Hi all,

I am at my wits end with the number of dependancies I get when I try to install software in Linux. For instance I tried to install MPlayer for the first time and this is what I got back: ?

rpm -i mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr.i386.rpm
warning: mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
error: Failed dependencies:
lame is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
mplayer-fonts is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
aalib is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
lirc is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libdv is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libdvdread is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
faad2 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
lzo is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libfame is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libaa.so.1 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libdvdread.so.3 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libdv.so.2 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libfaad.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
liblirc_client.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
liblzo.so.1 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libmad.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr
libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by mplayer-0.90-4.0.rh80.20030808.fr

I mean eh!..... Am I missing something....

Is there someway round this or do i need to track down all these individual packages and install them ( including their dependancies ).

I am running RHL8 ( is this a good OS ? )


Thanks in advance.


lub0

Get the URPMI RPM's, install it, be happy!

Get the URPMI RPM's, install it, be happy!

yes you do, not quite the exe's from windows but they work......

So what is the low down on these URPMI I must admit I aint never heard of it, but I will give it a try...

thx

lub0

URPMI is a Mandrake tool for software downloading,installiing and satisfying dependencies.Redhat will probably use some other system.

Lachlan.