If you have the extra time and want to mess around with the icons yourself,
you can go to the 'real' website and right click on the 'Real.com' graphic
in the upper left corner and save the image to your $user account. Next,
open the image in the gimp and find the 'scale' tool (works a lot like
'crop') and scale the image down to the size you want for a desktop icon
then choose 'save as' and name the file whatever.xpm choosing 'xpm' as the
file extension from the drop down list. Finally, close the gimp and right
click on the file that you saved choosing to open with the 'icon editor' and
you'll see your icon not only magnified, but in block form so you can erase
the parts you don't want and add to it whatever you want.
Maybe not as easy as just getting the other version, but it's kind of fun to
play with all the extra software that comes preconfigured on your Mandrake
system.
Mike
> Hi,
>
> The rpm version does not have icons or .xpms. You will have to go back
> to www.real.com
> and download rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2.bin. It's a larger install and
> it provides the icons(.xpms).
>
> You must login as 'root', and download the file to your 'root'
> directory. After the download, open up xterm or console, and type in the
> following:
>
> A)
> chmod u+x rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2.bin
>
> B) Press the 'enter' key
>
> C) It will create an installation directory in root called
> ILINXR.install or something like that. It's been some time since I've
> installed it. Type in: ./INSTALL
>
> D)
> Install it to /usr/X11R6/bin/RealPlayer7. Actually it can be installed
> to /usr/local but that's a matter of preference.
> E) Navigate to the RealPlayer 7 folder and copy rp7.xpm(this is the
> large icon) to /usr/share/icons
> F) Copy the rp7mini.xpm icon file to /usr/share/icons/mini
>
> Remember, Linux does not use the .ico file extension but .xpm file
> extensions for the icon files. Windows uses .ico file extensions.
>
> In addition, check out the emails from the last 1 - 2 months. All of the
> instructions that you need are already there. This topic has been
> covered dozens and dozens of times.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Roman
>
> Eric MC DECLERCK wrote:
> >
> > Dennis Myers wrote:
> > >
> > > Here I am with all indications that real player 7 down loaded and
> > > installed. It shows up in RPM/files and is set in /usr/bin and
> > > usr/local with a whole bunch of /usr/lib files. Ok, how do I know it
is
> > > working? It also shows up in /usr/local/netscape/plugins. I don't know
> > > if or how I should put an icon on the desk top or on the tray ala MS
> > > Windows. Any ideas on if I installed ok and how to make an icon, any
> > > icon for that matter.
> > Hi Dennis,
> > download a file to play at
> > http://frederik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.html
> > after that simply click on it.
> > Eric
>
