I created this script to automate my installation into a single step. It also serves as notes on what I did, if you can read "sh" scripting. It's simple and I tested it several times. I'm posting so it may help somebody else. All you should need to do is edit the top of the script file and change directories and archives to match your environment, then run it. It pauses after every section so you can review the output before moving on. Oh yeah - to the developers of MPlayer: IT ROCKS - and for your work: thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!! ================================================= Red Hat 7.1 or less users: I had to upgrade to gcc3 first. I downloaded the new gcc binaries from ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-7.2-en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS . First I got all new gcc 2.NINE_SIX-98* and did an rpm -Uvh on them. I had to do this before I went to gcc3 because the rpm util complained about dependancies. 7.2 users won't have to bother with that. Then I got all gcc3* and did an rpm -Uvh on those. I did this before I ran the attached mplayer installation script. #!/bin/sh # # orbit@lazerlink.com # # Wrote by keeing notes and updating as I installed. I tested it, # and it worked for me. Before you run it, modify this script to # adjust the "Archives & Extensions" and the "Directories" sections # below: # ### # Archives & Extensions ### # Declare the archive and extension independantly MPLAYER_ARC=MPlayer-current ; MPLAYER_EXT=.tar.bz2 SVGA_ARC=svgalib-1.9.12-10.i386 ; SVGA_EXT=.rpm _3IVX_ARC=3ivxopenqt1i686linuxglibc21 ; _3IVX_EXT=.tgz SDL_ARC=SDL-1.2.3 ; SDL_EXT=.tar.gz W32_ARC=w32codec-0.60 ; W32_EXT=.tar.bz2 SKIN_ARC=neutron ; SKIN_EXT=.tar.bz2 CVID_ARC=vid_cvid_2.1_linuxELFx86c6 ; CVID_EXT=.tgz CYUV_ARC=vid_cyuv_1.0_linuxELFx86c6 ; CYUV_EXT=.tgz H261_ARC=vid_h261_1.0_linuxELFx86c6 ; H261_EXT=.tgz H263_ARC=vid_h263_1.1_linuxELFx86c6 ; H263_EXT=.tgz IV32_ARC=vid_iv32_2.1_linuxELFx86c6 ; IV32_EXT=.tgz IV41_ARC=vid_iv41_1.1_linuxELFx86c6 ; IV41_EXT=.tgz IV50_ARC=vid_iv50_1.0_linuxELFx86c6 ; IV50_EXT=.tgz ### # Directories ### # Declare the download directory DLOAD_DIR=`pwd` # Declare the installation directory UPACK_DIR=`pwd`/MPlayer-current # Declare the directory to unpack XANIM codecs XANIM_MOD_DIR=/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods # Declare the Win32 codecs directory W32_CODECS_DIR=/usr/local/lib/win32 # Declare the directory to unpack skins SKIN_DIR=/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin ### # Functions ### # Declare a function to extact archives based on extension extractArc () { ARC=$1; EXT=$2 if [ "$EXT" = ".tgz" ] then tar xvzf ${DLOAD_DIR}/${ARC}${EXT} elif [ "$EXT" = ".tar.gz" ] then tar xvzf ${DLOAD_DIR}/${ARC}${EXT} elif [ "$EXT" = ".tar.bz2" ] then tar xvjf ${DLOAD_DIR}/${ARC}${EXT} elif [ "$EXT" = ".rpm" ] then rpm -Uvh ${DLOAD_DIR}/${ARC}${EXT} fi } # Unpack the MPlayer software unpackMplayer () { extractArc $MPLAYER_ARC $MPLAYER_EXT mv MPlayer-2* $UPACK_DIR cd $UPACK_DIR } # Install the SVGA lib unpackSVGALib () { cd $UPACK_DIR extractArc $SVGA_ARC $SVGA_EXT } # Unpack the SDL Library unpackSDL () { cd $UPACK_DIR extractArc $SDL_ARC $SDL_EXT cd $SDL_ARC ./configure make make install echo "SDL Library Done - \"Enter\" to continue." read ans } # Unpack the W32 codecs unpackW32 () { cd $UPACK_DIR extractArc $W32_ARC $W32_EXT rm -rf $W32_CODECS_DIR mkdir -p $W32_CODECS_DIR cp -r $W32_ARC/* $W32_CODECS_DIR/ echo "W32 Codec Done - \"Enter\" to continue." read ans } # Unpack some extra codex for XANIM unpackCodex () { cd $UPACK_DIR extractArc ${CVID_ARC} ${CVID_EXT} extractArc ${CYUV_ARC} ${CYUV_EXT} extractArc ${H261_ARC} ${H261_EXT} extractArc ${H263_ARC} ${H263_EXT} extractArc ${IV32_ARC} ${IV32_EXT} extractArc ${IV41_ARC} ${IV41_EXT} extractArc ${IV50_ARC} ${IV50_EXT} mkdir -p $XANIM_MOD_DIR mv vid*.xa $XANIM_MOD_DIR cd $XANIM_MOD_DIR ln -sf ${CVID_ARC}.xa vid_cvid.so ln -sf ${CYUV_ARC}.xa vid_cyuv.so ln -sf ${H261_ARC}.xa vid_h261.so ln -sf ${H263_ARC}.xa vid_h263.so ln -sf ${IV32_ARC}.xa vid_iv32.so ln -sf ${IV41_ARC}.xa vid_iv41.so ln -sf ${IV50_ARC}.xa vid_iv50.so echo "XANIM Codecs Done - \"Enter\" to continue." read ans } # Unpack the 3IVX Codec unpack3IVX () { cd $UPACK_DIR extractArc $_3IVX_ARC $_3IVX_EXT cd 3ivx-openquicktime-* cp *.so $XANIM_MOD_DIR mv *.so /usr/local/lib mv oqt* /usr/local/bin mv qt* /usr/local/bin mv dechunk /usr/local/bin mv make_streamable /usr/local/bin cp recover /usr/local/bin cd $XANIM_MOD_DIR ln -sf /usr/local/lib/quicktime_codec_3IV1.so vid_3ivx.so echo "3IVX Codecs Done - \"Enter\" to continue." read ans } # Unpack the skin unpackSkin () { cd $UPACK_DIR extractArc ${SKIN_ARC} ${SKIN_EXT} mkdir -p $SKIN_DIR if [ ! -z "$SKIN_ARC" ] then rm -rf $SKIN_DIR/${SKIN_ARC} fi mv ${SKIN_ARC} $SKIN_DIR/ echo "MPlayer Skin Done - \"Enter\" to continue." read ans } # Configure MPlayer configure() { cd $UPACK_DIR ./configure \ --with-win32libdir=${W32_CODECS_DIR} \ --with-sdl-config=/usr/local/bin/sdl-config \ --with-xanimlibdir=${XANIM_MOD_DIR} \ --enable-svga \ --enable-sdl \ --enable-gui echo "MPlayer Configure Done - \"Enter\" to continue." read ans } # Install MPlayer install() { cd $UPACK_DIR gmake gmake install echo "MPlayer Install Done - \"Enter\" to continue." read ans } # Creates Startup Script createStartupScript() { MVP=/usr/local/bin/mvp rm -f $MVP touch $MVP echo '#!/bin/sh' > $MVP echo '' >> $MVP echo "SKIN=$SKIN_ARC" >> $MVP echo 'xterm -e mplayer -xy 2 -loop 0 -gui -skin $SKIN $1' >> $MVP chmod +x $MVP echo "Startup Script Done" echo "\tTry \"$MVP {Mpg-Mov-Avi-File}\" at the prompt!" echo "Done!" } ## # Main Program ## unpackMplayer unpackSVGALib unpackSDL unpackW32 unpackCodex unpack3IVX unpackSkin configure install createStartupScript