Nigel Henry wrote:
> I've been using RealPlayer on my Linux machines for some time. I have several 
> versions of RealPlayer 10 downloaded, but never know which version I am 
> downloading, until I actually install them, and can look in the README, which 
> shows the installed version. I see that I've already downloaded RealPlayer 
> 11, but no idea of which version. I'm downloading it again now, and for all I 
> know, may be downloading the same version again.
>
> Is there some way that the version number could be shown on the page where you 
> click on "Download RealPlayer". This would save downloading the same version 
> twice, and also save Internet bandwidth at the same time.
>
> Nigel

Hi,

You are not the only one asking this question.

In fact, I just raised the issue to our web team last week. So far, 
there is no new solution proposed to resolve this issue.

The installer file names are intentionally kept the same to facilitate 
updates and involve as few teams as possible during releases.

So, I'll offer two solutions:
1. I have just updated this player page to contain version numbers for 
the latest releases.
https://player.helixcommunity.org/

You only have to download it if your local version is different from the 
version number listed.

Once you have downloaded one of the packages, you can use "rpm -qp 
RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm" or "dpkg -I RealPlayer11GOLD.deb" to double-check 
the version numbers.


2. The usual (and existing) mechanism to check for an update is through:
Help Menu / Check for Updates...

Hope these mechanisms are adequate for you.

Regards,

-- 
Daniel Yek.