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11-02-2003, 09:18 AM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Distribution: Mandrake 10 Official
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installing a tar.bz2
how do i install a tar.bz2 file? i tried the tar xzvf MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2 but that didnt work... can someone please tell me how to install a tar.bz2 file?
thanks
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11-02-2003, 09:26 AM
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Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Scotland
Distribution: Slackware, RedHat, Debian
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z is for gzip - use j for bzip2:
tar xjvf MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2
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11-02-2003, 11:55 AM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Montreal Qc, Canada
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Or simply type bunzip2 MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2
and tar xvf MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2
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11-02-2003, 12:39 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Portland, Oregon
Distribution: Gentoo
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tar -jxvf mplayer----
cd mplayer----
./configure --enable-gui
make
make install
mplayer or gmplayer
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