cannot install Real Player on 9.0.4

[keevill]

I'm trying to install Real Player so I can listen to live streams from BBC.
I've achieved it before on another machine but this time I am not able.
This is what I am doing:

Type sudo chmod +x RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
Type sudo "./RealPlayer11GOLD.bin"
Follow prompts. It starts the installer and then I see the error below in the terminal
The realplayer wizard does start but it doesn't work.
Help plsss....


The realplay shell script should export HELIX_LIBS environment
variable and be used to launch RealPlayer.
Script file: /home/davidvaio/realplay
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiogconf.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiogconf.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so

(process:5417): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.

(firefox:5417): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

[reed9]

I think there are easier ways to accomplish this.

There is a .deb package for realplayer on their website.

It is also available in the medibuntu repos.
Medibuntu -- Details of package realplayer in jaunty

[keevill]

Thank you for that link. I have downloaded and installed the 64 bit ver as instructed and it appears to be installed.
However, when I click on the BBC website to listen, I get a message that I have to install Real Player.
Seems like some setting to tell the browser that Real Player IS installed ?
Any ideas ?
Thx,
-keevill

[reed9]

The firefox plugin and the player are separate. I think the plugin is distributed in that binary package though. Maybe not

It's possible you have a different plugin installed and it's causes a conflict. Type about:plugins in the Firefox address bar to check what firefox is using. Ubuntu defaults to the totem plugin, usually.

Can you direct me to the website that's giving you trouble? I just went to BBC - Homepage and I didn't have a problem playing anything without realplayer.