Re: vlc installation

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Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.setup atul.ee@xxxxxxxxx:
When I try to install VLC player in my system, it asks for root
paasword. Is there any way by which I can install the package for my
login without root privilage?

What kind of package (file extension?) and what does the command
'file <package-file>' tell?
[..]

File extension is .rpm
and command "file vlc-0.8.5-1.i386.rpm" returns:
vlc-0.8.5-1.i386.rpm: RPM v3 bin i386 vlc-0.8.5-1

Check 'man rpm2cpio' and 'man cpio' to turn the package first
into a cpio file (rpm2cpio) and then unpack (cpio) to your $HOME.
This should be the easiest.

Good luck
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