How to install Real Player in ubuntu

This tutorial will tell you how to install Real Player and enable firefox plugin,remove imposed audio icons optionally in ubuntu.
First,download Real Player by execute following command in a terminal window:
wget http://www.real.com/realcom/R?href=http://forms.real.com
/real/player/download.html?f=unix/RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
then, in terminal go to the directory where you download the file,make the .bin file executable by command:
chmod a+x RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
execute command:
sudo ./RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
press any key when prompted,after installed you can open Real Player at Applications–>Sound&&Video–>Real Player11
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For enable mozilla firefox plugin,type following command:
cp /opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so ~/.mozilla/plugins
/nphelix.so && cp /opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/
nphelix.xpt ~/.mozilla/plugins/nphelix.xpt
And remove imposed audio icons by:
sudo /opt/real/RealPlayer/postinst/install_icon_resource.sh uninstall
Update:Another  easy way,install realplayer from medibuntu.Just add medibuntu to your ubuntu sources and then use this command to install realplay
sudo apt-get install realplay

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