Rpm download

[jim tate]

Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
> On Friday 01 December 2006 08:44, Grumpy wrote:
>   
>> On Friday 01 December 2006 08:04, Lester M Petrie wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 09:40 -0500, Anthony J Placilla wrote:
>>>       
>>>> jim tate wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> On Thursday 30 November 2006 09:37, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> jim tate wrote:
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> Downloading a rpm from the sight below, When I click on rpm to
>>>>>>>> save in FC 6 all that happens it open a RealPlayer window , I
>>>>>>>> can't even do a "Save link" that doesn't work either.
>>>>>>>> This site is the only site I have had this problem with.
>>>>>>>> What gives?
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> The lightscribe.com site has an incorrected mime-type set for .rpm
>>>>>>> files (audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin), at least for .rpm files as
>>>>>>> most of us are used to them.  You can use wget to download it:
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> That's not lacies mistake, its the browsers mimetype associations
>>>>>> and can be fixed if one is determined to.
>>>>>> Its also very very commonly made, and can be worked around by right
>>>>>> clicking and choosing the save as option from the pop-up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Windoze folks think they can make life difficult by hijacking the
>>>>>> .rpm extension away from the OSS folks but all it does is make me
>>>>>> more convinced I should nuke the only winderz install here, a
>>>>>> leftover copy of XP on my lappy.  I keep that just for the dweebs at
>>>>>> C.C. in case I have a problem with it.  When the warranty is up, it
>>>>>> gets nuked at the first sneeze, I don't like viri loose in my house.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> wget
>>>>>>> http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadSection/linux/downloads/lightscr
>>>>>>> ib e- 1.4.124.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm
>>>>>>>               
>>>>> Would you please go to that site and do a right click and "save as"
>>>>> and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>           
>>>> You are doing nothing wrong. The page listing for the rpm is actually a
>>>> link to
>>>> http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadSection/linux/index.aspx?id=814#
>>>>
>>>> which is the license agreement you've gotta accept before they redirect
>>>> to the actual rpm.
>>>>
>>>> And as the server config is b0rked it pushes the rpm as a RealAudio
>>>> file.
>>>>         
>>> After you have accepted the license agreement, and the RealPlayer window
>>> has come up, click File on the toolbar, and the click Save page as.
>>> Select where you want the rpm saved to, and it will be downloaded there.
>>> Clumsy, but it worked for me.
>>>       
>> easier yet go to
>> http://www.lacie.com/support/drivers/index.htm
>>     
> go to software in the dropdown box and select labeler for linux
> note you will need the 4L-gui
>   

go to software in the dropdown box and select labeler for linux
note you will need the 4L-gui


This is the package I tryed to download for Linux and it is still trying 
to use RealPlayer as download.


      LaCie LightScribe Labeler

At this location:

http://www.lacie.com/support/drivers/driver.htm?id=10094

Jim