On Thursday 29 March 2001 11:08 pm, you wrote:
I installed RealPlayer8.rpm on mandrake 7.2 with no problem at all. I had
problem with the beta versions but not this one. This one works like a
charm.
> Dear friends:
>
> You can get RealPlayer 8 from RealPlayer home page at
> http://www.real.com by selecting the free RealPlayer 8 Basic and then
> choosing under OS "Unix". This will take you directly to the Unix
> Community Supported RealPlayer page at:
>
> http://huxley.real.com/real/player/unix/unix.html?src=rpbform
>
> You have a choice of downloading two files for Linux: a RealPlayer8.rpm
> and the other file, which is a RealPlayer8.bin file. Due to the problem
> with "a different architecture", the rpm file will NOT install. It has
> been strongly advised by our gurus NOT to try to install it either by
> forcing it (--force) or by using the --ignorearch option. INSTEAD, do
> what I just did, thanks to a message from Wolfgang and from Tom
> Brinkman:
>
>
> First uninstall RealPlayer 7 by typing the command as root:
>
> #rpm -e RealPlayer
>
> Now install the RealPlayer8.bin file (around 5.8 meg) as ROOT. Then, as
> root, continue your installation and install the plugins and mimetypes.
> This is part of the installation as root. Just follow instructions until
> you have installed it fully as root. Then, as USER, go to the directory
> it has installed itself in, namely,
>
> /usr/local/RealPlayer8
>
> and type:
>
> $/usr/local/RealPlayer8>sh mimetypes.sh
>
> and
>
> $/usr/local/RealPlayer8>sh plugins.sh
>
> This will give you the plugins and mimetypes as user.
>
> Now, all that's left is to make it more convenient to launch RealPlayer8
> as a desktop icon.
>
> Create the icon, then in Properties, Execute type:
>
> kstart /usr/local/RealPlayer8/./realplay
>
> If you don't add "kstart" you won't be able to launch RealPlayer
> automatically from the icon.
>
> So, add the "kstart ..." and it's done. That's it.
>
> I am going to send this to the Newbie list. Hopefully, this will help
> other newbies.
>
> My thanks again to everyone who helped.
>
> Benjamin
