Benjamin Sher wrote: >On Tuesday 12 July 2005 06:50 pm, Darryl Clarke wrote: > > >>On 7/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>Dear friends: >>> >>>Is there a special Debian package for RealPlayer 10? Since it is a >>>commercial package, I'd imagine that it's not part of Sarge itself. >>> >>> >>http://www.real.com/linux?pcode=rn&src=freeplayer_partner&opage=freeplayer_partner >> >>There's no .deb that I'm aware of. Their installer works fine though. >> >> >Thanks for the tip. My problem is that I don't know if Debian allows you to >install an RPM? Which RealPlayer package should I install, please? > > > Just click on the big yellow button that says "Download Realplayer"; it's a Linux binary. The RPM is under the "Advanced" heading (eh . . ?!).
And to answer your question about RPMs being installed in Debian, many of them can be installed using the Alien package; as a general rule, you'd probably rather have a tarball than an RPM, at least in my opinion. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
