Hi, though not what you asked, I find Audacious and XMMS pretty compact players.
sudo apt-get install xmms (From http://www.xmms.org) OR http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon/audacious-media-player-1-4-for-ubuntu-7-10-gutsy-gibbon Alex On Nov 25, 2007 1:39 PM, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charlie Dorff wrote: > > Hi... > > I was wondering if someone could explain the best way of installing real > > player for ubuntu. Thanks. > > Charlie > > (I do not use realplayer now, I use mplayer and the win32 codecs - > however, the GUI and facilities are not as good as realplayer) > > ==================================================== > Installation Instructions (from a real.com site, slightly edited) - > > Download the Realplayer .bin file from http://www.real.com/linux > Ensure that the .bin file you downloaded is executable. > Obviously being careful about typos and upper or lower case > You can make the .bin file executable by running the > "chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin" command from a terminal window. > > (this works if the file is in your user area. If it is elsewhere, you > may have use sudo command to precede it) > > The following commands are expected to be run from a terminal, and you > will usually need to have changed directory to be sitting in the > directory which contains the file before you execute the command > > - Run the .bin file by typing "./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin" > > or > > - Run the .bin file by typing "sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin" > this will allow the option of installing into a system wide location > such as > /opt which you can state at the appropriate prompt, > otherwise it will be installed in your user area only. With this there > may be some issues subsequently with automatic starting, I am not sure > > Follow the prompts provided to finish installing the player. > > I would usually use 'system wide' install, although I guess I would be > more vulnerable to security issues from use of an alien binary than if > I restricted things to a user level install only. > > I think a sort of usual place to choose the install directory is /opt > > - When you launch the player for the first time, a set-up assistant > will take you through configuring your player. > > - Enjoy your RealPlayer10 for Linux! > ==================================================== > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
