Personal summary of Installing RealPlayer 10 GOLD

[chunchengch]

Here is the complete procedure to install RealPlayer 10 GOLD, wish it will be helpful!



1.Download Latest RealPlayer 10 GOLD to Desktop:

http://www.real.com/linux

2.Change the mode of RealPlayer10GOLD.bin to be executable:

$ cd /home/<YourLoginName>/Desktop
$ chmod +x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

3.Install RealPlayer 10:

$ sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin

(please keep in mind the destination where you install realplayer, I prefer to install software under /opt, so in this case the destination is /opt/realplay which I will use for following descriptions)
.......
Copying RealPlayer files...configure system-wide symbolic links? [Y/n]: Y
.......

4. If you use SCIM, you have to modify realplay:

$ sudo gedit /opt/RealPlayer/realplay

add this line to the beginning of the file opened and then save it.

export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim

5. Modify RealPlayer to support ALSA audio output:

$ sudo apt-get install alsa-oss

$ sudo gedit /opt/realplayer/realplay

find text line $REALPLAYBIN "$@" and replace it with aoss $REALPLAYBIN "$@"

6. Restart RealPlayer and enjoy it:

Applications > Sound & Video