On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:05:49AM -0400, BTP wrote: > Hello, > > I have been running mostly stable versions of software on my Debian system, > and when I decided to do an > apt-get install gxine > I had to upgrade mozilla and install some other packages. > (apt-get output is included below.) > > My question is, if I want to undo what I have done, what would be the best > course of action? > I already did (apt-get --purge remove gxine) and that really didn't undo all > the other package mangling. > If I do (apt-get --purge remove [all additional packages that were forced to > install]) then I get all kinds of unpredictable > package mangling. > > Is it even worth dealing with this apt-get package management? Seems like I > could get more control with just source installs. Also on the gxine web page > I did not find any quick solution to adding plugins when going with the > debian package route. > > I don't really care about fixing these issues as much as I care about > knowing the best way to install a media player that will work with the most > amount of supported video formats out there. > > If anyone could throw any advice my way it would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi, for good coverage of video formats just add deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main to /etc/apt/sources.list and do apt-get update apt-get install mplayer-586 w32codecs > > ===================================== > The following extra packages will be installed: > libnspr4 libnss3 libsmjs1 libxaw8 mozilla-browser mozilla-psm > > Suggested packages: > realplayer libdvdcss2 libdvdcss xprt latex-xft-fonts > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > gxine libsmjs1 libxaw8 > > The following packages will be upgraded: > libnspr4 libnss3 mozilla-browser mozilla-psm > > 4 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 812 not upgraded. > Need to get 11.2MB of archives. > After unpacking 519kB disk space will be freed. > ===================================== Hth -- Andreas Rippl -- GPG messages preferred Key-ID: 0x81073379
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