[xubuntu-users] SUCCESS!! was, ".rm files (Real Media, I assume)"

[Mischa Falkenburg]

Vincent wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Mischa Falkenburg 
> <because_productions at myfairpoint.net 
> <mailto:because_productions at myfairpoint.net>> wrote:
>
>     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.
>
>
> OK, I think something went wrong downloading the file. You can check 
> by running the following command in a terminal window:
>
> md5sum ~/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb | 
> grep 652df25834428bd8ec36ba170f2c6ab3
>
> If there is no output (i.e. it only reshows "michael at ubuntu:~$"), then 
> indeed something went wrong with the download. If the file got 
> transferred correctly it should show something like
>
> 652df25834428bd8ec36ba170f2c6ab3  
> /home/michael/Desktop/realplayer_11.0.0-0.2medibuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb
>
> If that doesn't appear, could you try downloading the .deb file again, 
> and then perform this check again? And if it then works, try 
> installing it again :)
> -- 
> Vincent
Thanks to Vincent and Jim, RealPlayer 11 is now working!
Currently I'm enjoying a conversation between Robert Ashley and David 
Berhman recorded back in 1976.

Again, thanks for your time and patience.

Mischa
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