Submitted by Anonymous on September 30, 2008 - 1:07pm
For legal reasons, some types of Linux (like MEPIS) don't include certain software that allows one to play as many DVDs, or certain multimedia files, as they would like. If you are not from a part of the world where these software packages raise legal issues this can be rather irksome. If that sounds like you, then to enable extra multimedia playing capabilities:
- Open Synaptic Package Manager (Kmenu -> Settings)
- At the top of Synaptic, go to Settings -> Repos
- Place a check mark next to the repo as shown in the picture and click OK
- Click the "Reload" button at the top right corner of the screen
- View the new packages: on the right side on the bottom, click "Status" and then above the four buttons click "new in repository", or if time has elapsed since you enabled the multimedia repo, click "Not installed" to see all software (not just multimedia software) that isn't installed)
- Now look through the list and find software packages (such as w32codecs)
Feel free to ask around on the MepisLovers forums to find out just what you need.
