xmms crash

[Clayton Anderson]

Mark C wrote:
> Clayton Anderson wrote:
> 
>> turnip:/home/dad# xmms
>> libmikmod.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> This is the key, it cannot find a shared file, that xmms requires
> If you are unsure of the program that supplies this file, a quick and 
> easy way is to  go to
> 
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
> 
> and under: 'Search the contents of packages'
> nter that filename and change the Distribution to unstable or testing, 
> this will give you the deb that supplies this missing file,
> then just apt get it, follow the links on the site to manually download 
> it and then run: sudo  dpkg -i filename.deb or use synaptic.
> 
> Sorry, not sure of the command from the consle to find this out.
> 
>> I tried reinstalling to no avail. Can someone explain this error?
> 
> 
> That will not cure it.
> 
> just run:
> 
> apt-get install libmikmod2
> 
> So
> 

Thanks, Mark. That did the trick.

Clayton