages.
one this remeber if u installed complete Redhat with out any customized selection , then u must have to install Develeopment package otherwise u will face compiling and problem as i.
see more help for mplayer compiling
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...257#post435257

Thanks

sikandar · 08-25-2003, 02:23 AM

You are right Mobassir I have to install development but I am unable to do so as my second CD is not working. I am trying to get another copy of RH9 from Lahore but it is not available on all shops. When I will be able to get the new copy and will install the dev pack so then I will be able to address this issue. Sorry for this delay from my side.

sikandar · 08-27-2003, 11:11 PM

I have just installed development tools from 2nd cd and then installed MPlayer with the following command,

./configure --enable-gui

Now from where I can run the Player or how to create a short cut of it?

sikandar · 08-28-2003, 07:57 AM

BajaNick · 08-28-2003, 12:33 PM

Did you chose run from the menu and type in mplayer or gmplayer?

sikandar · 08-28-2003, 01:35 PM

It generated the error "Failer to execute command".

david_ross · 08-28-2003, 02:41 PM

did you do anything after configure? If not then you didn't read the documentation close enough.