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From: piltdown on 14 Oct 2005 08:53 Trying to install the w32codecs. Downloaded w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm, but when I try to install I get: error: Failed dependencies: /bin/sh is needed by w32codec-0.52-1 Doing a bit of research: http://rhlufaq.nllgg.nl/DOCS/rpms5.html it is suggested that the rpm program is out of date and to download it from: ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/ but what do I actually download? Thanks
From: Michael Bueker on 14 Oct 2005 09:12 piltdown wrote: > Trying to install the w32codecs. Downloaded w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm, but > when I try to install I get: > > error: Failed dependencies: > /bin/sh is needed by w32codec-0.52-1 Allow me to lol: LOL! This is exactly the kind of bullshit you get yourself into by using RPM packages. Download http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2 and put all the files it contains into /usr/lib/win32. Then tell your media players (mplayer, xine etc.) to look there for binary codecs. This has given me the ability to play every known free binary codec so far. ~Mik -- Sona si Latine loqueris. // Honk if you speak Latin. From "Informational Latin" by Henry Beard
From: Realto Margarino on 14 Oct 2005 09:37 Michael Bueker <news.10.mbueker(a)spamgourmet.com> trolled: > Allow me to lol: LOL! > This is exactly the kind of bullshit you get yourself into by > using RPM packages. > Download > http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2 > and put all the files it contains into /usr/lib/win32. Then tell > your media players (mplayer, xine etc.) to look there for binary > codecs. Allow me to lol: LOL! Your download will not allow you to read every binary from within your web browser. And that is where you need it most! This is exactly the kind of bullshit you get yourself into by using linux for multimedia. cordially, as always, rm
From: CoffeeMan on 14 Oct 2005 12:29 better yet, su to root, then type "rpm2tgz w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm" and then "installpkg w32codec-0.52-1.i386.tgz" that should do the trick.
From: mike on 14 Oct 2005 16:21
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:53:56 +0000, piltdown wrote: > Trying to install the w32codecs. Downloaded w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm, but > when I try to install I get: > > error: Failed dependencies: > /bin/sh is needed by w32codec-0.52-1 > > Doing a bit of research: > > http://rhlufaq.nllgg.nl/DOCS/rpms5.html > > it is suggested that the rpm program is out of date and to download it > from: > > ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/ > > but what do I actually download? > > Thanks slackware does not use rpms you could do 'rpm2tgz yourcodec.rpm' and use installpkg to install yourcodec.tgz but that would likely install codecs to the wrong directory. Try this- open konsole type: cd /tmp/&&mkdir codecs&&cd codecs&&wget http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2&&tar -xf all-20050412.tar.bz2 (all one line)<enter> type: su to root type: mv all-20050412 /usr/lib/win32test/&&rm -rf /tmp/codecs/ <enter> Hope this helps |