realplayer rpm problem with Fedora

[Brian D]

--- "Richard A. Franklin" wrote:
> Just when I thought I  had found a good laptop
> distro in Fedora, I 
> downloaded the RPM for RealPlayer 8 ... now I have a
> very buggy system.
> 
> :-(
> 
> Then I find "*Bugzilla Bug 109526:*  Installing
> RealPlayer RPM trashes 
> RPM database". 
>
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109526
> 
> All subsequent attempts to install rpms have failed
> ... prior to 
> attempting to install RealPlayer, all installations
> were a breeze.
Well, this is easy to fix just restore your system
from the backup you made before installing. ;)
A lesson here, when running a 'beta' OS it is really
important to make regular backups of at the very least
the system files (like the RPM database). 

Brian

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