playing avi files in redhat

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Originally Posted by Garrett85

I got the two files into the directory but now I'M getting this when I try to run the tar command.

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[root@RedhatPart Garrett]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
[root@RedhatPart yum.repos.d]# tar -zxf repos.tar.gz
tar (child): repos.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
[root@RedhatPart yum.repos.d]#

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When I went to use Add/Remove after adding those two files Add/Remove now searches the internet as I had hoped, thanks. But I'M still not getting anywhere with VLC.

When I searched for and tried to install vlc, this is what I got.

required stuff
vlc-1.1.7-67.1.el6.i686 requires libminizip.so.1
vlc-1.1.7-67.1.el6.i686 requires libXpm.so.4
vlc-1.1.7-67.1.el6.i686 requires libdvdread.so.4
SDL_image-1.2.10-1.el6.i686 requires libSDL-1.2.so.0

I got to install these lib packages, or at least the onse I can find, and then I get this error:

GPG key retrieval failed: [Errno 14] Could not open/read file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-atrpms

GPG key retrieval failed: [Errno 14] Could not open/read file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-atrpmsvl

I just need to be able to play .avi files from RH so I can make my way through the Linux RH training course but apparently I need to be a pro just to watch the training videos.

You can skip the gpg signature check with the yum option --nogpgcheck when you go to install those packages.

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Originally Posted by Rubberman

You can skip the gpg signature check with the yum option --nogpgcheck when you go to install those packages.

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I didn't download or install the packages with the command line, nor do I know how. I used Add/Remove.

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Originally Posted by Garrett85

I didn't download or install the packages with the command line, nor do I know how. I used Add/Remove.

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Go to command line. SU to root. Then do this:

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yum --nogpgcheck install package-name

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Originally Posted by Rubberman

Go to command line. SU to root. Then do this:

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yum --nogpgcheck install package-name

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[root@RedhatPart Garrett]# yum --nogpgcheck install vlc-1.1.8-68.el6
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livn...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] FTP Error 550 : ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livn...ata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
http://rpm.livna.org/repo/6Server/i3...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 : http://rpm.livna.org/repo/6Server/i3...ata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 : http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/...ata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404 : http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub...ata/repomd.xml
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: livna. Please verify its path and try again
[root@RedhatPart Garrett]#

WHY!

You need to remove the Red Hat repositories from /etc/yum.repos.d in order for this to work. The SL or CentOS repositories will serve up the same set of applications, code, kernels, etc, but without holding you hostage.

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Originally Posted by Rubberman

You need to remove the Red Hat repositories from /etc/yum.repos.d in order for this to work. The SL or CentOS repositories will serve up the same set of applications, code, kernels, etc, but without holding you hostage.

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-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 688 Mar 25 12:14 atrpms.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 957 Mar 25 12:15 epel.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1070 Dec 6 2008 livna.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1301 Nov 15 2009 rpmfusion-free-rawhide.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1202 Nov 15 2009 rpmfusion-free.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1200 Nov 15 2009 rpmfusion-free-updates.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1260 May 17 2009 rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1355 Nov 15 2009 rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1247 Nov 15 2009 rpmfusion-nonfree.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1245 Nov 15 2009 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1305 May 17 2009 rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo
[Garrett@RedhatPart yum.repos.d]$

Which files?

thank you , all works fine.