how to make mp3 files play in ubuntu 7.10.

What was the error message saying? Try installing gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad , gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg and you should be able to play a lot of music and movies =).

Close Synaptic, Add/Remove and so on and start a terminal and write the following:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

Thanks for your immediate response. I tried to install the .deb packages by double clicking it from the desktop.
To install through the terminal, where should I place the packages ? thanks in advance..

I don't understand. You don't have to download any .deb packages on your own. All you have to do is to write in "sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg" in a terminal, press enter, give your password and then wait.

What happens if you do that?

Hi.
Open the multimedia file with Totem player.
It search the codec, and open a window for install it ;)

Isak Frants : Thanks for your help. When i tried in the terminal, I get errors like 'package not found' or 'folder not found'. So I
assumed that as the installation is done from the shipped cd and not from dvd, it must be a basic version without the packages. So I needed to download the packages of gstreamer to install them.

 marquinos : Thanks for your advice ! I actually knew that ;-) If i had an internet connection why all these troubles. i would have gone ahead installing all the required codecs online. :-). Since I have not got an internet connection, i have to get things dowloaded from a net cafe. PS: I have a dial up connection, it would be nice of u if u could give me the steps to connect a dial up connection. :-)

I'm a newbie to Ubuntu. I'm so impressed that I want to make it as usable as Windows xp somehow such that i can stop using xp anymore. Please help.

Alright, btw, have you enabled the repositories? System-->Administration-->Software sources (or something similar). Have you got the first 4 checkboxes checked? =)

You said you got an error message when trying to install the .deb packages. What was the error?

I'm unfamiliar to dial up and Ubuntu :/ Can't help you on that one.

Sorry for the delay in getting back. When I type the command "sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg" in the terminal i get the error :

       E: package gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad has no installation candidate

When i install any .deb packages I get the following error:

      E: couldn't find package required package

1. Once again, have you enabled repositories? System-->Administration-->Software sources (or something similar). Have you got the first 4 checkboxes checked?

2. What happens if you write in: "sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg"?

3. What required package could not be found when you tried installing the .deb?

Ya, I have got the first 4 checkboxes enabled. Then when I give the command "sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg", I get the same error as I stated earlier.

 E: package gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad has no installation candidate

Is there any problem with the installation I have done ? But I felt that the installation has been done fine.

Doesn't the shipped cd contain all the required packages ?

Thanks Isak Frants, that solved my question.

Great!