Read Player is one of most popular player for running Audio/Video files in Linux system. This how to guide will help you to install Real Player 11 on CentOS, RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu and Debian Systems.
Step 1: Install Required Packages
First make sure you have properly installed required packages to install Real Player.
CentOS, RHEL, Fedora Users:
# yum install redhat-lsb redhat-lsb-core redhat-lsb-desktop
Step 2: Download Real Player
Use the following command to download Real Player 11 on your Linux systems, or click here to find latest version.
CentOS, RHEL, Fedora Users:
# wget http://client-software.real.com/free/unix/RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm
Ubuntu Users:
# wget http://client-software.real.com/free/unix/RealPlayer11GOLD.deb
Step 3: Install Real Player
Use the following command to instal Real Player 11 using downloaded package.
CentOS, RHEL, Fedora Users:
# rpm -ivh RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm
Ubuntu Users:
# dpkg -i RealPlayer11GOLD.deb
Step 4: Start Real Player
To start Real player in linux, run following command from terminal or you can use GUI menu.
# realplay
Complete the wizzard on first time opening Real Player.
Congratulation’s You have successfully installed Real Player on your Linux System. Read our next article to Install VLC Player on Linux Systems.
3 Comments
yum install redhat-lsb redhat-lsb-core redhat-lsb-desktop is not installed in my pc …
how to install/download this?
it doesn’t work. You can start realplayer but you can’t play videos on Linux Mint.
Thanks!