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Old 11-27-2005, 02:56 PM   #16
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Trying to install mplayer and mplayer gui
am running latest version of fedora4

I have managed to install
libmp3lame-3.96.1-4.i386.rpm
mplayer-font-iso1-1.1-1.noarch.rpm
mplayer-codecs-20050412-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-codecs-extra-20050412-1.i386.rpm


when I try to install the skin
mplayer-skin-default-3.4-1.noarch.rpm
I am told I cannot because it is dependent on mplayer

I have already loaded mplayer
mplayer-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm
when I try to reload it the machine says it is already there

when I try to load the gui
mplayer-gui-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm
I am told I need the default skin

i have tried to load the gui and default skin together thru the command line
I get
[bruce@localhost /]$ rpm -i mplayer-gui-a.rpm mplayer-skin-default-b.rpm
error: open of mplayer-gui-a.rpm failed: No such file or directory
error: open of mplayer-skin-default-b.rpm failed: No such file or directory

the two packages are on the desktop but the program cannot see them?
It won�t let me put them in the root folder either

I think I have some sort of referencing problem but am baffled
too many new things at once?

have no idea why the machine cannot see mplayer
the files are in the root directory at
/usr/bin
 
Old 11-28-2005, 07:56 PM   #17
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Quote:
Originally posted by breezewax
I've just compiled and installed mplayer and it seems to work fine from the command line. When I run "gmplayer", it appears to start loading, then fails with

Code:
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local display)
[skin] file ( /usr/local/programs/mplayer/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin ) not found.
Skin not found (default).
I'm wondering if installing mplayer-gui will fix this but I cannot for the life of me find a download link for it on mplayerhq.hu. Any help?
Did you install any mplayer skin? If not, you need to install either the default skin or a new skin when installing mplayer-gui.
 
Old 11-28-2005, 08:49 PM   #18
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Still struggling with mplayer
using fedora 4

using the desktop package installer I�m
trying to load mplayer-gui and mplayer-skin -default
mplayer-gui-2.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm will not load because it is dependent on
mplayer-skin-default-3.4-1.noarch.rpm

mplayer-skin-default-3.4-1.noarch.rpm will not load because it is dependent on
mplayer-gui-2.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm

so I seem to have circular dependency

when I try to resolve this by using the command line the computer cannot see the packages
[bruce@localhost ~]$ rpm -i myplayer-gui
error: open of myplayer-gui failed: No such file or directory
[bruce@localhost ~]$ rpm -i mplayer-skin-default
error: open of mplayer-skin-default failed: No such file or directory

the packages are still on the desktop do I need to move them or am I using the wrong reference?
If I can get the computer to see them I can use rpm to load them together

this seems to be a referencing problem but I don�t know how to resolve it
any suggestions?
 
Old 11-28-2005, 09:08 PM   #19
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You install mplayer-gui using this command:

rpm -Uvh mplayer-gui-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm mplayer-skin-default-1.4-1.noarch.rpm

And for your video card support, for example you have nvidia card:

rpm -Uvh mplayer-vidix-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm mplayer-vidix-nVidia-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm

Hope this helps.
 
Old 11-28-2005, 09:11 PM   #20
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If you have downloaded a new skin, you can substitute your skin rpm to the default skin rpm. For example:

rpm -Uvh mplayer-gui-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm mplayer-bluecurve-skin.rpm
 
Old 11-28-2005, 11:02 PM   #21
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no luck it tells me there is no such file
they are on my desktop, assume there is a referencing problem
but I don't know what

[bruce@localhost ~]$ rpm -Uvh mplayer-gui-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm mplayer-skin-default-1.4-1.noarch.rpm
error: open of mplayer-gui-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm failed: No such file or directory
error: open of mplayer-skin-default-1.4-1.noarch.rpm failed: No such file or directory
[bruce@localhost ~]$ cd /
[bruce@localhost /]$ rpm -Uvh mplayer-gui-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm mplayer-skin-default-1.4-1.noarch.rpm
error: open of mplayer-gui-1.0pre7try2-2.i386.rpm failed: No such file or directory
error: open of mplayer-skin-default-1.4-1.noarch.rpm failed: No such file or directory
 
Old 11-28-2005, 11:58 PM   #22
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If you are using KDE, your desktop files will be if for example you are login as user1:

/home/user1/Desktop

So in your case, I think you are login as bruce, it will be:

/home/bruce/Desktop

You need to go to the desktop directory before you issue the rpm command.
 
Old 11-29-2005, 02:53 AM   #23
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I am back.
I recently was endeavoring to install my first game on my FC4 OS'ed laptop. I thought Quake would be a good start. I hosed something and had to re-install the OS again.

I am here because the MPlayer I got to work in the last iteration will not load or play anything.

I have these RPM's available:

mplayer-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386.rpm
mplayer-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut.i386.rpm
mplayer-docs-1.0-0.16.pre7.2.fc4.i386.rpm
mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.2.fc4.rf.noarch.rpm
mplayer-libs-1.0.0-0.20050916.1.fc4.ut.i386.rpm
mplayer-skins-1.7-1.2.fc4.rf.noarch.rpm

I am curious on how to clean-up all the directories where the old installation attempts are lurking.

I thought that "yum remove mplayer" for a start.

Comments Suggestions
 
Old 11-29-2005, 03:18 AM   #24
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You can first query all your mplayer rpms you have installed:

rpm -qa | grep mplayer

Then uninstall mplayer:

rpm -ev <mplayer rpms currently installed>

In your list of rpms, you forgot to download the codecs rpm.

mplayer-codecs-20050412-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-codecs-extra-20050412-1.i386.rpm

As well as mplayer-gui if you want GUI for your mplayer.
 
Old 11-29-2005, 06:52 PM   #25
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trying to uninstall mplayer and start over

machine tells me it is there

[bruce@localhost /]$ rpm -qa | grep mplayer
mplayer-1.0pre7try2-2
mplayer-fonts-1.1-0.lvn.3.4
mplayer-codecs-extra-20050412-1
mplayer-font-iso1-1.1-1
mplayer-codecs-20050412-1

[bruce@localhost /]$ rpm -ev <mplayer rpms currently installed>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'

[bruce@localhost /]$ rpm -e mplayer
error: Failed dependencies:
mplayer >= 1.0pre7 is needed by (installed) mplayer-codecs-20050412-1.i386
mplayer >= 0:1.0-0.lvn.0.1.pre2 is needed by (installed) mplayer-fonts-1.1-0.lvn.3.4.noarch
mplayer >= 1.0pre7 is needed by (installed) mplayer-codecs-extra-20050412-1.i386
mplayer is needed by (installed) mplayer-font-iso1-1.1-1.noarch

[bruce@localhost /]$ rpm -e mplayer-fonts-1.1-0.lvn.3.4
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
[bruce@localhost /]$ rpm -e mplayer-codecs-20050412-1
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000

Ok I can't uninstall mplayer because of dependencies
but I can't uninstal the dependencies because of a "transition lock"

any suggestions
at this point I just want to get this mess off my machine and start over :>
 
Old 11-29-2005, 07:37 PM   #26
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Quote:
Originally posted by BCBruce
I can't uninstal the dependencies because of a "transition lock"
You need to be root to manage packages.

Quote:
Ok I can't uninstall mplayer because of dependencies
Do "rpm -e mplayer mplayer-codecs mplayer-fonts mplayer-codecs-extra mplayer-font-iso1 ..." or whatever the dependencies are.
If you use Fedora Core, you can do "yum remove mplayer" and it will take care of dependencies. Similar tools also exist for other distros. Try not to mix packages from different distros and different repositories (I notice that you have a package from Livna, which is for Fedora Core; but other packages are not from Livna).
 
Old 11-29-2005, 07:44 PM   #27
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I suggest you get all your rpms at www.mplayerhq.hu
 
Old 11-29-2005, 07:49 PM   #28
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still baffled
i am logged in as root
yum will not work
when I try to use rpm it simply will not recognize the directories

your doubtless right about mixing sources
that's why I'm trying to delete the mess

using fedora 4
I seem to be locked out even when I'm logged in as root
is there more than one root?
 
Old 11-29-2005, 07:52 PM   #29
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thank you
will get my new packages from mplayer.hu
still baffled about how to get the present programs off
no idea why it is not recognizing me as root
I'm definitely logged in as such??
 
Old 11-29-2005, 08:14 PM   #30
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How do you login as root? Do you just switch to root using su command or login as root before you enter Desktop environment? If you are using su, you use this one:

su - root

and not simply as

su
 
  


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