[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: 2 quick questions



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 08:07:14AM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> When I run "apt-get install mplayer", I get "package not found". Yet I
> can go to apt-get.org and it's there.
>
> How do I go about getting it, to install?

Add the sources.list line that apt-get.org gives you to your
/etc/apt/sources.list.  Though if you're that new to Debian, I
recommend staying away from third party packages until you're better
used to the system.

> My second question, for a friend with a laptop, seriously considering
> moving from xp to debain, will mplayer play DVD's? If not, what
> application(s) should I look for?

ogle will.

- -- 
 .''`.     Baloo Ursidae <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org>
: :'  :    proud Debian admin and user
`. `'`
  `-  Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE+w2oeJ5vLSqVpK2kRAivbAJ9SyWO5x3cTMUQQvwqRRHQ7yxhV1QCg1c+q
1xK8VNaMA5BCmMkuS0VgR/c=
=Z3a6
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



Reply to: