Installing MPlayer via apt

[Jason Stevens]

Andrew, thanks for the information. What is the procedure for installing
the files via RPM in the terminal? I imagine I'll need to know this if I
want to install extra programs in the future.

On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 17:46, Andrew McVinnie wrote:
> I went to your URL, downloaded all three MPlayer files and tried to 
> install them via RPM in the terminal. It did not install that way 
> either, it had a crap load of dependancies that failed.
> 
> Andrew McVinnie
> 
> On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 06:39 AM, Jason Stevens wrote:
> 
> > I would like to install MPlayer using apt, but haven't managed to 
> > figure
> > out the process. The package I want is located at:
> > http://ayo.freshrpms.net/yellowdog/3.0/ppc/RPMS.freshrpms
> > I have already tried to add this location to my apt source list by
> > running (as root) "pico /etc/apt/sources.list" and adding an entry for
> > the new location, but it failed to work. Instead, a new file named
> > "/etc/apt/sources.list" was created and running "apt-get install
> > mplayer" does not find the package.
> > Is there an easier way to install the package, or must I do something
> > differently to the sources list?
> >
> >
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