Re: RealPlayer Installer
Hi,
Thanks for this posting - it fixed me up. One change below.
Eric
Janto Trappe wrote:
>
>
> It's a bug realplayer installer procedure. A workaround for potatos
> realplayer 8.0.1 posted by Frodo Baggins:
>
> --8<--
>
> 1. run
> dpkg-reconfigure debconf
> to reconfigure the debconf package. Answer 'low' to the question
> about the level of questions that should be ignored. Also answer
> 'No' to 'preconfigure packages' and 'yes' to 'should debconf ask
> you the same questions again and again?'.
>
> 2. Install realplayer by
>
> apt-get install realplayer
>
> (or by using dselect)
>
> 3. (optional) set back debconf to standard mode. This must be done
> by running
> dpkg-reconfigure debconf
I had to do a dpkg-reconfigure -priority=low debconf. I may have had the
system set to high so no visual screen came up without the
-priority=low.
> two times:
> - the first one let the level to low and answer 'yes' to
> 'preconfigure packages' and 'No' to 'repat the same
> question'.
>
> - the second time set the level to 'medium'.
>
> You need to do this in to pass, because if you set the level to
> medium directly, then you'll not see the two other questions and
> you'll not able toi set back to default value their options.
>
> --8<--
>
> Janto
>
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