On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 22:22 -0500, Nat Gross wrote: > On 3/31/06, Rickey Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Nat Gross <nat101l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > ------------------------------- > > ]$ gmplayer > > MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-rpm.livna.org-4.1.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team > > > > > And yum has the problem noted above in my previous post. > > Yup... everyone is getting hit. I feel your pain. I had to install gnome and > > kde completely while 'yum update' merrily announced that all was good. > > I was under the impression that if I didn't use yum to install [any > software] then yum could/would be confused by it later and would *not* > automatically update to later revs. > Yum will try to update anything that has been installed as an rpm. It uses the rpm database to identify what is installed. > > Really, all I had to do was goto: > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html > > install one rpm, the Redhat/Fedora one > I only see fedora 3 and 4 pkgs. > Do you have the fedora-release package installed? I assume since you make this statement you probably have FC5, and may have done an install as an upgrade. > > notice where it says in small print that the 'installation documentation' > > (that is a link that you can click on... using the mouse, it's highlighted) > Neat, didn't notice that [it's a link] before. > > > Now.. > > http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/codecs.html > > download the 'complete codex' (referenced on this page as 'all') > > open a terminal window as root, where you dnloaded the file to: > > bunzip2 completecodex.bz2 --that will bunzip the file to a 'tar-file' > > tar -xvf completecodex.tar (whatever it gets named to...) > > cd into the directory it made. > > type: more README --read what it sez > > cp * /usr/local/lib/win32 > > (create that directory if you don't have it using "mkdir > > /usr/local/lib/win32" ) > > then! to make sure that other apps or updated fedora rpms of mplayer could > > find them... > > ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/lib/win32 > > ln -s /usr/local/lib/win32 /usr/local/lib/codecs > > now mplayer will find either of the three, now you are more yum-proof. > > > > do the same thing with the skins... just get what you need from their site > > and enjoy it now. Follow their instructions first, they worked just fine for > > me. Hope this helps you some. Ric > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: > > "There are two Great Sins in the world... > > ...the Sin of Ignorance, and > > ...the Sin of Stupidity. > > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. > > > Well, I am trying to overcome both! (as evident by this thread!) > > Now, in order to take this route (first I need to be convinced that > yum will update it in the future) I will need to 'yum remove > mplayer*'? Will that clean what all that yum did? > Yum being able to do the update is a configuration issue. You need to have the appropriate repo enabled and yum can then use it to search/update anything that has been installed.
