Re: RealPlayer installer problem
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 01:14:35PM -0800, JC Portlock wrote:
> Hello to the group. I'm not currently a subscriber, but do have a question. I
> recently upgraded for the latest/greatest. Am running potato 2.2.14. All went
> well with the update except for the RealPlayer install. The installer came as
> part of the upgrade, but the program has to be retrieved manually. The
> installer is set up for rp7, but the only version currently available is rp8.
> I could not fool the installer by renaming the app. The filename called for
> is:
> rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2_rpm
>
> Is this available anywhere? Or is there some way to slap the installer around
> to accept the rp8 file?
As I posted several days ago, I got it to install by editing
/var/lib/dpkg/info/realplayer/postinst to change the references to
/usr/lib/RealPlayer7 to /usr/lib/RealPlayer8 (I also made the same
change in realplayer.prerm so the next upgrade doesn't get hosed.
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Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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