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| 214663 | 2004-02-11 09:36:00 | Hi, there i just installed Mandrake 9.0 and i want to get onto my MSN account etc how can i go about that, where do i go to download a programme so i can do that | MrBeef (342) | ||
| 214664 | 2004-02-11 09:47:00 | Probably best if you go with amsn. http://amsn.sf.net You may need your Mandrake CD's to install tk/tcl packages though :-) Otherwise, there's Kopete for KDE users, or Gaim is best for GNOME ;-) There's kmess if none of the above apeal, but I'd suggest you try amsn or kopete :D Hope this helps Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 214665 | 2004-02-11 11:09:00 | I'm a GAIM user, but I'd strongly recommend Kopete. | segfault (655) | ||
| 214666 | 2004-02-11 11:38:00 | IIRC, Kopete supports that lil msn User-Pic thingy whatsit. Not sure of any others that do. Gaim and amsn dont... Kinda good I s'pose.. Waste of bandwidth.. especially for Dial-up Users :p |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 214667 | 2004-02-11 18:51:00 | Thanks for your replies guys. I downloaded AMSN but i dont know how to install it, there is no obvious file to open. Trust me im a complete newbie to it aye. But ill download Kopete, it sounds tanfastic |
MrBeef (342) | ||
| 214668 | 2004-02-11 20:35:00 | kopete is part of the kdenetwork rpm thats on your CD. Lets take you thru a thing or two. Click the K or the Foot (K if you're in KDE, the Foot if you're in GNOME) Click Run type: xterm Now, a command-line window will appear. The next part depends on if you got the rpm or the tar.gz file. tar.gz files are like Zip files only slightly better compression IIRC. tar.bz2 files are same :-) First off, we'll make sure you've got everything installed you need to run amsn before we do anything else. Type: tar xvzf amsn-0.8.3.tar.gz If you type: tar xvzf amsn then hit [Tab] on your keyboard, it will complete the filename for you :D Cool huh. Next, type: cd msn then type: ./amsn Now, if the file you downloaded ends in .rpm you should just be able to double-click on it. It will ask you for your root password then it'll install it. a .rpm is like a Self-Extracting EXE file that you can remove later with ease :-) If it works, post back :-) If not, then we need to install the tk/tcl packages from your CD. I hope that didnt throw you in the deep end too much Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 214669 | 2004-02-12 03:14:00 | Hi there, i goto the K then goto run command and type xterm but nothing happens just "ccould not run specified command" | MrBeef (342) | ||
| 214670 | 2004-02-12 04:10:00 | That's okay, just replace xterm with konsole :-) Then carry on... Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 214671 | 2004-02-12 04:47:00 | Hi again, okay got into Konsole and typed what you said and this came up [mrbeef@Jones mrbeef]$ tar xvzf amsn-0.8.3.tar.gz tar (child): amsn-0.8.3.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors I downloaded the file to /home/mrbeef/documents Cheers |
MrBeef (342) | ||
| 214672 | 2004-02-12 05:01:00 | That is telling you that you haven't got an asmn-0.8.3.tar.gz file in your mrbeef directory. That is not surprising since you loaded it to mrbeef/documents. :D Try cd documents then issue the tar command again. |
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