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how to install vlc media player

(1)I downloaded the required rpm's from following website http://packman.links2linux.org
(2)Then I installed them using
rpm -i vlc-0.9.6-0.pm.1.src.rpm
Similiarly for
libvlc2-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
libvlccore0-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
vlc-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
vlc-aout-pulse-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
vlc-gnome-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
vlc-mozillaplugin-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
vlc-noX-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
vlc-qt-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
vlc-devel-0.9.6-0.pm.1.i586.rpm
(3)Whichever of above showed missing dependencies then I installed them by adding --nodeps option to the corresponding command.
(4)Now when I open a media file with other application I can see vlc media player alongwith its icon in the list but when I open that media file with vlc then nothing happens.In system monitor I can see vlc sleeping.
(5)What should I do?

I'm not quite sure what you expected when you overrode everything with --nodeps.

What distro are you using?

Just in case you are using opensuse, first, use rpm -e to remove everything you installed above, and follow the instructions here http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-suse.html to install vlc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sumeet inani (Post 3360100)

(1)
(5)What should I do?

Installing it correctly would be a start.. :)

Most likely whatever distro you're using, vlc is in its repositories, so it should be reasonably easy to install...

What distro is the big question.

IGF

And here are few approaches from vlc. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Thank you all for replying
I am using open suse 10.3 whose cd iso image i got from website.
But my problem is my computer is not connected to internet so I have to do all installation offline.That is why I downloaded the required rpm's from site mentioned above.Can you tell me what other rpm vlc requires so I can download them from nearest cyber cafe.
Does vlc also require wxwidget to display the window & buttons?

Can you use Yast if the computer is not directly hooked up to the internet?

With Puppy Linux you can download a single file with a PET extension that will install a PET-package (on or off-line) easy as pie. Guess I'm spoiled.

His issue is dependency resolution, not the ability to install packages per se.

sumeet, I'd remove all the packages, and as you install each rpm, take a careful note of what it requires that isn't installed.

Do this for each package, then download those you need. It may take more than one go I'm afraid.

Thank you billymayday.I will do that though it will be time consuming.
(1)Does vlc media player require wxwidget compulsory to show the button & windows.
(2)Also is there any website that can provide the required rpm.What I know is
(a)http://packman.links2linux.org
(b)ftp://packman.inode.at/suse/10.3/i686/

If I knew one, I'd have let you know. Nothing stood out.

Here are the packages that would be installed on a CentOS machine for example, but I'm no at a SuSe box.

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 Package                Arch      Version          Repository        Size

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Installing:

 vlc                    x86_64    0.9.6-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          21 M

Installing for dependencies:

 SDL_image              x86_64    1.2.5-4.el5      epel              43 k

 aalib                  x86_64    1.4.0-5.el5.rf  rpmforge          171 k

 arts                    x86_64    8:1.5.4-1        base              1.2 M

 dirac                  x86_64    1.0.0-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          3.0 M

 ffmpeg-libpostproc      x86_64    0.4.9-0.9.20070530.el5.rf  rpmforge          42 k

 flac                    x86_64    1.1.2-28.el5_0.1  base              286 k

 freeglut                x86_64    2.4.0-7.1.el5    base              150 k

 fribidi                x86_64    0.10.7-5.1      base              53 k

 libXv                  x86_64    1.0.1-4.1        base              14 k

 libXvMC                x86_64    1.0.2-2.1        base              18 k

 libcaca                x86_64    0.99-0.1.beta11.el5.rf  rpmforge          237 k

 libcddb                x86_64    1.3.0-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          114 k

 libcdio                x86_64    0.78.2-5.el5    epel              271 k

 libdca                  x86_64    0.0.5-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          139 k

 libdvbpsi              x86_64    0.1.5-2.el5.rf  rpmforge          69 k

 libdvdcss              x86_64    1.2.10-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          65 k

 libdvdnav              x86_64    0.1.10-3.el5.rf  rpmforge          212 k

 libdvdread              x86_64    0.9.7-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          127 k

 libebml                x86_64    0.7.8-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          299 k

 libmad                  x86_64    0.15.1b-4.el5.rf  rpmforge          80 k

 libmatroska            x86_64    0.8.1-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          702 k

 libmodplug              x86_64    1:0.8.4-1.el5    epel              161 k

 libmpcdec              x86_64    1.2.6-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          54 k

 libmpeg2                x86_64    0.5.1-2.el5.rf  rpmforge          153 k

 libshout                x86_64    2.2.2-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          114 k

 libsndfile              x86_64    1.0.17-2.el5    epel              213 k

 libupnp                x86_64    1.6.6-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          290 k

 lirc                    x86_64    0.6.6-4.el5.rf  rpmforge          251 k

 opencv                  x86_64    1.0.0-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          4.5 M

 qt4                    x86_64    4.2.1-1          base              7.1 M

 speex                  x86_64    1.0.5-4.el5_1.1  base              207 k

 svgalib                x86_64    1.9.25-3.el5    epel              443 k

 taglib                  x86_64    1.5-1.el5.rf    rpmforge          985 k

 twolame                x86_64    0.3.12-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          137 k

 xosd                    x86_64    2.2.14-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          60 k

 zvbi                    x86_64    0.2.33-1.el5.rf  rpmforge          951 k