I am using both Windows XP and Ubuntu on my laptop. Unfortunately, I cannot access internet while in Ubuntu because my Huawei Wireless modem does not have a linux driver.

I have downloaded Gstreamer while in Win XP into a flash drive. How do I install it in Ubuntu so I can play music?

i think the syntax is:

dpkg -i <packagename>

presumming you are in the same directory as the package it would be somehting like:


dpkg -i gstreamer0.8-lame.deb

something along those lines....

hope that helps....

Isn't gstreamer installed by default in Ubuntu?

I have tried the following command in the same folder
sudo dpkg -i gstreamer-0.10.2.tar.bz2

I get this message:

dpkg-deb: `gstreamer-0.10.2.tar.bz2' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing gstreamer-0.10.2.tar.bz2 (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
gstreamer-0.10.2.tar.bz2

For Christopher5, when I try to run a mp3 or dat file, it says there is no decoder installed. Thats why I am trying to install gstreamer. I don't seem to see it installed by default.

looks like you've downloaded the source code rather than the debian package....

maybe you need to unzip it and compile the source..

I unzipped but compiling defeated me.


Anyhow, I managed to download "gstreamer-0.8....lame...deb" and its dependency "liblame0_3.96.1-1_i386.deb".

Now when I run

"sudo dpkg -i liblame0_3.96.1-1_i386.deb" followed by "sudo dpkg -i gstreamer-0.8....lame...deb", it runs fine without any errors.

But, how do I run gstreamer now? Where is it anyway?

gstreamer is library rather than an app like XMMS. take a look at:

http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/

the LAME packages is for mp3 playback etc.

i presume you downloaded them to play media files using a player such a "gxine" or "xmms"