query in install mplayer in redhat

[vinothaa]

hai everybody
im using redhat linux EL5 .im using kernel version 2.6.18-8.el5.in this i want to install mp3 player.i dont know which player is best in redhat.pls tell me the procedure for installing player in redhat .where i what download rpm packages.


thanks
vinoth

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !


There are a lot of Media Players available but if you are going to install any package manually, you will face dependency problems.
Do you have license of RHEL5? You can use default package manager up2date or yum to install packages.

Media Players : vlc, mplayer, juk, xmms and list goes on...
You can find RPM of these players here.

[vinothaa]

hi devils casper
thanks for ur reply .but i had som doubt .im not having license for this redhat.
pls tell me the procedure for installing if i get depedency error


thanks
regards
vinoth

[devils casper]

You have to try hit and trial method. Download rpm of VLC Player and install it using rpm -i command. If it throws any error, note down error and post here.

su -
rpm -i <path_of_VLC_rpm>

I would suggest you to install latest version CentOS. Its RHEL Clone. Its free to download and install.