[MPlayer-users] SuSE 9.0 install problems

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Monday, 16 February 2004 at 01:55, Jens Kjaerulff wrote:
> I am trying to install the MPlayer available for SuSE 9.0 at:
> 
> http://packman.links2linux.de/?action=128
> 
> I get the follwing error output (when trying to install in shell):
> 
> rpm -ivh MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1.i686.rpm
> warning: MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1.i686.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
> 5f6842a4
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libdivxdecore.so.0 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1
>         libdivxencore.so.0 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1
>         liblzo.so.1 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1
>         libmp3lame.so.0 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1
>         libsmbclient.so.0 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1
>         libtheora.so.0 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1
>         libxvidcore.so.4 is needed by MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1
> 
> I get a similar output when I try to install
> MPlayer-1.0pre3-pm.1.i586.rpm via Yast ('dependency conflicts' with more
> or less the same items).
> 
> In fact, I am not sure what the difference between i586 and i686 is, or
> what I should use, but neither seem to work.
> 
> Does anyone here have advice? Please bear in mind that I am a novice to
> Unix and Linux - step-by-step instructions will be appreciated.

Well, since these are *unsupported* binary packages, the best way to go is
to ask their maintainer, although you might get some help from the SuSE
users on this list. I'd advise to search for packages providing these
libraries on http://rpm.pbone.net and installing them first.

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