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RealAudio10 Installation Difficulties

Asked by Chuck Davis

I'm trying to install RealPlayer10GOLD.bin. I've followed the directions in the Ubuntu Starter Guide 5.10:

cd Desktop
chmod +x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

but then I get the message, "cannot execute binary file."

When I look at the file properties in File Browser it says the file is executable. Is it possible that it won't execute on PowerPC architecture? If it will, any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong?

Are there other applications that will play streaming RealAudio files on PowerPC?

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Dave Meikle (dmk-uk) said : 		#1

I think the following will do the trick:
sudo sh RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

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Dave Meikle (dmk-uk) said : 		#2

sorry mate didn't read that all there. don't know if that will work on PowerPC.

You can always try the ppc build here:
https://player.helixcommunity.org/2005/downloads/

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Dave Meikle (dmk-uk) said : 		#3

Helix Player may already be in the apt repositories too.

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Chuck Davis (cdavis-lpisd) said : 		#4

Thanks to Dan for the ideas, but I believe it is a PPC archtecture issue. I borrowed an i386 laptop from work, installed Ubuntu, and then tried again. This time it worked like a charm.

There is one minor ommision in the Ubuntu 5.10 Starter Guide for installing the file downloaded from real.com (I presumed this would be the latest version). You need to add the command:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

I found this in the Ubuntu Wiki.

Many thanks to the Ubuntu Community and particularly the developers. As a long-time Mac & Windows user I've dabbled with various distros out of curiosity, but since discovering Ubuntu I'm now a committed devotee.

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Chuck Davis (cdavis-lpisd) said : 		#5

My apologies to Dave Miekle for referring to him as "Dan" in my previous comment. I intend to go back and try the helixcommunity.org download on the PPC later tonight. I appreciate the cooperative atmosphere, and specifically DAVE's help.