We have the answer, it was consisting of adding multiverse and universe to your sources.list commands, and then of course you need the apropriate urls for the packages. Aldo. On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 08:14:52AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > At 01:03 PM 9/11/06 +0200, you wrote: > >a friend of mine is trying Ubuntu on his laptop; but he needs easyubuntu > >for > >the multimedia apps such as mplayer, realplayer, etc; > > > Hi, > > I don't use ubuntu so I can't comment on it specifically but I can > say that most multimedia apps require X. Mplayer can run in console > mode but I don't think Real or Helix can. You can get TRPlayer but I > don't think it has been updated in many years. So, even though I'm > guessing here, I would say that X is required. However, there are > other console mode players such as mpg321, Mplayer as mentioned, > various CD players and others that I'm not remembering. > > Since Ubuntu is similar to Debian, watch out when installing > graphical apps with console support since it will try to install all > the X libraries too. Probably the best thing for Mplayer is to build > from source. That way you only get the codecs and components that > you want. I don't think Mplayer is in Debian Sarge so it might be > considered non-free. > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.3/445 - Release Date: 9/11/06 > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > --------- The meaning of Copyleft & the essence of the GPL : --------- (a) The freedom to -- use the software (b) The freedom to -- copy & share it (c) The freedom to -- modify it -- (requires the source to be available) (d) The freedom to -- run & distribute modified software _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list