MP3 files in Linux how to play them?!!!!!

[Stanton Finley]

On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 06:26 +0300, Ivan Evstegneev wrote:
> I saw this site... but it helpless. I tried to install all of those
> "mp3-plugins" and the actual answer I got was like this one:
> ***************************************************************************
> [root at localhost ~]# yum install xmms-mp3
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> core
> [1/3]
> core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> extras
> [2/3]
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
> 00:00
> updates
> [3/3]
> updates                   100% |=========================|  951 B
> 00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> Parsing package install arguments
> No Match for argument: xmms-mp3
> Nothing to do
> ***************************************************************************
> I even installed amarok but there was the same story. I will gladly
> listen to the other ideas...
> 

You need to configure yum for repositories which actually contain the
software which you wish to install. See
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html.
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Stanton Finley
http://stanton-finley.net/