On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 06:24:10AM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:51:37PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, just need a little help here trying to install realplayer on my > > debian potato box. > > > > I went to the real.com site and downloaded their > > rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.bin file. But then I did a bit of google > > searching and found that there is an installer .deb for it but it is > > only in woody / sid and not for potato. > > > > So I edited my /etc/apt/sources.list and changed it to point > > (temporarily) to woody and tried to apt-get install realplayer. > > However, it wanted to upgrade libc6, perl, debconf and a whole lot of > > others - which I naturally refused to do. > > It naturally want to upgrade your packages if you put in a deb uri > that points to all updated packages. No need for the automatic power > screwdriver if all you want to do is to hammer a single nail into > the wall. > > > So, is it fine to just run the installer rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.bin > > I have already downloaded from real.com, or is there some better way to > > not upset my stable potato machine? > > Manually download the realplayer installer deb from the debian archive. > Install the deb manually with dpkg -i. It will look for the realplayer > bin thing and unpack it and set it up. > I tried that already and got the following messages:
# dpkg -i realplayer_8.0.5_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package realplayer. (Reading database ... 23682 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking realplayer (from .../realplayer_8.0.5_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of realplayer: realplayer depends on debconf (>= 0.9.53); however: Version of debconf on system is 0.2.80.17. dpkg: error processing realplayer (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: realplayer So, it seems that the woody realplayer.deb installer depends on the woody debconf version. Hmmm. Is this what you meant? What gives? Thanks for help. Mark.
