On Thu, 01 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Has anyone figured out hoe to /installrun Realplayer or higher on the
> new linux-Mandrake 6.0?
> I can download it but it doesn't seem to run after I use RPM.
>
> Also, how do we put icons in the start-up menu.. I know that sounds
> like a WIN95/98 question, but hey!... check the title of the newsgroup.
>
> cheers,
> Arron
I have RealPlayer 5.0 up and running in Mandrake 6.0 and also as a plugin with
Netscape. You need to UnArc the tarball in a subdirectory off your home
directory, ie: if you run as Root, then: /root/rvplayer5.0 would be the
directory name or /home/username/rvplayer5.0 if you use another user account.
Then in your bashrc (if using bash) or in .profile set an environment varriable
as follows: LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/rvplayer5.0"
then export that varriable ie: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Also, to use it as a plug in with netscape you need to put a symlink in the
netscape plugin directory which should be /usr/lib/netscape/plugins, as follows:
start a console....then change to your rvplayer directory ie:
cd /home/tom/rvplayer5.0
then type:
ln -s librvplayer.so /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/librvplayer.so
That should do it....just change the directory names used above with what you
have and it should work.....it works fine for me.
John Love
aka darkknight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
