how to install mplayer in redhat linux enterprise 4?
Monday, August 31st, 2009 at
22:24
I want to play video files in my desktop pc which having redhat linux enterprise 4
Tagged with: desktop pc • Linux • linux enterprise • video files
Filed under: Redhat
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you need the following rpms for your mplayer to play video in rhel4
lame-3.96.1-2.2.fc4.i3 86.rpm
mplayer-1.0pre6-1.i 386.rpm
mplayer-codecs-lin ux-real-2 0040626-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-codecs-lin ux-xanim-2 0040626-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-gui-1.0pre6-1.i386.rpm
mplayer-skin-defaul t-1.4-1.noarch.rpm
i have given space in file names above becoz else you will not be able to get full names i.e. full file were not visible here.
I hope you know how to install rpm (I have tested this.)
this will work until you did some mistake.
sunil datta
(opensourcenuts.com)
I’m not that familiar with Red Hat except that it has a package manager and should install programs with a couple clicks.
If you’ve downloaded an RPM file (ends with ".rpm" in the file name) you can install it from the command line
by typing (as root) "rpm -Uvh /path/to/rpm-package"
So if the package name is mplayer.rpm,
and it’s on your desktop, the command to install will be:
rpm -Uvh /home/<username>/Desktop/mplayer.rpm
Again you must be root to install a package.
edit: I don’t know why but this site won’t let me finish the command. It should say blahblah/Desktop/mplayer.rpm
this is why I recomend ubuntu based distros to newbies the package managment of other distros is often harder to use I am not saying fedora is bad that would be a huge lie all distros are great some are just not so user friendly
if you want to stay with fedora you may be best off getting a book that covers your distro and will walk you through installs of apps and the likes. that is what it took me to move to the next leval with linux I got a book at barnes and noble for ubuntu and it helped huge.
as I recall they have books for susefedora as well.
the other option is to distro hop onto a distro that has the items preinstalled you want. if all else fails there is ubuntu ultimate and it is setup in that manner. but its hard to find. this is why I use linux mint its got almost everything installed I wanted.