[http://www.real.com/player RealPlayer] is available from Canonical's commercial 6.06 LTS (Dapper) software repository, but not for 6.10 (Edgy).
NOTE: This is proprietary software, and is not supported by the Ubuntu community.
See the Adding Canonical Commercial Repositories section on the ["Repositories/Ubuntu"] page, which explains how to add the additional repository.
Once the repository has been added, from the Applications menu select Add/Remove....
In the search box, type RealPlayer, check the box next to the search result, and press OK
To uninstall, return to the Add/Remove Applications dialog, uncheck the box next to realplayer, then press OK.
For Edgy Eft you can download realplayer.bin from [http://www.real.com/player Here].
To install:
1. Download it anywhere that you like.
2. In terminal cd to where you saved it.
3. Ensure that the .bin file you downloaded is executable by typing "chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin"
4. Run the .bin file by typing "./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin".
5. Follow the prompts provided to finish installing the player.