In order to get realplayer to install the new version, I edited /var/lib/dpkg/info/realplayer.postinst (also realplayer.prerm) to change references from /usr/lib/RealPlayer7 to /usr/lib/RealPlayer8. I ~/.also edited mailcap in the same way so that netscape would use it. Works fine.
Bob On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 07:30:24PM -0800, Nate Amsden wrote: > "Christopher W. Aiken" wrote: > > > > I did an "apt-get install realplayer" and was instructed > > to download "rp7_linux20_libc6_i386_b2_rpm". I download > > said file and finished the install. > > > > I then ran "/usr/X11R6/bin/realplayer" and was presented > > with a registration screen. I entered my data and was > > promply informed that this UNIX version was expired and > > a segfault occured. I tried again and I get nothing but > > a message that "this UNIX version was expired". > > > > Now what??? > > looks like real player 8 is the latest..i think i have > real player 6..what i did was download the latest rpm > from www.real.com and just renamed it to what the system > was expecting to find and it worked(and still working) > fine ..
