The extra downloads should be located in you source directory with the bzip files decompressed while the zip file should remain compressed. Install MPlayer by running the following commands: mkdir /usr/lib/win32 && tar -xvf ../w32codec.tar -C /usr/lib/win32 && unset CFLAGS && ./configure --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer && make && make install && unzip ../mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip -d /usr/share/mplayer/font Each user of MPlayer should complete the install by running the following commands: mkdir ~/.mplayer && cp etc/codecs.conf ~/.mplayer && cp etc/example.conf ~/.mplayer/example.conf && ln -sf /usr/share/mplayer/font/iso-8859-1/arial-14 ~/.mplayer/font