Help with installation

[Sasha Tsykin]

Roman wrote:
> Hie people,
> Just installed Ubuntu and I like it very much.
> Maybe I asking a stupid question, but anyway the thing is that I am
> trying to install RealPlayer10gold from bin file. I am doing it from the
> konsole, I am also doing it under su command, which is a root user as I
> understand, but after I type /home/roman/RealPlayer10GOLD.bin it says to
> me PERMISSION DENIED. WHY????
> Maybe somebody can advise me a good guide to installation in Linux.
> Please or just help with this problem.
> Thank you
> Roman
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There is no su in Ubuntu. If you type in su, it does not get into the 
root user account because the account is disabled by default. Simply 
preface the command with sudo (ie. sudo 
/home/roman/RealPlayer10GOLD.bin) and type in your personal password 
when prompted. This will have the same effect as using the su account in 
any other Linux distro. But, you should probably install realplayer 
through apt-get anyway, as it will likely work better (the version there 
is specifically compiled for Ubuntu). The command to do so is sudo 
apt-get install realplayer. Alternatively you can install through 
synaptic (a graphical front end for apt-get). In general check is your 
application is available through apt-get before trying to install it in 
any other way.

Sasha