hello all members.How r u.I m new to linux and start using linux a few days ago.I m facing some problem installing Mplayer to play video songs. when i try to install .rpm package of Mplayer it shows an error box with title library files missing and in details it shows approx 11 names of library files that are missing. As i described earlier i m new to linux i dont know how to handle this problem. also tell me the process of installing any software from .tar package aur source package also. waiting for reply.

hi

u have to download the complete mplayer rpm. go to the mplayer site. also u have to install a package called lame before installing mplayer.

every .tar file is accompanied with a readme file. refer that and u will know wat to do.

A very basic overview of installing software can be viewed here: http://howtos.linux.com/howtos/Softw...ng-HOWTO.shtml

Welcome to the boards and the Linux world, be patient and keep at it.

Can u tell me from where i can download complete package of Mplayer with all dependencies. I already downloaded rpm from their site but it gives an error of missing dependencies. now i dont from where to find these lib files. would u like to guide me more. Thank u again for quick reply

This is one of the harder parts of linux, they do not make a really easy way just to grab all the dependencies. I personally have a high speed internet connection and would LOVE it if they did put all of the dependencies in a big package. The only problem here is that they do not know what you have installed on your system with Linux being such a customizable enviroment its nearly impossible to tell.

You could try to use the Yum program from the command line. Just type in "yum" and it will give you all the different options available to you. I personally think that you should really compile Mplayer yourself if you plan on playing any high bitrate movies that require good optimization to run properly/smoothly on your computer.

Depending on your version of Linux, it might already have the mplayer rpm and the required dependencies. For example on PCLinuxOS, I go into Synaptic and do a search on mplayer. It comes up with the rpm and when I go to add for install it tells me that it requires additional files to be installed. It then selects everything and installs without any missing files.

Good luck.

yum install mplayer


try running that command

ok. i'll try all this at nite.and will inform u with the restults i get. thank u all for replies and helping me to solve my problem.

v sad. no command works. "apt-get install mplayer" and "yum install mplayer" ... wat should i do now.

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