[MPlayer-users] two questions about playing from the console

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Oliver Seitz <info <at> vtnd.de> writes:

> >>> What libs do I need to make sure I _do_ install?
> >>
> >> After downloading the source, try running ./configure . It will most
> >> certainly fail.
> >
> > This seems unlikely to me.
> 
> When I use a new install, at least build-essential, git and yasm is 
> missing, so ./configure fails.

Yes, you're right.
(I meant it should not be necessary to install X-related development libraries
to build MPlayer.)

Carl Eugen