I don't know how you handle contributions from people who aren't registered Debian developers, but I decided I'd patch the realplayer package so it could be used to install RealPlayer 8, and I'm sending my patches. Apply these under the root directory of the realplayer source package using patch with the -p1 option, then do whatever you want with the changelog entry. I hope this helps.
-- Matt Campbell <http://www.pobox.com/~mattcampbell/> ICQ #: 33005941
diff -ur realplayer.orig/debian/changelog realplayer/debian/changelog --- realplayer.orig/debian/changelog Tue Sep 12 05:02:00 2000 +++ realplayer/debian/changelog Sun Dec 31 13:51:36 2000 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +realplayer (8.0) unstable; urgency=low + + * Updated for RealPlayer 8. + + -- Matthew Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:51:36 -0600 + realplayer (7.0.3.1) unstable; urgency=low * Debian QA upload. diff -ur realplayer.orig/debian/config realplayer/debian/config --- realplayer.orig/debian/config Tue Sep 12 04:42:05 2000 +++ realplayer/debian/config Sun Dec 31 13:41:58 2000 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ #!/bin/sh -e # A string that denotes the current version of the player: -version=7.0.3.338 +version=8.0 # The name of the file that comes from Real's web site: -filename=rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm +filename=rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm ############################################################################## diff -ur realplayer.orig/debian/control realplayer/debian/control --- realplayer.orig/debian/control Tue Sep 12 04:48:44 2000 +++ realplayer/debian/control Sun Dec 31 13:42:50 2000 @@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ from their web site. When you install this package you will be guided through that process. . - This package installs the file rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm from + This package installs the file rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm from the real.com website (look for the Unix player). diff -ur realplayer.orig/debian/postinst realplayer/debian/postinst --- realplayer.orig/debian/postinst Tue Sep 12 05:01:19 2000 +++ realplayer/debian/postinst Sun Dec 31 13:44:51 2000 @@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ # A string that denotes the current version of the player: # (get from About box) -version=7.0.3.338 +version=8.0 # The name of the file that comes from Real's web site: -archive=rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm +archive=rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm ############################################################################ @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ /usr/doc/realplayer/RealHelp \ /usr/doc/realplayer/RealHelp.htm \ /usr/lib/RealPlayerG2 \ + /usr/lib/RealPlayer7 \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/Mailcap \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/Mime.types \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/README.RealHelp \ @@ -118,10 +119,10 @@ chown -R root.root * chmod -R go=rX * chmod -R u+rw * - find usr/lib/RealPlayer7/Help -type f | xargs chmod a-x + find usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Help -type f | xargs chmod a-x - rm -rf /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/ - cp -a usr/lib/RealPlayer7/ /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/ + rm -rf /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/ + cp -a usr/lib/RealPlayer8/ /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/ cp -a usr/lib/netscape/plugins/* /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/ # I could use debconf here. Hm. @@ -137,6 +138,6 @@ fi # Make sure this link exists, it makes realplayer work with esd. -ln -sf ../libesd.so.0 /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/libesd.so +ln -sf ../libesd.so.0 /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/libesd.so #DEBHELPER# diff -ur realplayer.orig/debian/prerm realplayer/debian/prerm --- realplayer.orig/debian/prerm Fri Mar 31 16:32:24 2000 +++ realplayer/debian/prerm Sun Dec 31 13:46:18 2000 @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ /usr/doc/realplayer/RealHelp \ /usr/doc/realplayer/RealHelp.htm \ /usr/lib/RealPlayerG2 \ + /usr/lib/RealPlayer7 \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/Mailcap \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/Mime.types \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/README.RealHelp \ @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/README \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/RealHelp.htm \ /usr/share/doc/realplayer/RealHelp \ - /usr/lib/RealPlayer7 \ + /usr/lib/RealPlayer8 \ /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/raclass.zip \ /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/rpnp.so fi diff -ur realplayer.orig/debian/rules realplayer/debian/rules --- realplayer.orig/debian/rules Sat Jun 17 01:31:17 2000 +++ realplayer/debian/rules Sun Dec 31 13:48:51 2000 @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6 usr/X11R6/bin install realplayer debian/tmp/usr/X11R6/bin dh_link usr/X11R6/bin/realplayer usr/X11R6/bin/rvplayer \ - usr/lib/RealPlayer7/rpnphelper usr/X11R6/bin/rpnphelper \ + usr/lib/RealPlayer8/rpnphelper usr/X11R6/bin/rpnphelper \ usr/X11R6/man/man1/realplayer.1x.gz usr/X11R6/man/man1/rvplayer.1x.gz \ usr/X11R6/man/man1/realplayer.1x.gz usr/X11R6/man/man1/rpnphelper.1x.gz \ - usr/lib/RealPlayer7/Help usr/share/doc/realplayer/Help \ - usr/lib/RealPlayer7/LICENSE usr/share/doc/realplayer/LICENSE + usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Help usr/share/doc/realplayer/Help \ + usr/lib/RealPlayer8/LICENSE usr/share/doc/realplayer/LICENSE dh_installdebconf dh_installdocs dh_installexamples diff -ur realplayer.orig/realplayer realplayer/realplayer --- realplayer.orig/realplayer Mon Jun 12 13:28:17 2000 +++ realplayer/realplayer Sun Dec 31 13:40:56 2000 @@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ # If using esd, realplayer tries to load libesd.so, which is only in # libesd0-dev. To work around this, point it at a directory that has a # file by that name, linking to the actual library. -LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/RealPlayer7 exec /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/realplay "$@" +LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/RealPlayer8 exec /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay "$@"