I realize that Fedora Core does NOT come with MP3 support. However, how
do I go about getting mp3 support? I've tried downloading and
installing the latest version of XMMS from their website (thinking that
their version might have built-in mp3 support) -- only when I go to
install it, I get a message telling me that the application is already
installed. And when I go to uninstall XMMS (so I can install the
version I've downloaded), I am for some reason NOT able to (???).

Arghhh .. surely, this can't be as complicated as it seems. What's the
trick?

Thanks,
- yvan

p.s. Is there some other media player that I can install on my system
that will give me mp3 support? (preferably something that's packaged
with all the required libraries, and that comes with a single,
stand-alone installer).

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:15:55 -0800, yvan wrote:

>
>
> I realize that Fedora Core does NOT come with MP3 support. However, how
> do I go about getting mp3 support? I've tried downloading and
> installing the latest version of XMMS from their website (thinking that
> their version might have built-in mp3 support) -- only when I go to
> install it, I get a message telling me that the application is already
> installed. And when I go to uninstall XMMS (so I can install the
> version I've downloaded), I am for some reason NOT able to (???).
>
> Arghhh .. surely, this can't be as complicated as it seems. What's the
> trick?
>
> Thanks,
> - yvan
>
> p.s. Is there some other media player that I can install on my system
> that will give me mp3 support? (preferably something that's packaged
> with all the required libraries, and that comes with a single,
> stand-alone installer).

rpm -e xmms
then
rpm -Uvh xmms.dloaded.from.xmms.org.rpm

yvan@ideasdesign.com wrote:
> I realize that Fedora Core does NOT come with MP3 support. However, how
> do I go about getting mp3 support? I've tried downloading and
> installing the latest version of XMMS from their website (thinking that
> their version might have built-in mp3 support) -- only when I go to
> install it, I get a message telling me that the application is already
> installed. And when I go to uninstall XMMS (so I can install the
> version I've downloaded), I am for some reason NOT able to (???).
>
> Arghhh .. surely, this can't be as complicated as it seems. What's the
> trick?
>
> Thanks,
> - yvan
>
> p.s. Is there some other media player that I can install on my system
> that will give me mp3 support? (preferably something that's packaged
> with all the required libraries, and that comes with a single,
> stand-alone installer).

Just go to rpmfind.net and search for xmms-mp3

Regards.


--

Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
Director Tecnico de bgSEC
jkerouac@bgsec.com
bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos
http://www.bgsec.com
ESPAÑA

The only people for me are the mad ones -- the ones who are mad to live,
mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time,
the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn
like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
-- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"

Thanks! Downloading and installing xmms-mp3 from rpmfind.net did the
trick.

- yvan




Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez wrote:
> yvan@ideasdesign.com wrote:
> > I realize that Fedora Core does NOT come with MP3 support. However,
how
> > do I go about getting mp3 support? I've tried downloading and
> > installing the latest version of XMMS from their website (thinking
that
> > their version might have built-in mp3 support) -- only when I go to
> > install it, I get a message telling me that the application is
already
> > installed. And when I go to uninstall XMMS (so I can install the
> > version I've downloaded), I am for some reason NOT able to (???).
> >
> > Arghhh .. surely, this can't be as complicated as it seems. What's
the
> > trick?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > - yvan
> >
> > p.s. Is there some other media player that I can install on my
system
> > that will give me mp3 support? (preferably something that's
packaged
> > with all the required libraries, and that comes with a single,
> > stand-alone installer).
>
> Just go to rpmfind.net and search for xmms-mp3
>
> Regards.
>
>
> --
>
> Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
> Director Tecnico de bgSEC
> jkerouac@bgsec.com
> bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos
> http://www.bgsec.com
> ESPAÑA
>
> The only people for me are the mad ones -- the ones who are mad to
live,
> mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same
time,
> the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn,
burn
> like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
> -- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"