[nflug] windows media player files

[Josh Johnson]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert F. Stockdale IV" <javabob at adelphia.net>
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: [nflug] windows media player files
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:17:08 -0500
> 
> 
> I'm familiar with the --newuse flag however, what is the "-uDa"  
> switch for. This thread has rekindled my interest in learning more 
> about portage and emerge, but there is so much information to read.
> Bob

Yeah, there is a ton of docs on it. I've finally memorized just the handful of commands that I use all the time.
  -u: update
  -D: update all package dependencies as well
  -a: ask before actually emerging.

Another good USE flag is "nsplugin" which will install the appropriate files for some programs (mplayer,acroread...) to be used as plugins in netscape-compatible browsers (mozilla,firefox,etc).

> 
> David J. Andruczyk wrote:
> >
> > --- "Robert F. Stockdale IV" <javabob at adelphia.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On my system (Gentoo 2005.1) Aviplay is the only program I've been
> >> successful at getting wmv files to play. I also would like one 
> >> program to handle all video
> >> formats.
> >> Bob
> >
> >
> > You need to edit your USE flags in /etc/make.conf to get things like
> > win32 codecs and whatnot enabled.. I use the following use flags (which
> > might be excessive for your needs), just edit to taste.  You should
> > open a second terminal and look at /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc as
> > that describes what the use flags mean.
> >
> >
> > My USE flags from /etc/make.conf:
> >
> > USE="xanim real cdparanoia matroksa bidi nptl quicktime gif gui X aac
> > 3dnow 3dnowext avi mythtv mmx mmxext sse sse2 network imagemagick a52
> > divx4linux oggvorbis openal opengl gtk gtk2 gnome alsa kde -ldap xft
> > freetype truetype dga rtc live xv tga svga libcaca lirc  ggi dts
> > directfb aalib acl cdr cups curl dvd dv dvdread fame v4l2 win32codecs
> > v4l fbcon encode dvb arts gstreamer esd foomaticdb xprint ppds jack
> > java joystick jpeg mjpeg xvid nvidia theora mad mpeg pam ruby samba qt
> > sdl usb videos wmf xmms ssl visualization"
> >
> > For the basics you would need "win32codecs oggvorbis a52 divx4linux avi
> > aac quicktime mad mpeg wmf xvid mjpeg jpeg gstreamer aalib dvd dv
> > dvdread" and then mplayer and xinewill both be able to play windows WMV
> > files.
> >
> > Once you change your USE flags, you can run one thing that'll update
> > your system to enable that functionality that you wanted.
> >
> > "emerge --newuse -uDa world"  NOTE: this can be time consuming
> > depending on how many packages the new use flags affect, but the wait
> > is worthwhile.
> >
> > The important one is "--newuse" as it tells portage to check all
> > installed packagesagainst the new use flags and to recompile any
> > package that depended on those flags.
> >
> >
> > Dave J. Andruczyk
> >
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