- edit /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment the lines for universe (remove the "#" in front of the lines)
- add a line similar to universe see the example:
deb http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
(note I am in Austria, I suggest you get a mirror closer to you)
the two steps before are only needed if you run breezy, with 9.04 it is already as it should be. - cd /tmp
(change directory to /tmp) - wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20071007.tar.bz2
(download any extra codecs) - tar -jxf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
(unpack the codecs) - sudo mkdir /usr/lib/win32
(create the directory for the codecs) - sudo mv essential-20071007/* /usr/lib/win32
(move the "codecs" to the new directory) - rm -r essential-20071007*
(remote the folder) - sudo aptitude update
(update apt-sources) - sudo aptitude install mplayer smplayer
(install mplayer)
SMPlayer is a nice GUI for mplayer by the way, so enjoy!