[lotuseclat79]

I run off of the Daper Drake Live CD for Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.0.6 LTS release, and having attempted to run screamer (Internet radio from screamer.com - great lightweight radio for Windows) via Wine installation, and been frustrated, I decided to follow the advice of my local NPR station and install the free RealPlayer to see if I could get some Internet radio streams running on my P4 3.2 GHz, 1GB RAM machine.

Here's how to install and run the free RealPlayer:

In order to get realplayer (free) running on Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS here's what I did:
1) Download realplayer: Get RealPlayer10GOLD.bin from here, by clicking on the button named Download RealPlayer

2) To install RealPlayer (on your Desktop):
1. Open a terminal window and navigate to the file "RealPlayer10GOLD.bin".
$ cd Desktop
2. Verify that the file is executable. If it isn't, type
$ chmod a+x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
3. Run the installer by typing
$ sudo ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
and enter your password.
4. Follow the prompts provided to finish installation.
5. When you launch the player for the first time, a set-up assistant will take you through configuring your player. You can run the set-up assistant again at any time by choosing Reset RealPlayer from the Help menu.
$ cd RealPlayer
$ ./realplay
6. Pull-down File, select Open Location, and paste the stream.pls URL into the realplayer window - for a live broadcast stream of a local FM radio station - get it at your local radio station website. Works great!

If you run from the LiveCD as I do, you need to save your Desktop/RealPlayer folder and all of its files (i.e. cp -rp RealPlayer <destination-hard-drive-location>) on your hard disk before you shutdown, so when you reboot again it can be easily retrieved.

-- Tom