unabia,

the problem that you are having at home...
"Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: core"
...is because you are not connected to the internet.

without an internet connection yum CANNOT work. yum specifically connects to repositories on the internet to get files.

if you cannot hook up to the internet at home, then you will have to download the needed files, copy them to a disk or cd, and bring them home with you.

as far as compiling, i will walk you through that in part "B" of this post.

these are the files you have to get from the internet...


1)xine-lib-1.1.1-2.0.rh9.rf.i386.rpm
http://dag.wieers.com/packages/xine-...h9.rf.i386.rpm


2) xine-ui-0.99.4.tar.gz
http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.ne...-0.99.4.tar.gz


step A1
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copy xine-lib-1.1.1-2.0.rh9.rf.i386.rpm to your desktop


step A2
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open a terminal window and navigate to your desktop (usually a simple as typing ~/Desktop)

step A3
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switch to root by using the " su " command and entering your root password

and then type this command...

chmod 777 xine-lib-1.1.1-2.0.rh9.rf.i386.rpm

step A4
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install the xine-lib rpm by typing the following command...

rpm -ivh --force xine-lib-1.1.1-2.0.rh9.rf.i386.rpm



step B1
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ok, so now xine-libs are all installed... lets move on to the gui.

step B2
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extract xine-ui-0.99.4.tar.gz (with fileroller or archive manager) to your desktop (usually just double clicking on any .tar.gz file will automatically open it up with archive manager)

step B3
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open a terminal window and navigate to the xine-ui-0.99.4 folder on your desktop

step B4
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switch to root by using the "su" command

step B5
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type the command...

./configure

that'll take a while again -- this stuff isn't very quick usually

step B6
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as long as you didn't get any errors, then type...

make

step B7
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when that's done... type...

make install

step B8
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you're done! you should now be able to run xine by simply typing "xine" at the terminal prompt.

It amazes me how many have posted a problem similar to this, and this is their exact problem. What OS/Program/Game whatever, has ever been able to update w/o connecting to the Internet? It should be common sense, but variations of this question have been posted on several occasions...

IGF

Yes but aren't they all learning? Most of them who try linux find the word 'error' too scary even though they are quite apt in common sense. I think that's fair.

Nothing amazes me, what makes-it hard to help solving problems are:

1- Most of the time, not enough information is given to properly identify a problem and submit the steps required to solve that problem.

2- People hyjacking threads also make-it hard on helpers, Often, the solution is burried somewhere in a thread and hard to identify by the user who had started the thread.

thankx now i can't wait to go home try this out

but the last time i used su it do not do any thing

plz tell me which one i should use KDE or GNOME
GNOME has one terminal
and KDE has so many of them and there is a superuser terminal too

what should i do

hi want to ask u a question if u have ubuntu


i have just started using ubuntu which one of my friend gave me and he told me that all the players are installed in them, i wanted to play DVD on linux and when i installed it did not ask me which programs i want to install.
and after installation i have only GNOME, no KDE and i have no players to play DVD.
now when i went to advance mode of ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS it showed me all programs and including Xine and MPlayer and when i clicked to install it gave me error of

no permisssion

what do i do

Are you usng Ubuntu 6.06, or 6.10? System/About Ubuntu... but it really doesn't matter, its just wise to post your distro so people know how to help you. First, check your Applications/Sound and Video menu. If you don't have Movie Player, or XINE, then you likely need to install

You can do one of two things... System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager. Then search for whatever package you want, like "Xine", and install it from there....

If you don't want to do that, there's a very nifty program called "Automatix", that does a lot of things for you, with just one click. It will install many programs, with just one click, including NON Free Codecs(which you'll need to play MP3s and DVD's)....

http://getautomatix.com

This link here will also probably prove very helpful...

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper

Alot of the above, will still apply to Edgy, so if thats your distro, you can still use it as a reference, but some of the installs may not work.

Gnome and KDE, are different versions of Ubuntu. KDE desktop is actually installed with Kubuntu. If you want to install the KDE desktop, alongside your Gnome Desktop.... System/Administration/Synaptic Package Mgr. Click search, and search for "K desktop Environment". The first thingon the list, KDE, is the KDE desktop. Right Click, Mark for installation. Then go to the top and click Apply. It will take about 5-10min, depending on your connection, for the KDE desktop to be downloaded and installed. Once the install is complete, Log out(using System/Quit/Logout), from the Menu, click the Options, Click Choose Session... KDE will now be listed there. Click it, and sign in.... You'll now be in KDE>

IGF