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This installation guide has been tested for Fedora 16. [Note: There is some problem during the installation of Real Player on Fedoar 17. Fedora 17 users, please use VLC instead.]   You can download the last version of Real Player 11 at  https://player.helixcommunity.org/2005/downloads/ You should be downloading a file "RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm" Pre-Installation Setup Before installing the rpm file, you need to install additional libraries. For 64-bit Fedora users, use the following command: sudo yum install -y redhat-lsb redhat-lsb.i686 gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-ugly.i686 gtk2-engines gtk2-engines.i686 PackageKit-gtk-module PackageKit-gtk-module.i686 libcanberra-gtk2 libcanberra-gtk3 libcanberra-gtk2.i686 libcanberra-gtk3.i686 For 32-bit Fedora users, use the following command: sudo yum install -y redhat-lsb gstreamer-plugins-ugly gtk2-engines PackageKit-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk2 libcanberra-gtk3 Install Real Player To install Re...

Please be aware that RealNetworks, the company that created the Real media format, no longer support Real Player for Linux . There are a few options that allows you to play Real media (rm and ram files) in Fedora or any other distribution of Linux. Playing Real Media with VLC Media Player If you've installed VLC media player, it will play Real media without any problems.The images may appear distorted for a while when you fast forward the video. To install VLC media player, use the command: $sudo yum install vlc Playing Real Media with MPlayer MPlayer is pre-loaded with Fedora, to play Real Media you need to allow the Player to search and install the necessary codecs and library files. You need to perform the search and installation of codecs a few times. I manage to play a sample file on the third attempt. Playing Real Media with Real Player You can still download and install the last version of Real Player. Please check my post Install Real Player 11 on Fedora .  **...