[mythtv-users] Need help installing mplayer

[Chad]

On 11/6/05, Matt <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't seem to get mplayer to install on ubuntu.  If I do an:
>
> apt-get install mplayer-386... I get:
>
>  sudo apt-get install mplayer-386
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  mplayer-386: Depends: libdirectfb-0.9-20 but it is not installable
> E: Broken packages
>
>
> However, I have a newer version of the libdirectfb package, I actually
> have libdirectfb-0.9-22.  Any clues on how to get mplayer in there?
> I've currently got:
>
> # Christian Marillat's packages (mplayer, lame)
>  deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main
> #deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main
> #deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main
>
> and I've tried the etch and sid ones, but that didn't make much of a difference.
>
> Thanks!
> Matt
> _______________________________________________

If that's it's only dependency, you could just force the RPM:
rpm -Uvh --no-deps --force filename.rpm

Cool