|> 1. the version (7) of realplayer was unsupported by real player. To get the |> rpm required by the realplayer deb, you had to figure out the url of |> where to download the rpm from real because it was no longer available |> on their website.
Except that realplayer version 8 seems to have been available at least for a brief period in stable, since that's the version that's installed (I just checked) on my other machine: Package: realplayer Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: contrib/net Installed-Size: 144 Maintainer: Brian Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 8.0.1 Replaces: rvplayer Provides: rvplayer Depends: debconf (>= 0.2.0), xlib6g | xlibs, libc6, cpio Suggests: netscape Conflicts: rvplayer Description: Real Player (installer) And from the changelog: realplayer (8.0.1) stable unstable; urgency=medium * I'm adopting this package (no wnpp was filed). * taggart's patch (Closes: #60426, #83038, #83227 #85823) * Changed dependencies for XF4 (Closes: #82988) * New version for potato (Closes: #74741, #81566) * Also (Closes: #74326, #64456, #76487, #79638, #46401) * Why not.. added menu hint (Closes: #82332) * Removed dh_suidregister -- Brian Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:11:38 -1000 This is on a pure potato (2.2r3) system. Weird, J