VLC ON RHEL

It was really nice to see my serious-looking RHEL5 desktop playing movies and songs!!! It took a lot of time for me to dig deep and deep to discover these 5 steps. So, I feel like a winner!! Let me share this happiness with my newbies...!! thanks a lot.!!!

Note: Without internet connection these steps wont work.

1.First install the rpmforge-release<version>.rpm which could be downloaded from http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/...l5.rf.i386.rpm.
Now, install this rpm by means of double clicking on it from GUI or from command mode:
rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
This will automatically configure your yum. ( See the /etc/yum.repos.d directory.There will be some new files with the extension of <rpmforgefilename>.repo)
2.Now, download the fribidi package from http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i586.rpm.html, because it seems like the fribidi rpm is not there in that rpmforge site). Install the fribidi by double clicking on that rpm or run
rpm -ivh <path>/fribidi0-0.10.4-0.i586.rpm.
3.now type yum clean all.
3.Now type yum install vlc.
4.It will take long time to install, about 43 packages or so.
5.After completion, log in as normal user into the GUI mode and go to Applications->Sound and Video -> vlc. open your favorite movie.!
Note: Root user will not be allowed to run vlc. You can run the program only as a normal user.!!

rpm -ivh  http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el5/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm

 rpm -ivh  ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/f/fr/fribidi/fribidi0-0.10.4-0.i586.rpm

 install below from local repo

 yum install xor*
 yum install qt*
 yum install arts
 yum install libX*

 install from rpmforge

 yum  install vlc*