unset CFLAGS : This command clears the compile flags. This command is optional, but the indications are that the majority of installs will need it. --enable-freetype : This command can be added to the ./configure command to utilize freetype fonts instead of the fonts provided by mplayer. --enable-gui : This command needs to be added to the ./configure command to compile the gui interface code. The package maintainers consider this code 'alpha', therefore it is not included in our default configuration. cp etc/codecs.conf ~/.mplayer : This command copies the standard codecs.conf file to the user. MPlayer expects this file at startup. cp etc/example.conf ~/.mplayer : This command copies the self documented configuration file to the user. We will create an new config file if you installed the gui or you can copy this file to config and edit it for your situation. ln -sf /usr/share/mplayer/font/iso-8859-1/arial-14 ~/.mplayer/font : This command sets the default subtitle font if you did not enable freetype. All of the fonts are arial, but they are available in sizes 14, 18, 24 and 28. Replace the 14 in the command above with the size of your choice.