Re: mplayer

[nix4me <nix4me@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:01:24 +0100, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > Am So, den 02.01.2005 schrieb Jim um 23:49:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > > > Use the command: gmplayer
> > > > >
> > > > > error report...................snip
> > > > >          
> > > > Checking for GUI ... yes
> > > >
> > > > Error: X11 support required for GUI compilation
> > > >
> > > > Check "configure.log" if you do not understand why it failed.
> > > >        
> > xorg-x11-devel is missing for compilation.
> >
> >    
> >
> > > > [root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre6a]#
> > > >
> > > > i tried that cmd gmplayer
> > > > [root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre6a]# gmplayer
> > > > bash: gmplayer: command not found
> > > >        
> > Can't be found if mplayer is not installed / compiled with GUI support.
> >
> > Do yourself and us a favour and use a Fedora RPM, i.e. by freshrpms.net.
> >
> >    
> >
> > > James Lawrence
> > >      
> > Alexander
> >
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> > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon kernel 2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp 
> > Serendipity 23:59:14 up 11 days, 1:43, load average: 0.35, 0.47, 0.38
> >
> >
> >
> >    
> if i try to install the mplayer from freshrpms, ( i have tried)  it
> fails dependancies
> 8 of them  
> libaa.so.1
> libdvdread.so.3
> libfaad.so.0
> liblzo.so.1
> libmad.so.0
> libpostproc.so.0
> libpostproc
> libxvidcore.so.4
>
>
>  
This is  why all Fedora users should use Apt-Get.  Google it and install 
and setup a 3rd party repository.  Then all it takes is: apt-get install 
mplayer.   And it will get the mplayer package and all its dependancies.

Mark