newbie: howto install mplayer codecs

[Roger Grosswiler]

Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 11:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
> On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler <roger at gwch.net> wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, den 02.04.2006, 10:08 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
> > > On 4/2/06, Roger Grosswiler <roger at gwch.net> wrote:
> > > > Am Samstag, den 01.04.2006, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Nat Gross:
> > > > > >Nat,
> > > > >
> > > > > >No right-click-menu.
> > > > > >go to Applications-Multimedia-Mplayer
> > > > > All I get is a quick flash on the screen.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > yum -y install mplayer-skins
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Roger
> > > > >
> > > > > yum replies 'nothing to do'.
> > > > >
> > > > > nat
> > > > >
> > > > su
> > > > rpm -qa | grep mplayer
> > > >
> > > > whats the result?
> > > > Roger
> > >
> > > # rpm -qa | grep mplayer
> > > mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5
> > > mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
> > > mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5
> > > mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
> > >
> > > nat
> > >
> >
> > Nat,
> >
> > mine:
> >
> > mplayer-skins-1.4-1.lvn5
> > mplayer-fonts-1.1-3.lvn5
> > mplayer-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
> > mplayerplug-in-3.21-1.lvn5
> > mplayer-gui-1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
> >
> > see last line? you need to install mplayer-gui to get gmplayer working.
> >
> > if you still get a "not found" make sure:
> >
> > 1) livna's repo is set enabled=1 in /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo
> > 2) if it is set, try 1st yum clean all and then again yum install
> > mplayer-gui
> >
> > HTH
> > Roger
> ok. The problem is as follows:
> ---------------------------------------------
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>   mplayer-gui             i386       1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5  livna    
>         243 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      1 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 243 k
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/1): mplayer-gui-1.0-0. 100% |=========================| 243 kB    00:03
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
>   Installing: mplayer-gui                  ######################### [1/1]
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file
> /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default: cpio: rename
> 
> Installed: mplayer-gui.i386 0:1.0-0.37.pre7try2.lvn5
> Complete!
> ---------------------------------------------
> Notice the error? Although yum is happy and thinks it completed, there
> was an error. And I have no idea what 'cpio rename' error is. Beacuse
> I have no files whatsoever in /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default
> 
> nat
> 

or a conflict. lets make mplayer unusable.

1) uninstall mplayer skins using rpm -e mplayer-skins[Version]
2) do 'updatedb'
3) locate mplayer
4) find the directory within mplayer, that still has some Skin-Files in.
Delete this directory
5) re-install mplayer-skins via yum.

...seems that lots of fiddling corrupted mplayer...

Roger