[mythtv-users] Need help installing mplayer

[Matt]

On 11/6/05, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 However, I have a newer version of the libdirectfb package, I actually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
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I don't use RPMs on debian and/or ubuntu.  Either way, I got lazy and
installed directly from source.

Nuvexport still is very broken for me however.

Matt