tobymansell | # 11 | 2011-08-14, 14:29 | Report

hi thanks for your help!

I got as far as this code 'apt-get install mplayer' then it said:couldnt find package mplayer.
Would you guys be able to provide me with a link to mplayer as i dont have internet on my n900 but only usb cable.?

Thanks guys.

tobymansell | # 12 | 2011-08-14, 14:45 | Report

'user is not in the sudoers file. this incident will be reported' is what i get after typing: apt-get install mplayer

What should i do about this?

tobymansell | # 13 | 2011-08-14, 14:47 | Report

i got to this part: apt-get install mplayer to which it said it could not find the package mplayer.... what should i do about that?

Thanks

Acidspunk | # 14 | 2011-08-14, 14:52 | Report

use the app manager and look for sib under multimedia?

tobymansell | # 15 | 2011-08-14, 15:01 | Report

Hi there!

Im afraid i cant do that as i cant get the net to work on my n900 is there an exact link to access that file and copy it over to my phone via usb?

Thank you.

anthonie | # 16 | 2011-08-14, 15:36 | Report

Downloadable version of mplayer (command line version) here:

http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/mplayer/

There are, however, a number of dependencies that need to be fulfilled, which might be a kind of nasty if you've got your n900 not connected to the internet. The package is in extras so if apt-get couldn't find it, it is probably because you don't have the extras repo enabled.

Read on the deps here:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...svn20091221-4/

More info on repo's can be found below:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras

If you decide to do use the terminal and your n900, make sure that you run a

as root, before attempting to install it.

anthonie | # 17 | 2011-08-14, 15:39 | Report

Have you used
and gotten that error?

Simply try

on the terminal. On mine that works just as fine. Your prompt should change once you've become root.

tobymansell | # 18 | 2011-08-14, 15:58 | Report

hi there,

thanks for your quick replies.

I have just been onto here: http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...svn20091221-4/

Downloaded the .deb almal file and put it into my data directory on my n900 attempted to run it to which i am getting an error saying:
unable to install Mplayer movie player' (command line only). some application packages required for the installation are missing.

What should i do about that?

In xterminal i have entered 'apt-get update' to which it told me fialed to update all the reps i have added which i htink is down to the fact the phone has no internet on it.

i downloaded the file from here: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/mplayer/ which is mplayer.install and i put this into my data dir from 'my computer' via windows so its now in the main nokia n900 folder on the phone.
However when i go to x terminal and then type apt-get install mplayer it tells me it cannot find the file on E: or something.

any other recommendations?

thanks so much again for your help.

tobymansell | # 19 | 2011-08-14, 15:59 | Report

btw when i do sudo gainroot i do not get an error it actually tells me root shell is enabled.

thanks.

anthonie | # 20 | 2011-08-14, 16:49 | Report

I am afraid, Toby, you're up for the least convenient way of installing a program and it's dependencies.

Go to the package page I linked in my earlier reaction; have a look at the listed dependencies and download every single one of them to the same folder as where you downloaded mplayer. Make sure no other packages (deb files) are in that folder, only the ones needed for mplayer.

Once that is done, browse to that folder from within your terminal, by using

Once there, issue the following command as root

That should take care of the whole installation process.

Happy to hear your root is fixed/working.

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Last edited by anthonie; 2011-08-14 at 16:52. Reason: edited path for more clarity