Hi Jim,

> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed SL4.  Mplayer was not installed.  I got an 
> mplayer rpm, but there are many dependacies.  I have never had the 
> opportunity to use yum, so am not sure how to go about getting 
> mplayer & its depen. I tried yum install mplayer, but was told that 
> No Match for argument: mplayer.  Was my syntax wrong, or does SL 
> just not have mplayer?
> 
> Thanks for any advice,

You'll find mplayer available in the ATrpms repository.

Goto to ATrpms, add his repo to your yum configuration, then do a "yum -y
install mplayer".

Regards,

Michael.