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hribarj · Joined: 06 Apr 2012 Posts: 15

I would like to find a lightweight Linux version of Windows Media Player for use on Puppy 5.3.1. I tried to install Consonance but it requires libao.so.2. I haven't been able to find it anywhere, and if I did would not be able to install it myself unless it was a .pet. (I'm Linux challenged). Any help locating an alternate program or installing consonance would be appreciated.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2053 Location: World_Hub

Hribarj- why not get over being challenged and just weed out the deps- libao.

If you Pfind consonance, open a terminal and run ldd- it'll tell ya what you're short:

hribarj · Joined: 06 Apr 2012 Posts: 15

Semme - Why don't you go find something else to do if you don't want to help us noobies. Puppy was created for Windows users who don't need or want to learn code in order to get things done. Your remarks are not helping the cause.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2053 Location: World_Hub

Hey, it's OK- I can overlook your slight.. As far as Consonance- how'd you make out?

*If you were wondering about this, you simply dwnld'n clk- Slacko handles the rest..

Ah, I see.. Pragha is one that's based on Consonance. Looks good!

I say if you already have Consonance installed- I'll help ya work out the deps..

hribarj · Joined: 06 Apr 2012 Posts: 15

I got Consonance running. What I found out is that the lib it said was missing was included in another set of lib files. So when I searched I couldn't find the one I needed. I just kept installing libs until it worked.
Unfortunately, Consonance is not what I'm looking for. I tried MediaMonkey (which is perfect) but either my machine is too slow or I've missed something. It loads and runs but won't play. I also tried Banshee and Xnoise with Wine but they wouldn't even run. Finally, I found Songbird in the Puppy Lucid PET packages and everything worked like a charm. The main thing I'm trying to do is use my old Thinkpad T22 as a remote for playing MP3's which reside on my Windows XP system in another part of the house. The XP machine has buku storage and music. The ThinkPad has none.
I would really like to use WMP on both machines but that's probably a stretch.
One more question on another topic. Am I correct in assuming that the Puppy 5.3.1 I'm using has a limited set of commands? When I try to run most of the commands I get from here (like yours) it doesn't recognize them. Is there a way around this?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2053 Location: World_Hub

Addressing the latter- offhand I'm not sure, I'd have to boot it. Are you referring to commands like these?

Does help show if you load: ldd --help into a shell or terminal window?