AtinLango

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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?

satinet

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....

christopher5

Isn't gstreamer installed by default in Ubuntu?

AtinLango

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.

satinet

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

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

AtinLango

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?

satinet

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"