sachinpk

Hi all,

I have installed Real Audio 10. My Linux platform is Fedora 7. I downloaded the .rpm file from the Real Audio web site and installed it. No errors were reported during installation. I see that a menu item is also added in my Applications>Sound & Video menu. But when I click on the link, nothing happens. No error message is thrown, but the player does not load up.

BTW, could any one suggest a good MP3 player for Fedora 7? The default installed packages does'nt work

devils casper

Type real in Terminal/Konsole and hit TAB key twice. It will complete command to run RealPlayer. Hit Enter key and post error message here, if any.

Which Desktop Environment are you using? You can install necessary plug-ins to enable mp3 support.
Or
Install xmms or VLC player. VLC supports most of Media formats.

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sachinpk

Hello Devils Casper,

This is the error message I am getting....
What I can make out is that some shared file is missing. BTW, how can I know what Desktop Environment I am using? I have installed the Fedora 7, and am using the default environment which it provides.

As for the xmms or VLC player, I guess we need to download these components from the net, and then run the commands you gave.

Thanks for the quick help.

devils casper

Execute this
RealPlayer will work after that.No need to download anything becasue yum will take care of download and installation. Your machine must have internet access for that.

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sachinpk

Thanks a ton devils casper

It worked indeed

Now for the MP3 part...
The software installed correctly. But when I tried to open an MP3, it put up a message saying that there are some copy right issues, and the software does'nt support MP3 any more.

When I tried to run this command, it basically said that there is nothing to do. Is it that this software is already present on my system?

BTW, I also notice that Pidgin is not working on Fedora 7, because of some missing files? Do you know whether this has been fixed too?

Once again a big thank you,
Sachin.

devils casper

I think you haven't installed Livna repo yet.
Execute this
Above command will install Livna repository.
Install VLC Player now.
I would suggest you to install Yum Extender too. Its a Graphical Interface of yum and it will make package management easier for you.
Look for Yum Extender in Menu.

I'll look into xmms, pidgin problems and let you know.

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sachinpk

Your tips were helpful, and I can now play MP3 files. Thanks a ton again

RabieQari

Hi guys

Devil casper, i trying to install real player 10 and i got the same error message as sachinpk :
then i try what u told him :

first it said that yum is not a username so i wrote " root " since im using it. but i gave me this error message:

im new to fedora ,, just install it two days ago , so be easy on me ^^

sachinpk

RabieQari,

'su' means to login as super user. Imagine you have already logged in with another user name. Now you want to do some thing only the super user could do. In that case open a 'Terminal window' (where you can type in things), and give the command 'su root'. It would ask for the root password. If the password is correct, you are as good as the super user.

For me what I did was, I logged in directly as root (I mean I did not use the su command at all). Logged in as root, opened a Terminal Window and gave the command 'yum install .....' . It worked without any problems.

Could you try out this option please..?

RabieQari

aha , i got it that part about su
okey i tried the command but it said :

mmmm what is " yum " any way !! is it some tool i should install first to use that command !?

sorry for disturbing u ,, ^^