Installing Mplayer

[mcslemon]

Hi

I've been trying to install MPlayer as totem seems to be unable to play anything other than mp3's.

I downloaded it and resolved the dependencies it flagged, but it doesnt install.. it just says:

Dependency Resolution Failed

Resolvable id 15521 does not exist.

Anyone got any ideas on this one?

Neil

[gogalthorp]

How are you trying to install? I highly recommend you use Yast or Smart to do installations unless you are a Linux wiz.

Here is a good start

http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/60/

[mcslemon]

Cheers

Now I have more dependencies...

Mplayer requires libxine1-directfb
libxine1-directfb requires libxine1
libxine1 requires libmagick.so.6

libmagick doesn't appear on the packman directory!

Argh!

[gogalthorp]

Are you installing Mplayer from Packman via Yast??

[corrupt]

Look at this guide:
http://wiki.suselinuxsupport.de/wikk...seRepositories

After reading and installing apt (apt4suse) all problems must be solved.

[oldcpu]

Now I have more dependencies...

Mplayer requires libxine1-directfb
libxine1-directfb requires libxine1
libxine1 requires libmagick.so.6

libmagick doesn't appear on the packman directory!

You have already been given good general advice how to solve this using package management, so I won't go that route. Instead I would like to try to teach you how to look at this philosophically.

You can see that Mplayer requires, libxine-directfb, which requires libmagick. So clearly you just need to install libmagick, followed by libxine-directfb.

Don't let the "lib" infront of "xine-directfb" or "magick" scare you. Its just a library that is needed with those applications. Sometimes (as in the case for libmagic"), but not always, one instead needs to look for "magick". If it is not on Packman (and libxine-directfb IS on Packman), then often it will be on your Installation CD/DVD (and libmagick IS on your CD/DVD). Please look there.

Note that Packman have a policy that they will not have an rpm for download, that can not be installed without either a Packman rpm and/or without an rpms that came with the Novell/SuSE installation CD/DVD. So for Packman installations, its not difficult to go look for missing apps.

Dependencies are not always hard to solve. Try and treat them instead as a friendly warning message, of other applications you need to install first. I have found that view point takes the stress away, and makes things easier.