On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:51:37PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, just need a little help here trying to install realplayer on my > debian potato box. > > I went to the real.com site and downloaded their > rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.bin file. But then I did a bit of google > searching and found that there is an installer .deb for it but it is > only in woody / sid and not for potato. > > So I edited my /etc/apt/sources.list and changed it to point > (temporarily) to woody and tried to apt-get install realplayer. > However, it wanted to upgrade libc6, perl, debconf and a whole lot of > others - which I naturally refused to do.
It naturally want to upgrade your packages if you put in a deb uri that points to all updated packages. No need for the automatic power screwdriver if all you want to do is to hammer a single nail into the wall. > So, is it fine to just run the installer rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2.bin > I have already downloaded from real.com, or is there some better way to > not upset my stable potato machine? Manually download the realplayer installer deb from the debian archive. Install the deb manually with dpkg -i. It will look for the realplayer bin thing and unpack it and set it up. Cheers, Joost
