Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.
Dennis, I hope these will help you out. Put these into /usr/share/icons/ Seve -Original Message- From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc. 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. rp7.xpm rprod.xpm rprod-wine.xpm
Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.
Dennis Myers wrote: Well I tried the b2.bin download and did a chmod and the ./INSTALL , nothing happened. No install to or anything just took me back to the "root@localhost "# line. There must be a pattern to downloads and installations that I am missing cause I don't see consistancy in the way these programs are installed. Anyway, I now will begin to try to uninstall and try to regain my verve for Linux. Some of this seems to much like a guessing game, guess where the file is, guess where you should put it and then guess if it will work correctly. I think that you are looking at it too hard. All it takes is 2 lines to install I D/Led it to root then : Rename the uncompressed file. Type mv rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2_rpm rp7.linux20.libc6.i386.b2.rpm To install this package, use the standard rpm install command. You must be logged in as root to install this package. Type rpm -i rp7.linux20.libc6.i386.b2.rpm And bingo! it works!!! MarkP
Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.
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
Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.
Romanator wrote: 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 OOPs! Sorry, I get frustrated and want answers and forget to go search the archive. Thanks for the Help.
Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.
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
Re: [newbie] Realplayer and icons etc.
Well I tried the b2.bin download and did a chmod and the ./INSTALL , nothing happened. No install to or anything just took me back to the "root@localhost "# line. There must be a pattern to downloads and installations that I am missing cause I don't see consistancy in the way these programs are installed. Anyway, I now will begin to try to uninstall and try to regain my verve for Linux. Some of this seems to much like a guessing game, guess where the file is, guess where you should put it and then guess if it will work correctly. Romanator wrote: 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
