RealPlayer G2 for Alpha Expired! Now, What?

CPCA asks: "Yikes! Earlier today, while attempting to listen to a 'real media' webcast, I received the following error message: 'This beta version of RealPlayer G2 for Unix(tm) has expired. Please contact RealNetworks (www.real.com) for the latest version.' Well, I did that and they still haven't produced a version newer than the one they published on May 17, 1999. Just to be safe, I went ahead and downloaded the 4.3Mb "G2player-6.0-0.99051701.i386_rpm" file, renamed it to *.rpm and ran "rpm -Uvh --force G2player-6.0-0.99051701.i386.rpm". The package seemed to install just fine, so I located some other archived *.r?m files and assorted live webcast streams and ...no. I keep getting the same error message. Has anyone else experienced this? Have any of you come up with a workaround for it? "

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[PD]

They didn't update the RPM file, so you need to get the gzipped tar file instead.

I had the same trouble as you until I did this.

G2player-6.0-0.99092901.i386_rpm

[Anonymous Coward]

Go to this page [real.com], fill in the info (select the Red Hat RPM version), and press the download button (use this link [real.com] if you can't get the form to work). The filename should be G2player-6.0-0.99092901.i386_rpm file (the install instructions have not been updated yet, but they are the same for both versions - just use the new filename), and this works fine.

BTW, has anyone checked whether this version expires?

"for Alpha" ?

[dwmw2]

I'd like a version for Linux/Alpha, which is why this caught my eye. Unfortunately it seems to have been a typo.

Does anyone know anything about the likelihood of versions for non-i386 architectures?

What happened to the other replies?

[dwmw2]

I definitely did _not_ get the first post - there were others here before me.

What happened to them?

Not that I care particularly about them, but it's an indication that something somewhere's buggered.

Re:What happened to the other replies?

[PD]

/. looks like it's been having some troubles today.

I was having some difficulties about 10:30 CDT this morning. When I'd click on the comments for stories on the main page, I'd get nothing at all. I checked this article out to see if it would display correctly, knowing that I posted the #1 comment yesterday.

Anyway, all I saw was my comment, and no others. I knew that there was at least one other reply, so I had confirmation of a slashdot hose-up. All seems normal now.

Re:G2player-6.0-0.99092901.i386_rpm

[bmetzler]

BTW, has anyone checked whether this version expires?

Yes.

From their README

INSTALLER AND PLAYER EXPIRATION

These versions of the Installer and the Alpha 2 RealPlayer G2 will expire on March 15, 2000.

We encourage you to visit http://www.real.com/products [real.com] prior to that date to download a new version of the RealPlayer G2 for Unix, as newer versions of the product will be available far in advance of this expiration date.

-Brent
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