On Thursday 10 Jul 2003 10:46 am, David Middlebrook wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > >On Wednesday 09 Jul 2003 10:28 pm, David Middlebrook wrote: > >>I have recently installed my first Linux system, chose Mandrake 9.1 and > >> am trying to convert from Windows. I have been using Mozilla as my Web > >> Browser but have been running into problems when I get to a site that > >> needs a plug-in like Real Player. Have looked at the About Plug-ins in > >> the Mozilla Help and it shows this: MIME Type > >> Description Suffixes Enabled audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin RealPlayer > >> Plugin Metafile rpm Yes > >> > >>What is required to get it to work? > >>Thanks in advance. > >>David > > > >Well you need to install RealPlayer. > > > >If you have the Powerpack CD the RealPlayer RPM is on your commercial CD > >alternatively it is available for download from Mandrake Club. > > > >You can also find an RPM from Texstars download site at > >ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1 > >/rpms > > > >There are two packages RealPlayer8 for the player itself and > >mozilla-realplayer for the plugin. > > > >Tip: an easy way to install from an online source like Texstar is this. > > > >In your browser go to http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php > >Follow the instructions to define online 'urpmi' sources for 'contrib', > > 'plf' and 'texstar'. It will tell you the commands to paste into a root > > terminal to get the packages from those locations appearing in your > > Mandrake Control Centre>SoftwareInstall GUI. You can then use the > > Mandrake Software Manager to install RealPlayer and hundreds of other > > online applications in addition to the packages on your CDs. > >(Note: the plf sources can be pretty slow. I find the 'club-internet' > > source to be the best.) > > > >Tip: The commands have to pasted into a 'root' terminal. To get a root > >terminal open a normal terminal window and type su<enter> you will be > >prompted for a password enter the root password. You are now operating as > >root user. > > > >Tip: To copy/paste in Linux highlight text with your mouse and press mouse > >wheel/centre button to paste. > > > >Once the RealPlayer RPM is installed restart Mozilla and you will be able > > to use the plugin. > > > >HTH > > > >derek > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > I have looked in directories and it looks like the required files are > already loaded in file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8 > the following files and directories are listed: > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Codecs > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Common > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Help > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Plugins > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/app.kdelnk > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/audiosig.rm > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/firstrun.rm > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/LICENSE > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Mailcap > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/mimeinstall.sh > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/mime.kdelnk > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/Mime.types > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/pluginstall.sh > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/raclass.zip > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/README > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay.desktop > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/rp7doc.png > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/rp7doc.xpm > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/rp7mini.xpm > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/rp7.xpm > file:/usr/lib/RealPlayer8/rpnp.so > > So what actions do I need to perform to install this as an application > that will start if I click on a *.ram file, and get the plugins > registered to the browser? > > Cheers
You need to move rpnp.so into your Mozilla plugin directory which should be /usr/lib/mozilla-1.3.1/plugins (if you use a different version of mozilla it may be slightly different.) derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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