software installation problem

[Md pasha]

Hi All,

I am newbie for linux,I have linux red hat release.I would like to install RealPlayer11Gold.rpm I tried with rpm command ,yum command and sh command for .bin too.but no hope,I want help from you guys.

when I typein : # chmod a+x RealPlayer11Gold.bin
# ./RealPlayer11Gold.bin
it echos " cannot execute the binary file."

or else

#rpm -ivh RealPlayer11Gold.rpm
somthing like this error is desplaying:"bash: not an rpm package (or rpm package is not menifest)"

Thanks alot in advance

Thanks & Regards,
Mohammed Pasha.

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

Which distro are you running? Fedora 8? 9? If 9, then try

rpm -ivh RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm

Linux is case-sensitive, so GOLD is all caps. Let us know if you get an error.

[Md pasha]

Hi jayd512,

Thanks for your prompt reply.I checked the distro in /etc directory it is having Red Hat -Realease folder only.but don't know how to check whether fedora 8 or 9.

Actually I tried with copy and paste with the name too,As it is case-sensitive.but no hope.

Sorry for the wrong spelling name of the rpm file.Except this,is there any suggestion?


Thanks & Regards,
Mohammed Pasha.

[jayd512]

To check which version you have, execute

# cat /proc/version

Also, a page that helped me a lot with Fedora was here.

[Md pasha]

Dear jayd512,

I ran this commands and what it echos I couldnot able to make out.

# cat /proc/version
Linux vesion 2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.ELhugemen(root@ca-build10)(gcc version 3.4.6 20060404(Red Hat 3.4.6-3.1) #1 SMP sun oct 15 14:06:00 PDT 2006

#uname -r
2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.ELhugemen
#g++ -v
locating specs :/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3/4/6/specs

# ls /lib/libc.so.*
libc.so.6->libc-2.3.4.so

could you please tell me what is this information is and how is it helpful to install the software.I got all this commands from google.

Thanks & Regards,
Mohammed Pasha.