Heres what i did to get to this point. 3 fresh installs in 2 weeks from the cd i created on another computer. tried to get Mplayer working on the first 2 installs. Xfree86 crashed and i couldnt even get a gui so i had to get up and running and did a fresh install # 3. ITrying for 2 weeks to get MPLAYER, MPLAYER2 or VLC working. downloaded all of the dependencies that i thought i needed from many different sources and types of files including tar, .gz. rpm's repositories etc.. I put most all of the downloads in /usr/share and unpacked and unzipped things in /usr/share. theres a bunch of stuff in there now. I get all kinds of errors and dependency issues that wont allow vlc, mplayer, or mplayer2 to work. Seems like every file i downloaded needed some special technique or dependency that i could not figure out. some installed some didnt. I guess what i need is some advice on what to do now. should i delete the stuff i put in /usr/share?? how do i clean this mess up that i started. I have hundreds of programs and rpms that are in there and i would guess maybe 20 percent installed correctly. what do i do with the rest of them?? what do i do to get vlc running and clean everything up?? its rather overwhelming. been reading up on shared libraries, compilers and trying to figure out how to install a bunch of rpms at one time. i dont even know if rpms work on my system or i need to use repositories or tar files. its so darn confusing im pulling my hair out. Seems i always end up with a bunch of programs but theres so many that im afraid to just start deleting stuff in case i really screw it up. I did change all of the files in my X11 to read only because i feared i would lose my gui if i allowed it to have the read/ write capability. was this stupid?? is that why vlc wont run? if i change it back what files get read/write and what permissions and owners get what ??? see my dilems im just flat out confused. then if i run my gui as a user all of the time then i have trouble installing stuff. if i stay working in a root gui it seems easier but im afraid that ill mess things up. So in a nutshell its all a big confusing mess on what mode to operate in, what files to use for installing packages and trying to fix dependency issues while maintaining a organized computer. Does anyone else feel this way???? I will feel better now if someone feels the same way or did at some point.
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