how do i install .tar.bz2 files on ubuntu?
i have ubuntu 5.04 and i am trying to install a different media player from totem since i cant find codecs for it and i downloaded a media player and its a .tar.bz2 and the full filename is "MPlayer-1.0pre7try2.tar.bz2" so i tried the command i got told 2 before and i got errors with it so what command do i use to install them help is appreciated, ive asked so many questions recently but i need to learn so please help me do so
thanks in advanced - Kriogenic |
argh please help me some one
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why dont you just use apt-get? it will auto install any thing you need.
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i would say that helped but it didnt cause im new to linux and dunno how to use it!
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you _could_ use google, or read the ubuntu documentation.
apt-get install <name of what you want> that simple. |
that simple and im just that noobed so they go together so im safe :D
simple and i still cant do it i got errors Code:
root@Kriogenic:/home/kriogenic # apt-get install http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre7try2.tar.bz2 |
it would be more like
apt-get install mplayer there are repositories that host all the packages. |
yeah i just tried that and it didnt work said it couldnt find package ....
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mplayer isn't in the standard repositories, add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list
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deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main and then you can install mplayer by doing this apt-get install mplayer-586 |
locosway i did what u told me to and when i ran apt-gt update i got this error at the end
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Reading package lists... Done |
well, run apt-get update, just like it suggests you to.
if that doesn't help you can tar -xjvf file.tar.bz2 and install it manually - there might be a readme or install help file in there somewhere however, you might want to check out "man tar", as I'm not certain about the -xjvf option but first of all, calm down. have a cup of tea :-) |
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