cant install codecs

[dw5437]

Am using Stanton Finleys installation site to try to get everything installed in FC5. His instructions follow along with results.

* Open the terminal. Type:

su

Hit enter. Type your root password. Hit enter.

* Type:

mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/

Hit enter.

* Type:

mkdir /usr/lib/win32

Hit enter.

* Type:

tar xvfj *.tar.bz2


root@localhost ~]# tar xvfj *.tar.bz2
tar: *.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
[root@localhost ~]#

Any ideas of what went wrong ? File is in home directory.

[b00st]

You are in the root directory, in terminal type

cd /home/<your username here>

to go to your home directory where the file is. Try the steps again. Also /usr/lib/codecs would be the place you may want to put the codecs, xine reads from there as well.

[dw5437]

Thanks alot b00st that worked. now for the next problem the next step he mentions I get bad results also

root@localhost dw5437]# rm *.tar.bz2
rm: remove regular file `all-20060501.tar.bz2'? y
[root@localhost dw5437]# cp ./all-20060611/* /usr/local/lib/codecs/
cp: cannot stat `./all-20060611/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# chmod 755 /usr/local/lib/codecs/*
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/lib/codecs/*': No such file or directory
[root@localhost dw5437]# mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/lib/codecs/': File exists
[root@localhost dw5437]# exit
exit

Now what ? I feel like a newbie all over again.