The debian installer in potato was written when version 7 was available and hasn't been updated. You can either edit /usr/lib/dpkg/info/realplayer.postinst and .prerm to change the references of /usr/lib/RealPlayer7 to /usr/lib/RealPlayer8 or (recommended) install the version in testing/unstable:
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/r/realplayer/realplayer_8.0.2_i386.deb Bob On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:54:41PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > I'm configuring a "stab;e" machine (with Progeny updates). I need RealPlayer, > and > the install package claims that I should get version 7 fro Real;s web sit. > > I'm afraid that I can only find version 8, am I overlooking soemthing?