video players

[Peter Garrett]

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:48:17 -0500
fred woodruff <fwoodruff at bellsouth.net> wrote:

Hi - see below for hints...

> Hello.
>  I like ubuntu 5.10,I used ubuntu 5.04,they work great,even with out the 
> realplayer it is still better than windows,I am so tired of bill gates.I 
> have tried all kinds of ways to install realplayer,helix player,ubuntu 
> 5.10 will not let me install it,

Read the URL below, and follow the instructions. Note that it will probably be best to download the player to your home directory, but if you download it to the desktop you can change to that directory by doing

cd ~/Desktop  (notice the capital D ! )

all the commands are run in the terminal ( Applications - Accessories -Terminal )

here's the URL:

http://help.ubuntu.com/starterguide/C/ch03.html#id2526342

> why wasnt a video player put in the OS 
> so it would be there,you need a video player as a matter of a fact you 
> have to have one,does someone know how to put realplayer in because 
> everything I have tried does not work,if someone could help me here I 
> would be very thankful.
>                             fwoodruff at bellsouth.net

OK, you can read about this at

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats

You might also go to

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation

which will link you to lots of useful information.

For lots of help read

http://help.ubuntu.com/starterguide/C/faqguide-all.html


Peter

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