[wellylug] Help mplayer download

[Jethro Carr]

On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 21:09, dave elliott wrote:
> I  recently  downloaded  mplayer  for  Redhat9  as  a  plugin  for 
> Websites.The  program  downloaded  into  home  folder  as  a  tar.gz 
> compression.Tried  extracting  in  fileroller  to  no  avail. Does 
> anyone  have  a  complete  script  I  can  type  in  a  terminal  to 
> unleash  mplayer  into  my  computer  so  I  am  able  to  view 
> Websites.Mplayer  would   not  download  as  a  RPM  file.Why  is  it 
> so  difficult  to  get  files/program  downloads  to  automatically
> launch  themselves  without  the  hassle.

to extract a .tar.gz file, type this command:
tar -xkzf <name>.tar.gz

Then, it depends on the content of the file. If it is source code, run:
./configure
make
make install

Check the INSTALL, or README file for instructions.



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-- Jethro

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