On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 16:22 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Peter Gordon wrote: > > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > i've read differing advice on whether it's safe to mix and match > > > livna, ATrpms and rpmforge repos. what i'm after is to install > > > various multimedia packages (codecs, mplayer, etc.) > > > > > > any good advice? thanks. > > > > > > > I'm using the official GStreamer repositories [1] with Livna and > > Core/Extras for all of my multimedia needs (gstreamer-universe, > > mplayer, loads of open-source codecs, et al.) No troubles here. (The > > Gstreamer FC5 repositories even work well with Rawhide, but that's > > not considered stable at all (though I'm weird and cooky like that). > > > > [1] http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/fedora5.html > > thanks. the reason i asked is that the whole issue of mixing repos > was, and still is, a mess. here, > > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html#Warning > > we read: > > "As you continue please keep the following in mind: You should not use > the livna.org repository in conjunction with the > dag/freshrpms/dries/newrpms (RPMforge) collection of rpms in your > configuration files for automatic updates. Use one group or the other > but not both. These two groups are mutually incompatible and can cause > errors in your installation if used together for automatic updates." > > ok, so let's say i choose to go with rpmforge, at which point i'll > eventually end up here, looking for the appropriate rpmforge-release > package for FC5: > > http://rpmforge.net/user/packages/rpmforge-release/ > > which doesn't have one for FC5 -- only up to FC4. ok, then, let's > google for "rpmforge-release fc5", which eventually takes us here: > > http://apt.sw.be/dries/packages/rpmforge-release/fc5-i386/ > > so download and install, and try to "yum install mplayer" via > rpmforge, which fails with "No Match", etc, etc. > > it sure would be nice if this were settled once and for all. > Note that if you back up one level from the above to http://apt.sw.be/dries/packages/rpmforge-release/ that you can see all the releases. The failure with no match means just that. There is no package with that exact name in _that_ repo. Also note that Dries only supports thru FC4. The rpmforge group supports FC5 and later. I got mplayer from the ATrpms repository which can be found thru atrpms.net. AIUI atrpms is part of the rpmforge group. > rday > > p.s. is there a single online HOWTO for multimedia under fedora core? > sure would be nice if everything related to multimedia/audio/video was > documented in a single place. >
