Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 10:46:23AM -0400, AR wrote: > > Bud Rogers wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 08 April 2001 09:09, AR wrote: > > > > I need the rpm real player 7, for 2 reasons: It is the version that the > > > > debian installer requests, and it is the version that is supposed to > > > > work with vsound. But in www.real.com they have now version 8. Does any > > > > one know where it can be fetched from, or can some one make it available > > > > for download? > > > > > > I went through a similar version mismatch problem installing realplayer > > > some > > > time ago. At the time the name of the binary file available from real.com > > > and the filename expected by the installer were only different by one > > > character. I just renamed the downloaded file to match what the installer > > > expected. It installed without complaint and seems to work just fine. > > > YMMV, > > > but it's worth a try. > > > > > > -- > > > Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sirinet.net/~budr > > > All things in moderation. And not too much moderation either. > > > > > > > Tried it, didn't work. Complains about not finding some directory. > > Yeah the installer is looking for a directory in the realplayer package > that is different between version 7 and version 8. I edited > /var/lib/dpkg/info/realplayer* to change references from > /usr/lib/RealPlayer7 to /usr/lib/RealPlayer8 and it worked. Using the > /version from unstable will also work and is easier.
This works but is quite a pain. Procedure for stable(potato)- the rp7 archive can be downloaded but doesn't work once installed(asks you to upgrade and then quits). 1. download rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm from http://www.real.com 2. cp rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2_rpm 3. apt-get install realplayer Result: fails 4. vi /var/lib/dpkg/info/realplayer.postinst /var/lib/dpkg/info/realplayer.prerm change RealPlayer7 to RealPlayer8 5. apt-get install realplayer Result: works 6. try to run at command line via realplayer Fails: maxwell:~/deb# realplayer /usr/bin/X11/realplayer: /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/realplay: No such file or directory /usr/bin/X11/realplayer: exec: /usr/lib/RealPlayer7/realplay: cannot execute: No such file or directory 7. vi /usr/bin/X11/realplayer change RealPlayer7 to RealPlayer8 8. works from command line or Apps -> Viewers -> Real Player from GNOME. Hope this helps, Eric :-)
