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| Jackie Lan 2004-03-10, 6:35 am |
| I was trying to install RealPlayer8 in Redhat Lunix 9. But after
downloading, running the RPM installation and configuration, the thing
did not work at all. There's no way I could get the realplayer programme
(which is a binary file) working. The worse thing is when I tried to
install the package again, it told me the realplayer had been installed
so I could not do it again.
What the hell was going on? Can anyone explain it to me?
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| Lenard 2004-03-10, 8:35 am |
| On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:59:05 +0000, Jackie Lan wrote:
> I was trying to install RealPlayer8 in Redhat Lunix 9. But after
> downloading, running the RPM installation and configuration, the thing
> did not work at all. There's no way I could get the realplayer programme
> (which is a binary file) working. The worse thing is when I tried to
> install the package again, it told me the realplayer had been installed
> so I could not do it again.
>
> What the hell was going on? Can anyone explain it to me?
The RealPlayer8 RPM's were created (most likely) for an earlier versions
of Linux (glib2.2) and lots of people have had this exact same problem.
Normally you cannot re-install the package again without forcing it some
way, see 'man rpm' without the quotes for the details.
To get the RealPlayer RPM installed on your system so it works is fairly
easy. First let's remove the RPM (so it can be installed again correctly);
As root from the console or xterm session type; rpm -e Realplayer8
If you also have the RealPlayer8-plugin installed then type;
rpm -e RealPlayer8-plugin RealPlayer8
Now install RealPlayer8 again;
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 rpm -Uvh RealPlayer8*.rpm
(this will install both packages if you have then or just the main one)
If this does not resolve the problem with RealPlayer then head over to
http://rpm.pbone.net/ and download;
RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-6.fdr.0.i386.rpm
RealPlayer8-plugin-8.0.3.412-6.fdr.0.i386.rpm (if wanted)
and try again.
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| Jackie Lan 2004-03-10, 12:35 pm |
| Cheers, mate! I'll have a try.
Lenard ??:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:59:05 +0000, Jackie Lan wrote:
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>
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> The RealPlayer8 RPM's were created (most likely) for an earlier versions
> of Linux (glib2.2) and lots of people have had this exact same problem.
> Normally you cannot re-install the package again without forcing it some
> way, see 'man rpm' without the quotes for the details.
>
> To get the RealPlayer RPM installed on your system so it works is fairly
> easy. First let's remove the RPM (so it can be installed again correctly);
>
> As root from the console or xterm session type; rpm -e Realplayer8
>
> If you also have the RealPlayer8-plugin installed then type;
>
> rpm -e RealPlayer8-plugin RealPlayer8
>
> Now install RealPlayer8 again;
>
> LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 rpm -Uvh RealPlayer8*.rpm
>
> (this will install both packages if you have then or just the main one)
>
> If this does not resolve the problem with RealPlayer then head over to
> http://rpm.pbone.net/ and download;
>
> RealPlayer8-8.0.3.412-6.fdr.0.i386.rpm
> RealPlayer8-plugin-8.0.3.412-6.fdr.0.i386.rpm (if wanted)
>
> and try again.
>
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