On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Kapil Agrawal <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Dnyanraj Mali <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > hi, > > > > I downloaded a movie tried to play it but it says i need to use Windows > > media player. > > > > i am using ubuntu 9.04, movie file is .avi > > > > i tried to upgrade vlc but its fully upgraded. > > > > can anybody suggest me some solution? > > > > Maybe if you can give more details of the error can help you. try using > mplayer/totem . Also you may need the w32codecs, which you can google and > install on ubuntu. > > > > One more question, if i upgrade to ubuntu 9.10 online, then i will need > > more > > disc space for root partition. is there any solution to reduce disk space > > by > > deleting some unwanted files? > > > > last time i upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04 & some extra space was needed. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Dnyanraj > > _______________________________________ > > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List > > > > > > -- > http://www.linkedin.com/in/kapilagrawal > _______________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List > You can remove unwanted packages. You can also use an app called computer-janitor to free up some space. You can remove all files under /var/cache/apr/archives but mind that you'll have to download all packages all over again. But since you are upgrading to 9.10, you'll have to download new ones anyway. -- Owais Lone http://www.owaislone.tumblr.com _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
