RPM files question

[easg]

Yesterday I downloaded the mp3 pluggin for XMMS and the xime multimedia player, how can I install this aplications, I doble click them and a message with a progress bar opens and close as fast that I can read what It saids, and once installed how can I uninstall them?

Thanks

Red Hat Linux 9

[easg]

The files names are:

xine-0.9.21-fr1.386.rpm
and
xmms-mp3-1.27-21.p.fr1.i386.rpm

[kilgoretrout]

Do it from the command line. Open a console and su to root. Then navigate to the directory where the rpm that you wnat to install is located and run the following to install:

# rpm -ivh [name of package]

To uninstall any previously installed rpm run the following as root:

# rpm -e [name of package]

The advantage of using the command line is that if there is a problem with the package, you will get printed out error messages giving you some clue as to what the problem is.

[mrstirs]

I have an RPM question also.

Once I've downloaded an RPM and installed it, where do I find the program in order to run it?

Thanks!

[kilgoretrout]

It depends. Usually, they are placed in /usr/bin. From a command line run "which" w/o quotes and it will give the location of the program if it is in any of the locations specified in your configuration files(called the PATH). If that comes up dry, you'll have to do a search using "find" or using the built in utilities of a file manager like konqueror if your using kde. If the program is in your PATH, you can just type it's name at the command line and it will fire up. Otherwise, you have to navigate to the directory where the executable is in order to run it from the command line.

[aym]

to get a list of the files installed by a RPM file use the command:
rpm -ql package name

[easg]

there is an error message after the rpm -i command

Xine error: Failed dependencies
Libar.so.1
libxine.s.o.1
xine-lib 1.0.0
are needed by xine.

what are those dependencies?
Why are they needed for?

[kilgoretrout]

As the name suggests, dependencies are other packages which must be installed before you can install the rpm you want. The easiest way to install something like Xine is to set up your redhat system to use apt-get. Here's a link that describes it:

http://apt-rpm.tuxfamily.org/

Once you download an install apt and set up your sources as described in the link, to install xine all you need to do is run the following as root:

# apt-get install xine

All needed dependencies will be automatically downloaded and installed. There's a good graphical front end to apt called synaptic. Once you have apt set up, install synaptic like so:

# apt-get install synaptic

Now to get a nice gui listing all the available packages just run:

# synaptic

[easg]

great tool, but I have a Winnmodem and I can´t make it work with linux, and, what if I don´t have access to internet at all? is there some way to download a kind of Service pack or upgrade to download all that dependencies at once, I see that Red hat linux lacks in multimedia support, Mpg and avi video playback, to play Mp3 you must download a pluggin for xmms and what about support for VCD, SVCD and DVDs? this is a very important fact if red hat wants to increase sales in the desktop market and home users.

[aym]

if you are familiar with compiling from source, why not?
I prefer compiling from source over precompiled packages so I get binaries optimized for my system.

[easg]

Ok I have another error message

Warning: user dude does not exist - using root
Warning: gruop dude does not exist - using root
Warning: user dude does not exist - using root
Warning: gruop dude does not exist - using root

This is when I try to install this rpm

perl-Video-DVDRip-0.50.13-fr1.src.rpm