Vlc and Redshift

[panos93]

Hi there forum! Well I used to install Mageia on my laptop from the Gnome DVD. It used to work great:) I could find all the software I needed, until today! I installed the Mageia Full DVD and the thing is that the Software Centre doesn't show the vlc or the Redshift applications on the search results. Why is that??

[panos93]

Another thing. Apart from that whenever I try to install a package I get a message " Please insert Mageia medium ".

[wobo]

You need to set up your online package media. When installing from a LiveCD this is done automagical, not with the installer DVD.

1. Open the Mageia Control Center -> Software Management
2. Open "Configure media sources for install and update"
3. remove the mark in the first column before the the entry of your DVD.
4. Click on "Add" - in the now opening box choose the "Full set of sources" (you need a working internet connection for this!)

After all hdlists are downloaded you will see a list of all media, only core and non-free are marked. If you want to use tainted then mark them as Enabled.

Now close this by clicking on OK

Open "Install & remove software" and set the first dropdown filter on the left side to "All" to see all available packages.

[panos93]

Thanks wobo! It worked like a charm:) Problem solved.

[panos93]

Again... another problem... I decided to watch a movie with vlc. I inserted the dvd but vlc didn't play it. So, I had to install libdvdcss.rpm. Hopefully it worked. How was that supposed to be solved hadn't I downloaded the package from the net?

[doktor5000]

How was that supposed to be solved hadn't I downloaded the package from the net?

You would have asked here? For VLC there is no support of automatic installation of packages, AFAIK.

[wobo]

libdvdcss is illegal to use in certain countries so residents in such countries may not want to use it. That's why it can not be a part of an automatic installation (like a dependency of thre normal vlc or normal mplayer).
It should be a dependency of the "tainted" versions of vlc and mplayer, though.

[panos93]

Thanks wobo!:)

[doktor5000]

It should be a dependency of the "tainted" versions of vlc and mplayer, though.

It should rather be a Suggests
Any volunteers for the bugreport?