# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1045647603 0 # Node ID 93c91fea7a18a0f42b5091db332b92ebfa419a11 # Parent b83d242708bf6380f5d30b680cfd8ba61881d5ae binary package updates diff -r b83d242708bf -r 93c91fea7a18 DOCS/en/documentation.html --- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html Wed Feb 19 00:34:56 2003 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html Wed Feb 19 09:40:03 2003 +0000 @@ -1588,7 +1588,9 @@

6.1 Linux

The main development platform is Linux on x86, although MPlayer works on many - other Linux ports.

+ other Linux ports. Binary packages of MPlayer are available from several + sources. However, none of these packages are supported. Report problems to the + authors, not to us.

6.1.1 Debian packaging

@@ -1608,26 +1610,20 @@

Christian Marillat has been making unofficial Debian MPlayer, MEncoder and font packages for a while, you can (apt-)get them from his - homepage. These packages are highly - unofficial, however, as Christian made and redistributed these packages when - MPlayer was still not fully GPLed and - binary redistribution was - not allowed. Christian ignored requests to stop redistributing his packages, - which caused bad blood with MPlayer developers. Binary redistribution is not - a problem anymore, but we do not support these packages!

+ homepage.

6.1.2 RPM packaging

Dominik Mierzejewski created and maintains official Red Hat RPM packages of - MPlayer. They are available from his - homepage. - Please read the instructions there and report problems to him, not us.

+ MPlayer. He has packaged the player, the GUI, fonts, skins, several drivers + and codecs. All of this is available from his + homepage.

-

There are other RPM versions (SuSE now includes MPlayer in their official - distribution, Mandrake packages are available from the - P.L.F) of MPlayer, but none of them is - officially supported.

+

Mandrake RPM packages are available from the + P.L.F. SuSE includes a crippled version of + MPlayer in their distribution. If you want all the features you will have to + install from source.

6.1.3 ARM