Hi,

I am new to Linux Ubuntu. I was trying to install MPlayer on my system and came across the following error message. Could anyone help me with this????



singh@singh-VGN-CR35G-L:~/Documents/MPlayer-1.0rc4$
./configure

Detected operating system: Linux
Detected host architecture: i386
Checking for host cc ... cc
Checking for cross compilation ... yes
./configure: 1687: cc: not found
./configure: 1692: cc: not found
Checking for CPU vendor ... GenuineIntel (6:23:6)
Checking for CPU type ... Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz
Checking for kernel support of mmx ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support mmx.
To use mmx extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of mmxext ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support mmxext.
To use mmxext extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of sse ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support sse.
To use sse extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of sse2 ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support sse2.
To use sse2 extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of ssse3 ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support ssse3.
To use ssse3 extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for kernel support of cmov ... failed
It seems that your kernel does not correctly support cmov.
To use cmov extensions in MPlayer, you have to upgrade/recompile your kernel!
Checking for mtrr support ... yes
Checking for GCC & CPU optimization abilities ... test: 2426: !=: unexpected operator
CPU optimization disabled. CPU not recognized or your compiler is too old.
error
Checking for byte order ... failed to autodetect byte order, defaulting to little-endian
Checking for extern symbol prefix ...
Error: Symbol mangling check failed.

Check "config.log" if you do not understand why it failed.

NO

Use
Software Center or Synaptic to install it

or

#sudo apt-get update
#sudo apt-get install mplayer

Why are you trying to compile it from source?

Add medibuntu to your repos if reqd

Installing it for the first time and it is suggested everywhere that its better to install it from source. Anyways thanx for the prompt reply..I ll try againg with the software center.

Thanx alot

Ciao

Always follow the package manager of your Linux distro.

Sources are used to compile in special/custom ways or when a binary is not available.

If you must go outside of the official Ubuntu repositories for a newer version of MPlayer, there are several PPA repos for MPlayer, which you can search for and add to your sources from here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas
I have never used any unofficial PPA repos for MPlayer. Use them at your own risk.
The stock MPlayer that is included with Ubuntu has always worked well enough for me.