June 29, 2008

How-To: Install RealPlayer in Debian Lenny

RealPlayer is a video player, native for Linux and based on the Helix engine.

To install RealPlayer, you will first need the Debian multimedia repositories enabled. Just edit file /etc/apt/sources.list as root and add:

deb http://debian-multimedia.org/ lenny main

Adding Debian multimedia to the repositories

Next, issue this command as root:

wget http://debian-multimedia.org/gpgkey.pub -O - | apt-key add - && apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

Then update the list of packages and install RealPlayer:

apt-get update && apt-get install realplayer

That should do it.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 11:24 am

    If you enable Xvideo extension realplayer crashes but if you don't enable it the image jumps ... it does not work well ...

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  2. AnonymousMarch 25, 2009 12:06 pm

    Better try adding to sources.list:

    deb http://debian-multimedia.org/ sid main contrib non-free

    and add to /etc/apt/preferences:

    Package: *
    Pin: release a=sid
    Pin-Priority: 50

    so it does not update packages to unstable automatically.

    After that, install realplayer 11. It works perfectly without xvideo extension.

    See this for more details: http://www.debianadmin.com/install-realplayer-in-debian-sargeetch-and-sid.html

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 09, 2009 2:41 pm

    hey this command isnot works on my kbuntu op while installing realplayer.
    apt-get install realplayer

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