I have downloaded Real Player from the Web, it has arrived as a .bin file- can anyone help me through the installation process. At the moment I am getting nowhere !!
Don't bother.. install realplayer using the synaptic installer, or apt-get it. Otherwise you will have a nightmare of putting the bin file in /usr/bin (or somewhere similar), changing it's permissions and then linking it to all kinds of places. Not worth the effort when it is in the repositories.
just put in the terminal: su and after that sh <inster .bin directory and name here> and the installer will run.
Can anyone write an idiots guide on how to do this, as I am having the same problem with my Asus eee pc 900. I am new to Linux. Thanks.
Also check out debian-multimedia.org who have lots of extra codecs and things you will need if you do any serious video/audio stuff.
no sweat -- .bin files get installed like a script gets run...like this: ./filename-bin-installer.bin If you're installing as yourself, it's going into your /home/you/app If you're root, you can install it to /opt so all users can use the proggy. 'Course, this is Linux, you can tell the proggy to install it on your nipple if you want.
