Re: question about Mplayer

From: Neil McCauley (Neil_at_gmx.net)
Date: 07/27/03


Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 01:58:53 +0200

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:19:45 +0000, takashi wrote:

> Hi, I have a question about Mplayer. I installed Mplayer, and it is a
> graphical interface version. I can use it fine by doing:
> 1)go to "sound & video" from my top manu in RedHat9
> 2)click on Mplayer
>
> However, when I try to use Mplayer from the command prompt, by typing
> 1) mplayer filename.avi
> or
> 2)gmplayer filename.avi
> or
> 3) Mplayer filename.avi
>
> I get the error message that
>
> " bash:mplayer:command not found"
>
> Could anybody tell me what I can do? I sort of remember that when I
> installed Mpalyer, I used rpm. I did not actually build it from a source
> code.
> Thank you very much, and have a good day.

updatedb && locate gmplayer

This should point out where your executable hides.
Once found, make a symbolic link to your /usr/bin.

-Neil



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