[ka@c83-250-89-253 ka]$ su root
Password:
[root@c83-250-89-253 ka]# mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs
[root@c83-250-89-253 ka]#

So I did it. What shall I do now?

[root@c83-250-89-253 ka]# cd essential-20050412/
[root@c83-250-89-253 essential-20050412]# ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
[root@c83-250-89-253 essential-20050412]#



According to the manual '' ./configure '' should work. What is the problem?

Now you have to mv all those codec files into your newly made codec directory - first cd into the directory with the codecs and type mv * /usr/local/lib/codecs Then you have to go into your MPlayer install directory and run ./configure --enable-gui.

Pro-tip: install the font files and the skin files into /home/youruser/.mplayer/font and /home/youruser/.mplayer/Skins/default respectively.

As you see the following description, all the files are in 'codecs' directory.

[ka@c83-250-89-253 codecs]$ ls
acelpdec.ax drvc.so* lsvxdec.dll rt32dcmp.dll vivog723.acm wmadmod.dll
alf2cd.acm dspr.so.6.0* m3jp2k32.dll sipr.so.6.0* vmnc.dll wmsdmod.dll
aslcodec_dshow.dll iac25_32.ax mi-sc4.acm tm20dec.ax voxmsdec.ax wmspdmod.dll
atrac3.acm icmw_32.dll msh261.drv tokf.so.6.0* vp4vfw.dll wmv9dmod.dll
atrc.so.6.0* imc32.acm msms001.vwp tokr.so.6.0* vp5vfw.dll wmvadvd.dll
AvidQTAVUICodec.qtx ir41_32.dll msscds32.ax tsd32.dll vp6vfw.dll wmvdmod.dll
BeHereiVideo.qtx ir50_32.dll nsrt2432.acm tssoft32.acm vssh264core.dll wnvwinx.dll
CLRVIDDC.DLL ivvideo.dll qpeg32.dll tvqdec.dll vssh264dec.dll
clrviddd.dll jp2avi.dll qtmlClient.dll VDODEC32.dll vssh264.dll
cook.so* LCMW2.dll QuickTimeEssentials.qtx vdowave.drv vsslight.dll
CtWbJpg.DLL LCODCCMW2E.dll QuickTimeInternetExtras.qtx vid_3ivX.xa* vsswlt.dll
DECVW_32.DLL lhacm.acm QuickTime.qts ViVD2.dll wma9dmod.dll




[ka@c83-250-89-253 codecs]$ ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
[ka@c83-250-89-253 codecs]$

Why didn't it work?

I tried again

[root@c83-250-89-253 codecs]# ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
[root@c83-250-89-253 codecs]#

Reread my last post. Using cd to change directory, get into the MPlayer install file - cd /wherever/the/install/directory/is and then run ./configure --enable-gui.

./configure will not work at the moment for 2 reasons:
1. you are not in the install directory, you are in the codecs directory
2. you are root at the moment, if you install MPlayer as root at this point, you will not be able to use it.