1. /cd ~paul/Desktop/

2.Desktop]# yum localinstall RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Cannot open file: RealPlayer10GOLD.bin. Skipping.
Nothing to do

can someone please tell me what is oging on here, i have odwnloaded many bin files and rpm packages, but nothing will execute under my terminal.this is an example of one of the many file giving me trouble.thanks

yum localinstall will work only for rpm files. For a bin file, execute it directly:
In case it is not already done, make that file executable before you launch

yes i saw that command on the instructions, but ive only been using linux since yesterday, should i change the directory to where the file is located, and then just type ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin, and thats it??? im sorry, please excuse my ignorance.

In the given command '.' stands for "current directory". You need to add this because, by default and unlike windows, the current directory is not part of the default path where the system looks for executable files.

So you either change dir where your file is located and type the given command begining with the dot or type the full path to the executable file (ie: /full/absolute/path/to/executable or relative/path/begining/from/where/you/are).

In either cases, the file you want to launch must be executable (see the chmod command in my previous post in case it isn't).

thank you so much i will try it now

wow,thanks i really appreiciate the help. linux aint so bad after u learn terminal commands... but i have one more prob. Error: Missing Dependency: j2re >= 1.4.1 is needed by package LimeWire-free, any idea what this may be? im trying to install limewire from an rpm package. but after it finds all the neccisary files, this error comes up.(and i already install java runtime version 1.4.2, because i thought that was what was causing the problem)