[LBo] Trying to install realplayer

[David Roseman]

cheers tim, must not have had my thinking head on that day...

On 31/08/07, Tim George <tim at sflnet.com> wrote:
>
> Dave Roseman wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install the Real Player application.  I have already
> > installed the Helix Player and downloaded a .bin file from the
> > realplayer site.
> >
> > When I try to run it, I get command not recognised.  How do I run this
> > real player .bin?
> >
> > not too much info on forums, so thinking i am doing something stupid
> here.
> >
> > Please enlighten me.
> >
> > Dave
>
> In Windows a .exe extension tells the operating system that the file
> is executable, in Linux you have to set the executable attribute:
>
> chmod +x <name_of_file>
>
> e.g. chmod +x RealPlay.bin
>
> In Windows the PATH (environment variable) includes a reference to the
> current directory, in Linux this is absent by default (to stop anyone
> placing malicious software in a directory and naming it after a common
> command such as ls), so you'll have to refer to current directory (./)
> when you try to execute the file:
>
> instead of Realplay.bin
> try
> ./Realplay.bin
>
> Tim
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