Trying to get Real Player installed

Warewasher2025 · 09-16-2003, 08:47 PM

How the heck do I install programe in the .exe format. I downloaded Real Player but it won't install. Or Does linux have a compatable media player?

lyle_s · 09-16-2003, 09:23 PM

RealNetworks supplies a native Linux media player. Surf on over to http://www.real.com/ and look at the bottom of the page at the far right.

Lyle

Warewasher2025 · 09-16-2003, 09:40 PM

Tried that........but listed OS is not for mandrake 9.1 and the downloads won't open.!!!

lyle_s · 09-16-2003, 10:50 PM

Choose "Linux 2.x (libc6 i386) RPM" for the "Select OS" drop-down. It should work for Mandrake 9.1.

I'm not sure what you mean by the downloads don't open.

Lyle

Warewasher2025 · 09-17-2003, 06:26 AM

I am very new to Linux although I have managed to create a dual boot system on a windows machine. Maybe my head is in a windows enviorment.........I have downloaded the correct Real Player to my desktop but I can't get it to open or install by double clicking on the icon!

ronss · 09-17-2003, 07:16 AM

well, you are going to find out linux is not windows , it requires some work on your part to learn it.

go to http://www.realnetworks.com
click on consumers
look in the bottom right corner of page-other platforms-linux , click

fill out the download page=select -linux 2x(lib6i386)rpm

go to location page, i selected seattle,wa

download.

open up with kpackage,not sure what mandrake use, i do this by clicking on the saved file i download located in the home/ronss directory

it should ask for root password

kpackage should begin the install
lol