Linux Sagers Install Guide 1 - Page 2

i downloaded the rpm's for VLC and some addons but I keep getting a dependency error...

VLC is a media player btw - I will search and find xine...

is there any particular order in which you install the packages with dependencies?? so that you dont get an error??

I just want to play DVD's and listen to my MP3's thats all

doanloaded :- saved all files in the same directory

1] xine-0.9.22-1.fr.i386.rpm
2] xine-skins-1.6-1.fr.src.rpm
3] xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr.i386.rpm


and ran rpm -U *.rpm in the terminal (Still a n00b so i'll sound real dumb for a while).

this is what I got :-

warning: xine-0.9.22-1.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
error: Failed dependencies:
libaa.so.1 is needed by xine-0.9.22-1.fr
aalib is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
alsa-lib is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
flac is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
libFLAC.so.4 is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
libaa.so.1 is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
libasound.so.2 is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9) is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
libfame is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
libfame-0.9.so.0 is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
libspeex.so.1 is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
speex is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr
xvidcore is needed by xine-lib-1.0.0-0.1.rc0a.fr

I tried to install xmms :-

xmms-mp3-1.2.7-21.p.fr1.i386.rpm

and it gives me this error :-

[gsferrari@localhost gsferrari]$ ls
evolution firewire gaim Gentoo mediaplr mp3 VLC xine
[gsferrari@localhost gsferrari]$ cd mp3
[gsferrari@localhost mp3]$ ls
xmms-mp3-1.2.7-21.p.fr1.i386.rpm
[gsferrari@localhost mp3]$ rpm -U *.rpm
warning: xmms-mp3-1.2.7-21.p.fr1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547b
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
[gsferrari@localhost mp3]$




I think I am doing something fundamentally wrong because so far none of my installations have worked save for the initial Red-Hat install Im not discouraged - if they all dont work then its "gsferrari" who sucks and not the software...

dont care either way - love this linux!!!

Nothing worked in windows...so I dont mind this either

finally

well, ive been warring with xine for a minute...maybe im missing a file...ill still play with it.

dude...quit the attitude and give mon a solution

Whassup with this?? Where am I fukin up??

gs

you may have dependencies gs...not sure

Ok then help me out - I wanna watch DVD's and listen to MP3's...

What do I gotta do?? step by step...like the instructions I made for driver installation...

Any website where I can learn command line commands and arguments etc .???

if

if im not mistaken...

rpm -ivh (filename) then enter

gs

and? what happened?
And where the HELL is the chat feature on this board!!!

I thought -i was depracated in favor of -U. -U will doo the same that -i will. hey gsf. Have you tried gno rpm yet. Is that still even around. It used to be the gnome ui for rpm. I haven't touched RH since 7 or so.

This is the new thread for gsferrari's linux exploits

Go here for the pertinent thread

Ive moved the stuff here so that the sticky doesnt get cluttered with my nonsense

Yes I use the rpm -U <filename> command

I figured out that I was trying to install stuff from outside the root - this is not my fault because I dont even know what the root is!! Apparently the root is the username and the password is the the one you use when you are right at the beginning of the installation procedure...

Well I have it figured out now - will try all the installs again tomorrow and see if I can get things working again .... DVD's and MP3's are getting impatient and clamoring for attention

Ok, this implies that something is goofed with your rpm database (which keeps track of what's installed, etc.). Things to check:

Are you running an rpm command in another window?
Are you running as root?

If you really did toast your rpm library, you can do this:

[code]
rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*
rpm --rebuilddb[code]

As a newbie, this is good experience.

Two more things:

Read the documenation and google all your error messages - you won't believe how helpful the rest of the world can be (linuxquestions.org, for example). In the meantime, I again encourage you to go grab apt-get or synaptic, as it will help you with your dependencies. Rather than [poorly] explain why you're missing all the other files, those programs will help a lot.

Second - both the -U and -i options have importance and significance when using the rpm command. Most of the time, the -U is the way to go [read: UPGRADE], as it replaces the previous version of the software you're installing.
-i is handy when you want to install another version of the same software - I use this when I get a kernel rpm. That way, I can choose the kernel I want to boot into without screwing anything up!

Keep up the good work and attitude. Having worked with 100s of people in this regard, having a good attitude solves the problem more than anything else.

Yeah I noted that

gsferrari = dumbass

But im learning and learning fast...already into hdparam and stuff like that thanks to cliphart...trying out basic UNIX commands...

gotta love linux!!

My drive was running in UDMA mode 5 by default, but it was in 16 bit mode, so I just changed that to 32bit and changed some other options.

I got 25.6MBp/s on the non-buffered test.

On another note, does anyone here know how I can resize a reiserfs partition without losing the information on the drive? (resize_resierfs doesnt work as it says the filesystem is already the size of the partition). There is 3GB of unpartitoned space directly before the resierfs partiton and I just need to expand it to fit it.

NS

n00b questions...

1] You download your kernel - I have these files now : -
linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2
2] I want to install Linux into a system with nothing in it. How do I install this kernel into that system?? Do I create an ISO file?? What do I have to do before I create an ISO file??

3] Do I have to do all this in a free linux distro before I put the new kernel into a system?? I am confused with this :-

to do all this $tar etc. I have to be in a linux environment. If I have this kernel and extract it - will it overwrite my existing kernel ?? I have Redhat 9 installed currently...

Just confused...If I havent been clear please lemme know what you need to know and I will give you all the info you want....

I am assuming that once you extract that kernel, the next time you log in you can select the new kernel ??



[EDIT] aah ...you have to compile the kernel....[/EDIT]


I am really interested in this but im stuck with the basics like where, what, how...

I have the latest kernel. I want to know what patches will be required and how to install them. Then I wanna know how to compile the final kernel and save it as my own ISO so that I can install into my system everytime without having to go through the whole process again...

laclasse or anyone else please help me out!!!

well

modem not initializing..thats my issue with drake. it almost locks up..it says its initializing but never does. Any takers?

On my gentoo I just grabbed the source for the slmodem. It's a win modem but they have source drivers at their site also have instructions. this is assuming the same modem in yours as mine. http://www.smlink.com/main/index.php

ive

ive got a 5660. And im using kppp. its very frustrating because everything else is configured as it should be step by step. And all it says is "initializing modem" and doesnt do anything beyond that.