RealPlayer does not run after installation

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"Installed" RealPlayer10GOLD after getting nowhere with Totem. Installation completed, but unable to run it. It never opens. How do I check if there is a problem with ports? Also, libtkh.so (or so?) does not appear in /usr/lib.

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Hans (jstreit) said :
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I would like to remove RealPlayer from file:///opt, but do not know how.

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Mike Perry (mike.perry) said :
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This really should be in FAQ because I give this link out the most.
Take a look at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats?action=show&redirect=mpeg

And see if it helps.

If realplayer installed into /opt you must have downloaded the package from Real themselves. They probably have details to uninstall it.

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Hans (jstreit) said :
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Thanks for helping!
When I tried to install realplayer_10.0.6-0.0_i386.deb, installation was aborted because libc6 version 2.3.2.ds1-20 is on my system, the download has 1-21. Ubuntu 5.04 considers 1-20 the latest version, dist-upgrade changes nothing. How can I get around this problem?
Hans

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Mike Perry (mike.perry) said :
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Hans,
Sounds like your using "Hoary" which is the previous version of Ubuntu. That isn't too much of a problem, but you can upgrade to "Breezy" if you like. I wrote a short article on how to upgrade from Hoary to Breezy on Livejournal. Here is the link:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/ubuntu_users/45682.html

However that is probably not nessasary to fix your problem. I think you are on the right track you are just missing a package. Try the following:
"sudo apt-get install libstdc++5"
This will (hopefully) install the needed library for Real Player. After that try installing the realplayer_10.0.6-0.0_i386.deb again.

I've obtained this information from the following links:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats?action=show&redirect=mpeg#head-848295cba1b3591a4b4a0dbea5844fd5d2894b6b
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RealplayerInstallationMethods#head-8807fcdf6a84d4e19c475f87756a91873794fe12

Hope this helps.

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Hans (jstreit) said :
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Thanks a lot for helping again.
I upgraded to "Breezer" successfully by following the instructions in your article at http://www.livejournal.com/community/ubuntu_users/45682.html -- and was then also able to install RealPlayer 10 without problems.
I can now watch Worldwide TV but play "Friends" the thing would not.
So I wonder if this is an inherent problem with Ubuntu - already Totem did not like "Friends" - or if RealPlayer itself is responsible by ways of its "no DVD support".
Is there another player I should try?

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Mike Perry (mike.perry) said :
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I am glad I could help. Take a look at that RestrictedFormats wiki page listed above. That should fix your dvd issues.

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