Go to the RealPlayer7 dir and read the README file and pretty much tells you what you need to do... Harold ------------------------- Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > The new RealPlayer7 Beta is here with all the plugins is here. > > Warning: There are two versions, an rpm for RedHat ALONE (it WON'T work > on Mandrake 7) and one for the rest of us. It looks great. > > The address for us Mandrake folks is: > > http://proforma.real.com/real/player/linuxplayer.html > > Read the installation instructions on the download page (at the bottom > of the page) and for "Directory" during installation choose your > /home/user directory. I guessed wrong, but it doesn't matter. > RealPlayer7 automatically creates a "RealPlayer7" subfolder on > /home/user. You play RealPlayer7 by cd to the subfolder "RealPlayer7" > and then typing ./realplay. You can also, of course, create a link on > your Desktop with precisely this command for the executable. > > 1) MY BIG QUESTION: How do you configure the new RealPlayer7 in > Netscape under Applications to play RealPlayer. I typed > "home/sher/RealPlayer7/./realplayer" or the same without the ./ > > In either case, when clicking on a RealPlayer site, it launched > Realplayer7 but played nothing except its usual little jingle. By the > way, I did completely delete (rpm -e) the old RealPlayer G2 Alpha. > > 2) Second big question: For the suffixes in Netscape should you add ram > AND rpm to the RealAudio entry? So should the suffixes read: > ra,ram,rm,rpm? And perhaps some other suffixes for other plugins? > > Please advise. We are all waiting with baited breath. > > Yours, > > Benjamin > -- > Benjamin and Anna Sher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sher's Russian Web > http://www.websher.net
