How to install mplayer on linux machine?

mplayer can be used to watch video files on linux machine. You can download the software using svn(subversion) tool. Just make it sure that svn has installed on the machine(check like : which svn). If it's there then stop the firewall and follow to compile the mplayer package. If svn is not present on the machine please install it first. Please refer the following URL to do the same :


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http://kmaiti.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-install-subversion-svn-on-linux.html
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Environment : RHEL 6, 64 bit OS
Kernel : 2.6.32-71.7.1.el6.x86_64


Then once svn is there, please refer the following steps to install the mplayer.

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root@server[] cd /usr/local/src

svn checkout svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk mplayer

root@server[] cd mplayer

root@server[] svn update

root@server[]./configure

root@server[] make

root@server[] make install
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O/P on my mc :

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[root@kmaiti mplayer]# mplayer -v
Creating config file: /root/.mplayer/config
MPlayer SVN-r32769-4.4.4 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
CPU vendor name: GenuineIntel max cpuid level: 11
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 540 @ 2.53GHz (Family: 6, Model: 37, Stepping: 5)
extended cpuid-level: 8
extended cache-info: 16801856
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNowExt: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 SSSE3: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 SSSE3 CMOV
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PS : You may get following error during executing ./configure.

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[root@kmaiti mplayer]# ./configure
No FFmpeg checkout, press enter to download one with git or CTRL+C to abort

./configure: line 53: git: command not found
Failed to get a FFmpeg checkout
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Just install ffmpeg like :

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[root@kmaiti mplayer]# yum -y install git ffmpeg
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