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Old 03-15-2010, 05:58 AM   #1
guthan
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Question realplayer for Slackware64?


Hi
I've been trying the realplayer, I downloaded the file *.bin from www.real.com and followed this installing instructions:
-Ensure the .bin file is executable
-Run the .bin file by typing ./RealPlayer*.bin Here I get the following error message from the console:
bash: ./RealPlayer*.bin: no such file or directory

How could I install realplayer on Slackware64?
 
Old 03-15-2010, 06:27 AM   #2
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Make sure your working directory is also the directory that the .bin file is in.
Notice that its name is not RealPlayer*.bin - there is something else instead of the star. You are expected to use the files actual name when you execute it. Careful - linux filenames are case sensitive.

Tip: use tab-completion to get long filenames right. Type:

./RealPlay

then press tab
then press enter

Realplayers license is pretty wierd - you are not allowed to have two instances running at the same time even on different computers and you are not allowed to share it. You don't really need it so why put up with that rubbish?
 
Old 03-15-2010, 08:56 AM   #3
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Use MPlayer instead. It comes with Slackware and it plays .rm files more smoothly than RealPlayer does.

(If you want still RealPlayer, set up multi-lib and install the RealPlayer package from slacky.eu).

Last edited by dugan; 03-15-2010 at 08:58 AM.
 
Old 03-15-2010, 03:57 PM   #4
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Try VLC.
 
Old 03-15-2010, 09:02 PM   #5
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There's a 64bit build of Realplayer here however it's just the player - not the browser plugin if that's what you are after.
 
  


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