In comp.os.linux.setup atul.ee@gmail.com:
> When I try to install VLC player in my system, it asks for root
> paasword. Is there any way by which I can install the package for my
> login without root privilage?

What kind of package (file extension?) and what does the command
'file ' tell?

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Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.setup atul.ee@gmail.com:
> > When I try to install VLC player in my system, it asks for root
> > paasword. Is there any way by which I can install the package for my
> > login without root privilage?
>
> What kind of package (file extension?) and what does the command
> 'file ' tell?
>
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> Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
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Hi Michael,
File extension is .rpm
and command "file vlc-0.8.5-1.i386.rpm" returns:
vlc-0.8.5-1.i386.rpm: RPM v3 bin i386 vlc-0.8.5-1
Regards,
Atul Agrawal

In comp.os.linux.setup atul.ee@gmail.com:

> Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.setup atul.ee@gmail.com:
>> > When I try to install VLC player in my system, it asks for root
>> > paasword. Is there any way by which I can install the package for my
>> > login without root privilage?

>> What kind of package (file extension?) and what does the command
>> 'file ' tell?
[..]

> File extension is .rpm
> and command "file vlc-0.8.5-1.i386.rpm" returns:
> vlc-0.8.5-1.i386.rpm: RPM v3 bin i386 vlc-0.8.5-1

Check 'man rpm2cpio' and 'man cpio' to turn the package first
into a cpio file (rpm2cpio) and then unpack (cpio) to your $HOME.
This should be the easiest.

Good luck
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