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by **JoeDude** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:21 am

I am pretty sure I have asked this befor, but I couldn't find it....

I was wanting to install Linux real Player. Went to the site, downloaded it and ...ding ding...it's a .bin file. I can not remember how to do that

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Please help!

by **Void Main** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:28 am

Those files are typically shell archives so there are two ways of executing them:

1:

Code: Select all: $ chmod +x file.bin $ ./file.bin

or 2:

Code: Select all: $ sh file.bin

by **JoeDude** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:29 pm

Thanx dude, worked like a charm...ermmmmm what's the command to run it :O

by **Void Main** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:19 pm

What's the command to run what?

Website · by **Ice9** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:40 am

I think the command to run it is realplay
To be sure you can check in /usr/bin to see what's the exact name of the executable, you should see realplay or something really similar in there (provided it installed correctly)

by **Void Main** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:48 am

There was no documentation on Real's web site? Usually there are installation and run instructions there.

EDIT: I went to www.real.com and the installation instructions were right under the download button (if it detects you are running Linux based on your useragent that is):

http://www.real.com/moreinfo/playerplus ... stem=linux

I just downloaded and ran the binary which prompted me for an installation directory. If you look in the installation directory where you installed it you will find a file called "realplay" which is the program you want to run. There is also a README, browser plugin, etc.

by **Calum** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:49 am

installing realplayer is pretty straightforward, but it's not "normal". i think they should just have normal rpms, debs etc on their site. they take a very sun microsystems approach to linux installation.

incidentally, i find it easier to use the magnificent set of scripts from http://wma2mp3.501megs.com to convert from realaudio (and realvideo, if you have music videos) into mp3s or oggs, using mplayer, this way i can listen to any stray realaudio files i happen to get without having to have the (enormous) realplayer installed.

of course if you want to watch stuff, or stream stuff, this is no use to you...

by **JoeDude** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:00 am

It's working....not exactly how it's supposed to...but it does.

by **Void Main** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:31 am

Personally I don't use realplayer because MPlayer plays all the real audio/video (along with everything else that isn't DRM infested).

by **JoeDude** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:29 am

to get things off my NTFS for XP, MPlayer has been acting like it hates audio, or maybe I'm just missing an add on....

by **Void Main** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:32 am

Yeah, you have to have all the plugins installed. MPlayer plays everything I throw at it with the exception of the DRM infested WMV files but I have only run into two of those so far.

by **JoeDude** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:22 pm

Hehe...funny thing that...lookin at the file type MPlayer was lookin for...oops

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