Installing mplayer on kubuntu
Last modified on July 24, 2026 • 1 min read • 69 words- 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: http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy multiverse
- download any extra codecs: wget http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20050412.tar.bz2
- unpack the codecs: tar -xvjf all-20050412.tar.bz2
- create the directory for the codecs: mkdir /usr/lib/win32
- move the “codecs” to the new directory: mv all-20050412/* /usr/lib/win32
- install mplayer: apt-get install mplayer-586
- install mplayer fonts: apt-get install mplayer-fonts