Suppressing Real Player on RPM downloads

[Kam Leo]

On 12/2/05, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> wwp wrote:
> > Hello Steven, Robert,
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:00:20 -0600 Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> >>
> >>>I know I've seen this, but now can't find it on a fresh FC4 install.
> >>>Where do I tell Real Player to ignore RPM files when I click on them to
> >>>download?
> >>>
> >>>-- Doc
> >>>Robert G. (Doc) Savage, BSE(EE), CISSP, RHCE | Fairview Heights, IL
> >>>Fedora Core 4 kernel 2.6.14-1.1644_FC4 on a P-III/M IBM Thinkpad A22p
> >>>            ** Bob Costas for Baseball Commissioner **
> >>>
> >>
> >>Right click.  Save Target As...
> >
> >
> > Using Galeon (1.3.x, 2.0, mozilla 1.7.12), I often face the same problem. And
> > right clicking/saving is not available since the link does point to a
> > dynamical page (@#$%!).
> >
> > But, it is possible to still left-click on this link, go on w/ the RA player
> > (stop it if necessary), then save the file using the File/Save as menu item.
> > Whereas you won't get a progress indicator, you can still see the file
> > growing :-).
> >
> > Of course, the best would be to dissociate the RA plugin from RPM file
> > extension!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
> And email the Web admin for the site to get their server configured to
> correct there configuration.
>
>

How is this the fault of the Web admin?  Are you claiming that the
administrators for the Fedora Core servers don't know any better?

The fault lies in the obsolete association of rpm files with
RealPlayer.  This association is provided by one of the multimedia
plugins (not Helix or Realplayer) for the web browser.  You can find
out which plugin is at fault by typing "about:plugins" in Firefox's
address bar and looking for the application associate with rpm.