On Wednesday 09 Jul 2003 10:28 pm, David Middlebrook wrote: > I have recently installed my first Linux system, chose Mandrake 9.1 and am > trying to convert from Windows. I have been using Mozilla as my Web Browser > but have been running into problems when I get to a site that needs a > plug-in like Real Player. Have looked at the About Plug-ins in the Mozilla > Help and it shows this: MIME Type Description > Suffixes Enabled audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer > Plugin Metafile rpm Yes > > What is required to get it to work? > Thanks in advance. > David
Well you need to install RealPlayer. If you have the Powerpack CD the RealPlayer RPM is on your commercial CD alternatively it is available for download from Mandrake Club. You can also find an RPM from Texstars download site at ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms There are two packages RealPlayer8 for the player itself and mozilla-realplayer for the plugin. Tip: an easy way to install from an online source like Texstar is this. In your browser go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php Follow the instructions to define online 'urpmi' sources for 'contrib', 'plf' and 'texstar'. It will tell you the commands to paste into a root terminal to get the packages from those locations appearing in your Mandrake Control Centre>SoftwareInstall GUI. You can then use the Mandrake Software Manager to install RealPlayer and hundreds of other online applications in addition to the packages on your CDs. (Note: the plf sources can be pretty slow. I find the 'club-internet' source to be the best.) Tip: The commands have to pasted into a 'root' terminal. To get a root terminal open a normal terminal window and type su<enter> you will be prompted for a password enter the root password. You are now operating as root user. Tip: To copy/paste in Linux highlight text with your mouse and press mouse wheel/centre button to paste. Once the RealPlayer RPM is installed restart Mozilla and you will be able to use the plugin. HTH derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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