[MPlayer-users] newbie help

[Naota]

majed dakkak wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 
> ok yesterday i finaly was able to install mplayer in text mode,
> but now i want to play some other formats instead of mpeg and
> want to have mplayer in gui, could some one help me with the
> steps. i am a total newbie in linux.
> 

For the mplayer GUI, you must recompile.  When you ./configure it, do 
./configure --enable-gui

Naota