Install media players in Linpus

I followed the instructions and they worked perfectly. Of note, the first command su - is NOT to be preceded by a $.

I followed second set of instructions, to install via Linpus - and all went well.
Thank you
Alan

i have read the above and coming from a windows xp laptop, i am completely lost as to where to type in these codes. since gettin my acer aspire one notebook last week, i have spent hours and hours lookin for a 'how to' guide and nothin. can some do an idiots guide on this. i have vlc player installed and icon on my desktop but it will NOT play any videos, only audio. please can someone help, the above codes jus mean nothin to me, sowwi.

ok i know im not an idiot but all this is the most confusing thing ever.

ive typed both sets of codes into my acer ( i used alt + f2, dont know if thats right but it did something) and still nothing.

all i want to do is install vlc which ive spent the last 2 hours trying to do.
linux sucks so far

Hi,
Please just patience, when you will learn linux you will regret for the time spending using windows, we will help you, so
Which guide you followed to install vlc? normally if it is installd should work

many thanks for your reply,i went to http://www.acer.com/aspireone/support/files/ fun.html and clicked the 'fun' section and downloaded the vlc file fine and it adds a icon to my desktop fine, when i click it, it loads fine but it just wont play videos or allow me to view online radio stations streaming video (i own one and is very embrassing not being able to view my own station online) i have spent hours reading 'guides' online to help use linux but i need a step by step idiots guide, ie-press Alt+F2 to access terminal, then type, etc etc. lots of sites just say 'install this or that in yum or config this or that' but i need a 'how to' to do these requests. thanks for your help (",)

Ok, try to remove vlc and install it again using this tutorial
to remove, open your terminal and type :
sudo apt-get remove vlc

then follow the steps in this tuto to install vlc.
you will have just copy the command and pass them on your terminal.

please feel free to ask

If I want to add the VLC Player, and use the howto above (and sorry for this very newbie question):

it says there:

$su -

and then

# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/ updates/9/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-9- 12.noarch.rpm

when I add that, is it [enter] between everything (in terminal), or what?

ie.

$su - [enter]

# rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/ updates/9/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-9- 12.noarch.rpm [enter]

#yum update [enter]

#yum install vlc mozilla-vlc mplayer [enter]

Or how should I proceed with that?

I really have NEVER used (linpus) linux before, so I apologized for the stupid question(s). I will learn, in time, but I really need to ask stupid things in the beginning. any reply would be appreciated.

I advise you to use the second methode :

Remember ,just copy /pst to your terminal and vlc will be installed.
if you need any help don`t hesitate to ask. Never we can learn without asking
Welcome to unixmen

There appears to be two links there: one free-release-stable and nonfree-release-stable.

do they both need to be included, ie. the whole sudo command "as it is" ->

sudo rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/ rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/ rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Yes both has to be included

I did as you told, but after the "sudo yum install etc." it ended with

"Error: Missing Dependency: libpulse.so.0(PULSE_0) is needed by package vlc

Error: Missing Dependency: libdc1394.so.22 is needed by package ffmpeg-libs

Error: Missing Dependency: libdvdnav.so.4 is needed by package vlc-core"

What do I do now?

to resolve the missing dependency
download and install these packages libdc1394-2.0.2-1.fc7.i386.rpm
pulseaudiolibs-devel0.9.8-5.fc8.i386.rpm
libdvdnav-4.1.1-3.fc7.i386.rpm

then run
yum install vlc mozilla-vlc mplayer

it should work
Unixmen admin

Admin wrote:

to resolve the missing dependency
download and install these packages libdc1394-2.0.2-1.fc7.i386.rpm
pulseaudiolibs-devel0.9.8-5.fc8.i386.rpm
libdvdnav-4.1.1-3.fc7.i386.rpm


then run
yum install vlc mozilla-vlc mplayer

it should work
Unixmen admin

Just as a (last) question: Does it matter from where I should download these: or do you have a suggestion for a good download link for these three packages?

Thanks a million for all the quick replies. I owe you a lot (and so do those others too, that are thinking about the same thing and find these replies that you have made)

Search the rpm here ,download them to your desktop and install just by clicking the the rpm package
http://rpm.pbone.net/
please report if you have any problem

I'm sorry brand new to the whole linux thing and is totally blank. Somewhere on this paige I found things to do when you first bought a acer aspire one with Linpus linux lite and off course the first thing is a messenger and it worked perfeckt. The next thing was to upgrade my browser and a followed it step by step and now my driver doesn't work and it seems like there is no browser at all. Please help me the computer is pretty uselees without a browser. I have a recovery CD but no CD drive so have to do it on a usb key and since I have no knowledge of LINUX I hope you guys can help.
Please help the stupid idiot!!!!

under root in terminal.

yum remove firefox -y
yum install firefox -y
yum update -y

now check if your firefox work , if not
in terminal run the command
#firefox

please back with answer )

Unixmen help team

Hello
txh for the help it was super and it works now...
But Im afraid you shot yourself in the foot now Im gonna come to you with all sorts of stupid questions... Starting now when I write yum update am I updating all software I have installed through Terminal???
By the way when I say "new to Linux" I had to google how to go to root in terminal
THX ALOT

Henrik Hauge if you have any issue . we will be glad to help you , just go to the forum . register your self, and ask any question you want

Unixmen support

I tried several different things without success until I found this article. I then used method #2 by simply cut and pasting the commands straight into the terminal and it worked straight away. Again, thanks a lot.

Gøran

thank you very much for trying to help. BUT... i really know nothing about Linux. what/where do i get/put:
$su -
# rpm -ivh
#yum (what is it?)
i am looking for the very basic.... you see...
cheers.

su - ( to change user to root)
rpm -ivh ( to install downloaded packges)
example rpm -ivh amsn.i386.rpm

yum is to install from internet
example yum install amsn . this command will connect to the redhat hosted packages and will download and install it

used the second set of instructions. worked like a dream!!!

Hi.

i tried using the second method and wafter typing in the first part I got

error: Failed dependencies:
system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-10-5.noarch
system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-nonfree-release-10-5.noarch

I also checked http://rpmfusion.org/RPM%20Fusion

but that showed the releases for fedora 8 were empty...

Have I missed something? (I'm new as well)

Thanks

I see there is something wrong with dependencies, try to add again the repositoriesthen type :
sudo yum update
then try again
don`t forget to use sudo before every command
sorry for my late answer

Hello a little help needed.

My Acer One was delivered with adobe flash player. I do have the problem that it works and I see it works on fx. Youtube but no sound. Speaker is active volume at maximum and still nothing.
Playing MP3 with media player works with sound, so why not with the flash player.

Is there anyone out there who have had the same experiance? Anyone with a good idea how to solve this?

Regards
Tower

Ive checked lots of forums/websites for help...but i cant get vlc to download.

I followed you 2nd method. After trying to add the repositories it said
"error: Failed dependencies:
system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-10-5.noarch
system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-nonfree-release-10-5.noarch"

Then i tried a sudo yum update to fix this...but i dont think it worked (Error: Missing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.8.1.19 is needed by package yelp
Error: notification-daemon-xfce conflicts with notify-daemon
)
so i decided to just carry on...followed the rest of your instructions but after sudo yum install. It finished with

"Error: Missing Dependency: libdca.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libavutil.so.49 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libavformat.so.52 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libavcodec.so.51 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libdvbpsi.so.5 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libUsageEnvironment.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libliveMedia.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libgroupsock.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libx264.so.60 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libtwolame.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Error: Missing Dependency: libswscale.so.0 is needed by package vlc-core
Er...

Kym.
Give the output of this command :
rpm -qa | grep rpmfusion

pirat9
do i type that command exactly the same? coz this is what happened:

[root@localhost user]# rpm -qa | grep rpmfusion
[root@localhost user]#

Yes type it this way in aspireone :
sudo rpm -qa | grep rpmfusion

I typed it in the way u said. but it just returns to the original thingy.

[root@localhost user]# sudo rpm -qa | grep rpmfusion
[root@localhost user]#

...is that a bad thing?

i dunno if this is correct but i took out that straight slash (basically becoz my keyboard cant type that character...i always copied and pasted it before).

Anyways i got this:
[user@localhost ~]$ sudo rpm -qa grep rpmfusion
grep-2.5.1-57.fc7

its still has the same thing when I update again,
the gecko-libs etc.

I have this same problem; can anyone help?

New to ubuntu

Hi,

I must say I tried probably all posts on how to install VLC on my new aa1 with linpus lite, but still can't get around it.

Yours seems to be closer to getting it done than anyone.

However, I get this message of error after starting the first part of the second method:

Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/ rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/ rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.S91NDj: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 49c8885a
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.RQCOfB: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID b1981b68
error: Failed dependencies:
system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-free-release-10-5.noarch
system-release >= 10 is needed by rpmfusion-nonfree-release-10-5.noarch

It looks like the repositorites are not available anymore for Fedora 7, or at least not at that address. I would like to avoid, if possible, to tear down the linpus acer interface to upgrade to fedora 10, just for running vlc.

Could you help me?

Thanks

Monthes ago repositories with the new key have gone live. That leads to quite a few unresolved dependency problems if you're still using the default repositories on Acer Aspire One Linux, which are not updated anymore. To switch to the new repositories just use the command below which will enable updates-newkey and automatically get all new packages from there. before to start the installation, type :

sudo yum install fedora-release

Hi i have the same problem.
I have installed the livna release successfully.
But when i try to download the file:///mnt/home/Downloads/rpmfusion-free-release- stable.noarch.rpm

it says MISSING DEPENDENCY -system release >=10 is needed.
Ive tried all on the things on here including the repositories but still no luck
Please please please help

Pete

Hi i have the same problem.
I have installed the livna release successfully.
But
when i try to download the file:///mnt/home/Downloads/rpmfusion-free-release-
stable.noarch.rpm

it says MISSING DEPENDENCY -system release >=10 is
needed.
Ive tried all on the things on here including the repositories but still
no luck
Please please please help

Pete

OK go here:

http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/11/installing-vlc- 09-on-aspire-one-linux.html

It works!

Thx for that robo
Tried it but still no sound or picture
Any other ideas??/

Pete

Hi peter darlison
you need codecs for crypted video and sounds. check in search Codecs . that should resolve your issue .

Greets
unixmen admins

Hi, very new to Linux. Managed to download VLC but it won't play Avi files properly. Just get audio not video. What am I missing. Need very basic instructions though, thanks
Ciaran

i started following the instructions, and now instead of having vlc player, i have the image of a star, which does not respond to any clicking or nothing..
i have no mplayer and no freaking idea what happened?
why is there a huge star in my launcher?!?!?!?!?!?

hello, i also have the odd star in fun that does nothing, what do i do now?

dzięki Panie Zinovsky - Id' tried so many sites and nothing worked until I pasted in your lines of code (2nd method) and I now have a working, up-to-date VLC