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08-30-2003, 10:47 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: nyc
Distribution: RH 9
Posts: 55
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first time using shell need help installing media player
 just installed Red Hat 9 and need help installing programs! Specifically a media player to view media files (avi, mpeg,divx, etc.). I've downloaded mplayer-0.91.tar.bz2 but don't know how to install it. I've never used shell before and would appreciate it if someone could take the time to run the steps needed to install this, or if there is a better, media player. The file downloaded to home/safil. Once again thanks in advance for helping a newbie out!
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08-30-2003, 11:13 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Distribution: RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE
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Using the cd command, go into the directory where you saved the file.
To uncompress the archive to the current directory, type:
Code:
tar -jxvf MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2
To install Mplayer, you can accept the default settings or customize the installation.
Take the time to read the ReadME file.
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08-30-2003, 11:14 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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tar -jxvf mplayer-0.91.tar.bz2
cd mplayer-0.91 (or whatever the extracted directory is called)
./configure
make
su -c "make install"
type root password
thats the basic run down of what your going to have to do, if you have any problems while doing so, just repost what it is...gl!
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08-30-2003, 11:34 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: nyc
Distribution: RH 9
Posts: 55
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after ./configure a bunch of lines ran and then it said "Please downgrade/upgrade C compiler to version gcc-2.95.x or gcc-3.x"
You are not using a supported compiler
How do I install that? Thanx!!!
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08-30-2003, 11:36 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: nyc
Distribution: RH 9
Posts: 55
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also, how do i know if i have a C compiler?
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08-30-2003, 11:47 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Seabeck WA,USA
Distribution: gentoo hybrid
Posts: 29
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http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html
Download the prepackaged and compiles RPM from there and install it.
rpm -ivh mplayer-0.90rc2-1.i386.rpm
you have to be root to do this.
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08-31-2003, 12:47 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: nyc
Distribution: RH 9
Posts: 55
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ok, I've installed mplayer. Now how do I get it to work? Where is it? Do I have to run it from shell and if I do what do I type?
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08-31-2003, 01:04 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Seabeck WA,USA
Distribution: gentoo hybrid
Posts: 29
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/usr/bin/mplayer
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08-31-2003, 01:18 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: nyc
Distribution: RH 9
Posts: 55
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when i type mplayer a whole bunch of options come up for use with mplayer but how do I get the mplayer to play files?
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08-31-2003, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Distribution: RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE
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If you want to use the GUI, type: /usr/bin/gmplayer
To see the basic options for MPlayer, type: /usr/bin/gmplayer --help
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