Author: Jack Knight Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu Dependency Madness - was Debian Etch
andSynaptic?
Sean Gibbins wrote: > Jack Knight wrote:
>> Thanks Al, but I'd rather just use mplayer for everything, because it
>> really *does* seem to play just about anything given the right codecs.
>> I've googled, hacked and fiddled, removed totem completely and firefox 2
>> *still* tries to open stuff with totem. I've removed caches, changed
>> mime types and finally symlinked /usr/bin/totem to /usr/bin/gmplayer,
>> which kind of works albeit ps ax shows totem running!
>
> Speaking of mplayer and Ubuntu, I tried to install it recently and
> couldn't find it with an 'apt-cache search'. Anyone able to point me in
> the right direction?
Check your repository settings to ensure universe/multiverse are enabled.
