installing MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2

zexter · 11-13-2003, 06:12 PM

what is the command of installing this program once im into the directory?

thanks

shanenin · 11-13-2003, 06:47 PM

this first thing you will need to do is unpack it, use this command

$tar -xvjf MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2
$cd MPlayer-0.92
$cat README

the cat command will let you read the README file. It will tell you exactly how to install mplayer. Good luck

moosport · 11-13-2003, 07:01 PM

If you don'y have bzip, use google to search for it and install bzip. Use bzip to uncompress the file before untaring it.

mikedeatworld · 11-18-2003, 07:52 AM

I get this error?

[miked@localhost miked]$ tar -xvjf MPlayer-0.92.tar
bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
[miked@localhost miked]$ tar -xvjf MPlayer-0.92.tar
[miked@localhost miked]$

andrewlkho · 11-18-2003, 08:23 AM

that's because you've already un-bziped it. either:
# tar xjvpf Mplayer*.tar.bz2
or:
# tar xvf Mplayer*.tar