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Introduction

RealPlayer is available from several sources:

None of these methods are ideal.

  • RealPlayer8 is no longer supported by Real, and the installer is designed to install a release that is not on the Real site.

  • RealPlayer10 from Real does not integrate at all with Ubuntu's package management system. Uninstalling requires you to manually find and remove files that are scattered around your system.

  • RealPlayer10's debian package does not make RealPlayer the default player for RealMedia or ["Smil"] file types.

Installing RealPlayer

Installing RealPlayer10 from a .deb file

Since this method has the fewest issues, it is documented on RestrictedFormats

Installing RealPlayer10 from Real

Go to [http://www.real.com Real.com] and click the yellow Download RealPlayer button. (The example below assumes the file was downloaded to your Desktop). Alternatively you can download the latest version of RealPlayer from the Helix Project [https://player.helixcommunity.org/2005/downloads/ Player download page].

First, install a needed support package, then make the downloaded file executable, and finally run it by typing in a terminal: 

cd ~/Desktop
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5
chmod +x RealPlayer10Gold.bin
sudo ./RealPlayerGold.bin

When the installer asks for a directory, you should use one of the customary locations for software that is not part of a distribution, either /opt/RealPlayer or /usr/local/RealPlayer.

Installing RealPlayer8 from multiverse

Got to [http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html], and scroll down until you find RealPlayer 8 for Linux 2.x (i386) RPM. Follow that link, until you find rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm, and download it. The realplayer installer expects the file to be named rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm so first you must rename the file, then run the installer. Assuming that you downloaded the file to your Desktop, in a terminal, type: 

cd ~/Desktop
mv rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1_rpm rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs2_rpm
sudo apt-get install realplayer

Answer the questions (twice), giving the location where you downloaded the file.

RealPlayer 10 and SCIM in Breezy

The ["SCIM"] package has a gcc ABI incompatibility problem when using with programs that are compiled with a different gcc version.

In particular, the proprietary RealPlayer 10 is compiled with gcc 3.2, and thus conflicts with SCIM in Breezy (since Ubuntu Breezy/SCIM is compiled with gcc 4.x). RealPlayer 10 will fail to start when SCIM is running.

To resolve this conflict you can modify the running script of RealPlayer as follows:

1. Edit the file /usr/bin/realplay 

sudo gedit /usr/bin/realplay

2. Then add the following line right after the bash declaration statement: 

GTK_IM_MODULE=xim ; export GTK_IM_MODULE

Now RealPlayer 10 will run fine even when SCIM is running.

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