Then, scroll down to "Skin Installation" and follow the instructions, but first delete /usr/share/mplayer/skins/default (which was a link to clearplayer). The instructions create a link to Clearlooks, the new skin directory.
mmmmna@3GHz-MCP61SM2MA:$ sudo apt install ./mplayer-skins_3.2_all.deb [sudo] password for mmmmna: Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information... DoneNote, selecting 'mplayer-skins' instead of './mplayer-skins_3.2_all.deb'mplayer-skins is already the newest version (3.2).mplayer-skins set to manually installed.The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-4.13.0-37 linux-headers-4.13.0-37-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-38 linux-headers-4.13.0-38-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-39 linux-headers-4.13.0-39-generic linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic linux-image-4.13.0-38-generic linux-image-4.13.0-39-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-37-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-38-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-39-genericUse 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.mmmmna@3GHz-MCP61SM2MA:$
Surprised, I assumed that it was already installed but I forgot the outcome of trying the new skin package, so just now, I tried launching mplayer from virtual console.
It fixes it for me. Did you get the right deb package (3.2.1) and installed it properly? What new error are you talking about? The one about -skin option? If so, have you tried to delete the config file that you created to try to fix the original issue?
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