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1. I tried the above procedure mentioned. But after i did ” sudo ./install.sh ” , it asked me to enter a password.

   I’m even unable to extract the files because it is password protected. How do I resolve this to install divx codecs on my linux ??

2. Enter your own password

3. thankyou sooo much for the instructions on installing the divx codec…..it worked only thing is…i still cant figure out how to watch a streaming movie even with the codec….the further instructions and after installing vlc…i even removed mplayer…for example on a site such as 66stage.com…..the website still tells me that i’m missing the codec…even though i have installed it and i even tried reinstalling it just in case.but it says its installed…can anyone help…im out of ideas…

4. Installing vlc does not work. I’m using kubuntu.

5. You don’t need to install any codecs.
   VLC Media player does the job without any assistance. You will only have problems with .asf, .wmv and .rm (Proprietary media formats)

   It works both for Linux as well as Windows

   Go read the home page.

6. Well, after installed the codec, the existing VLC 0.9 beta still could not open those DIVX video, any ideas?

   I found nothing been left after the installation inside /tmp

   How to incorporate the codec to work with VLC?

7. I installed vlc
   sudo apt-get install vlc

   but opening avi files plays only voice !! not video

8. Thanks for the support i have got the Divx installed.

9. As mentioned above; VLC uses it’s own codecs; installing the DivX codec pack will not make it play in VLC.

   I’m at a loss as to any tool that actually uses the “official” DivX library.

10. i want to know about the all steps to runing the vedio in linux

11. i types my own password but it didnt work, by own pass word what do you mean, if you mean the password to log onto the computer, it doesnt work, so please tell me what password to type

12. brian@brian:/tmp/divx611-20060201-gcc4.0.1$ $ sudo ./install.sh
    bash: $: command not found

    um.. how can i fix this because i followed all directions up to here — it is hopefully apparent to you all that i am stuck.

    any help would be of great use to me.
    thanks, brian

13. sudo needs root password. If your guys are so dumb why are you using Linux in the first place? Stick to StupidSoft.

    1. Err..sudo does not take the root password.

       1. sudo gives a regular user account super/root rights. You put sudo in the front of your command when it requires you to read or write system files that you’re regular account is not a owner/group member of.

14. I ran through the steps without a problem. Except I am trying to us VLC as my streaming video client for play divx videos through firefox. How can I set that up?

15. i did all the steps..but vlc’s only got sound and no video…did i do something wrong? i got confirmation that divx installed properly but no go =( help!

16. Me too have the password problem as karthik and Adam
    I think contents.dat is separately password protected.

    Brian pls chk ur help files to know correct usage of ‘sudo’ command
    { sudo **ur extracted file path**/install.sh}
    to goto root type sodo -i at terminal and follow the steps above

17. sudo not working….
    cannot find command
    Help

18. In order to use sudo you must have an entry in /etc/sudoers file.
    Usually in the following format:
    username ALL=(ALL) ALL

    When using sudo command you will need to provide your own username password.

    If sudo has not been setup you need to become a root user (just type: su and provide root password) and then add the following line into /etc/sudoers file. After that sudo should work.

19. man sudo
    vi /etc/sudoers
    if you can’t figure that out use windows

20. @jimmyjiggle
    m8 suppose you’ve born with linux pre installed inside your brain…
    give a chance to 0thers jump into Linux, is what Linux forums standing for.
    If you do not want to be helpful, maybe windows is a better place for u.
    After all there has not to be any answer , simply cause everything is locked 😉

21. if sudo doesn’t work try sudo su.it’s for ubuntu and some other versions. it will ask you your password and after you submit it it will change u to superuser. after you do whatever u want enter exit to became a regular user again.

22. I installed was able to run the installation file for divx code on fedora 10 but i open some sort of agreement text and didnt move further could anyone guide me what to do next.

23. Rocky – “Press Q after reading agreement, please type yes to install codes.”
    Thanks – this works on the Aspire One’s Linux.

24. Hello!
    I’ve got also kubuntu and line : sudo apt-get vlc doesn’t works…
    what might be the problem and how to fix it?
    thx

25. mandervian – use sudo apt-get install vlc

26. Hi,
    during apt-get update i recieved the following error:

    pc000113:/tmp/divx611-20060201-gcc4.0.1 # apt-get update
    Ign http://ftp-1.gwdg.de update/11.1 repomd.xml
    Get:1 http://ftp-1.gwdg.de 11.1/repo/oss/suse repomd.xml [951B]
    Fetched 951B in 0s (6395B/s)
    Err http://ftp-1.gwdg.de update/11.1/ primary.xml
      404 Not Found
    Err http://ftp-1.gwdg.de update/11.1/ filelists.xml
      404 Not Found
    Hit http://ftp-1.gwdg.de 11.1/repo/oss/suse/ primary.xml
    Hit http://ftp-1.gwdg.de 11.1/repo/oss/suse/ filelists.xml
    Failed to fetch http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/suse/i386/update/11.1/repodata/primary.xml  404 Not Found
    Failed to fetch http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/suse/i386/update/11.1/repodata/filelists.xml  404 Not Found
    Reading Package Lists... Error!
    E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
    E: Error occured while processing transmission-gtk (NewVersion1)
    E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp-1.gwdg.de_pub_opensuse_distribution_11.1_repo_oss_suse_repodata_primary.xml
    E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
    

    thx

27. I’m a Mac user who is just now venturing into Linux.
    I too was having a problem with the install.
    Pressing “Q” worked. Thank you!

    But how was a newbie supposed to know that I needed to press “Q”?
    That’s not very intuitive.

    Peter

28. I followed the instructions to the letter, divx is definitely installed but still cannot play files either on vlc, xine or gstreamer… annnnnnd vlc does not appear to have any codecs at all installed for use…weird…

29. Many thanks for your instructions for installing DIV X, they worked perfectly with Xubuntu and VLC Player.

30. How to play mp3, .avi, .3gp, .mpeg, .dob, and .flv files in ubuntu and fedora.
    How to install other software like vlc player, powr dvd on ubuntu and fedora
    Please reply

31. good morning every one !!!

    could any one plz tell me how to get direct download to vlc player then direct command to install it on suse linux with out problems so i can watch my flv,mpeg files..etc that are only working on windows …i do really appreciate your efforts
    thanks

32. VNC install doesn’t work – when running ‘sudo apt-get vlc’ I get an error (E: Invalid operation vlc)

    1. see unbuntu’s advice above:
       >> use sudo apt-get install vlc

33. Hi!

    Thanks for the tutorial…
    But instead of “sudo apt-get vlc” you should type “sudo apt-get install vlc”

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