[xubuntu-users] .rm files (Real Media, I assume)

[Mischa Falkenburg]

Vincent wrote:
>
>     OK. It revealed itself as 8.04.3, so I've downloaded the 8.04 .deb
>     file which now sits on the Desktop. Jumping the gun, I
>     right-clicked on the file and was given the choice of using GDebi
>     Package Installer. That gave me the message of: "could not open,
>     etc."...check permissions.
>     What next?
>
>
> Hmm, that is odd, just double-clicking it (which should open GDebi 
> Package Installer) should work. Does it say the "check permissions" 
> thing upon opening it, or does the GDebi window appear and does the 
> error occur when you press Install? Can you open a terminal window 
> again and then execute:
>
> gdebi ~/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
>
> That should do the same as double-clicking it. If that doesn't work, 
> could you mail the output in the terminal window?
>
> Then, you can try your hand at installing it from the command line to 
> see if that works. To do so, run the following in a terminal window:
>
> sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
>  
> Enter your password, then press enter, and tell us if it works.
>
>
>     M.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Vincent

The installer opened, and then the error display landed on top. Here is 
the output from the terminal:
> michael at ubuntu:~$ gdebi 
> ~/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
> Reading package lists: Done
> Reading state information: Done
> Reading state information: Done
> Reading state information: Done
> Failed to open the software package
> The package might be corrupted or you are not allowed to open the 
> file. Check the permissions of the file.
Then I entered the 2nd and here's THAT output:
> sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package realplayer.
> (Reading database ... 151271 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking realplayer (from 
> .../realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to 
> pipe in copy)
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error processing 
> /home/michael/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb 
> (--install):
>  short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during 
> `./usr/lib/realplay-11.0.0/plugins/vidsite.so')
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /home/michael/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
M.