enable mp3 support

[Balvinder25]

Hi all,

I am a quite a new user to ubuntu and im just learning the trade of the game.
The issue that i have is i want to enable mp3 support in ubuntu but the i dont have access to internet at home., some isp problems ;(
I use ubuntu 7.10 by the way.
now is there any way that i could download some codec installation files from out side and then take that home and install it.
any help would be highly appreciated.
balvinder

[505]

Yes, there is, but it is not very nice. On the RestrictedFormats page you can find how to install MP3 support. It's the package "ubuntu-restricted-extras". You need to download the .deb for this package at http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/ubu...tricted-extras (click the i386 link at the bottom). However, this is just a meta-package, so you also need to download all .deb's listed under "recommends". Once done, double-click ubuntu-restricted-extras.deb and install. If it complains about missing packages you also need to download those.

[Balvinder25]

thanks for that ..
would try to get that working..

[oldos2er]

Have a look at http://nonetdebs.unixpod.com/

[Eclipse.]

Yes, there is, but it is not very nice. On the RestrictedFormats page you can find how to install MP3 support. It's the package "ubuntu-restricted-extras". You need to download the .deb for this package at http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/ubu...tricted-extras (click the i386 link at the bottom). However, this is just a meta-package, so you also need to download all .deb's listed under "recommends". Once done, double-click ubuntu-restricted-extras.deb and install. If it complains about missing packages you also need to download those.

Thats an extremly long and complicated method, especially for beginners.

Easy method:-


Simply type this from the terminal:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Or search for it in synaptic package manager.

That will install mp3 support, microsoft fonts, flash and a few other things.

[gfg]

Thats an extremly long and complicated method, especially for beginners.

Easy method:-


Simply type this from the terminal:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Or search for it in synaptic package manager.

That will install mp3 support, microsoft fonts, flash and a few other things.

Well it's hard to do that seeing as he has no working internet connection. He asked for a way to do it offline, and that is sort of complicated.

[sundar_ima]

Well it's hard to do that seeing as he has no working internet connection. He asked for a way to do it offline, and that is sort of complicated.

i thik following link will help you to solve the problem. http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Ubuntu-re...line_installer

[sundar_ima]

you can also download the ubuntu restricted extra offline installer from here http://rapidshare.com/files/22219227...staller.tar.gz and if you want VLC to be installed with out internet connection then download VLC offline installer from here http://rapidshare.com/files/22229269...staller.tar.gz

[apparle]

See this

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=310020

See my last entry for making an offline repository.
Then use the script to generate package list.
Use wget on a box with net connection.(wget is available for Windows as well)
bring the downloaded .deb packages on the ubuntu computer.
Goto the directory in konsole/terminal and install using command
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

[mac9416]

It might be best to use Keryx. It is an internetless package manager for Ubuntu.