[xine-user] Trouble installing RPMs on RedHat 8

[<ala...@at...>]

Hi, I'm new to this list and to Linux (relatively), so bare with me please if 
I'm not making complete sense in my descriptions of what my problem is...

I have RedHat 8.0 installed on my computer and I downloaded the XINE player rpm 
along with a bunch of support rpms in the hopes of being able to play DVDs on 
Linux in my ongoing effort to ditch XP which came with my machine. 

Below is the list of rpms i downloaded...
xine-0.9.19-fr1.i386.rpm
libdvdread-0.9.4-fr2.i386.rpm
libcss-0.1.0-5.i386.rpm
alsa-lib-0.9.1-fr1.src.rpm
xvidcore-0.9.1-0.dag.rh80.i386.rpm
flac-1.1.0-fr1.i386.rpm
libfame-0.9.0-fr1.i386.rpm
libfame-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
fame-0.9.0-1.i386.rpm
aalib-1.4rc4-1.i386.rpm

I also downloaded a version of xine-lib, or lib-xine (i can't remember which it 
was), to supplement the main xine rpm. 

Here's my problem -- I go to the folder i have these rpm's in, using KDE, and i 
double-click on the main xine rpm to install it. XINE complains that I need to 
install the list of other rpms above before it can continue. I continue to do 
this, but when I try to install the flac, or the fame rpm, again, i forget 
which one, nothing happens. I try going to a command shell and issue the command
rpm -ivh "rpm-name-here.rpm" i get a one line message indicating that 
something's happening, and then the prompt never comes back. It sits there for 
like 10 or 15 minutes before I have to kill the shell, and ultimately the rpm 
process through the kill command.

I guess I have 2 questions - 1) what am i doing wrong - i.e. why isn't the rpm 
installing correctly, and 2) why isn't there a simple installation procedure 
for installing this? Can i find an rpm that has everything pre-built into it 
that i can download, or must I gather the correct rpm's manually?

Any help is MUCH appreciated!!

Thanks in advance,
Alan