[NTLUG:Discuss] Where the realplayer

[Ron Hamilton]

On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 03:27:13AM -0600, severian at pobox.com wrote:
> Howdy,
>   I use Mandrake 9 for most of my Linux machines and I would like to be 
> able to play real streams on a couple of them.  I looked on all three 
> Mandrake CDs and Real is not there.  I am downloading a Peguin Liberation 
> Front config file now, but I never feel as safe about installing from 
> there.  How did you go about installing RealPlayer?  I see at least two 
> options.  One is the alpha version of RealPlayer8 for Linux that Real.com 
> has.  It says it is designed for a 2.2 kernel, but it might work.  The 
> other option is the Crossover plugin route, which cost money.  Assuming 
> your installation works, which did you choose?
> Thanks,
> Ralph
> 
PLF rocks.  Also you can get the realplayer from real.com as well.. you
have to dig for it, but it's there.  Just look for the free download
unix version.  There's an RPM package that will work with Mandrake 9.0
just change the underscores "_" to dots "." and it will install.
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