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Old 02-18-2004, 02:48 PM   #1
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amsn 0.9


Ok, I have just donwloaded amsn 0.90, I thought I would try the .bin installer.

when typing ./amsn-0.90-installer.bin it says bash: ./amsn-0.90-installer.bin: Permission denied

I have switched to root in terminal using the su command it still says the smae thing!! any ideas?
 
Old 02-18-2004, 02:53 PM   #2
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Once the program has been untarred, cd into the new aMSN directory and type in ./amsn and it will run. Please see the readme file for more detail.
 
Old 02-18-2004, 02:55 PM   #3
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its a .bin file, I dont think you can un-tar it?
 
Old 02-18-2004, 02:57 PM   #4
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Where did you get it from? I got mine from amsn.sourceforge.net and those instructions worked perfectly.


PS - where in Kent?
 
Old 02-18-2004, 03:03 PM   #5
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got it from herehttp://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/amsn/amsn-0.90-installer.bin?download

I downloaded the tarball file instead now, and it works a treat

I am in east kent, near Canterbury
 
Old 02-18-2004, 03:04 PM   #6
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Cool - glad it all works.

I used to live in Thanet and worked in Canterbury for a while.
 
Old 02-18-2004, 03:16 PM   #7
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hellllllp! I have really cocked it up I rebooted, and when I went to run it I get this message
Error in startup script: couldn't recognize data in image file "/home/paul/.amsn/paul_123isp_co_uk/smileys/penguin.gif"
while executing
"image create photo $img_name -file [GetSkinFile smileys ${img_name}]"
(procedure "load_smileys" line 40)
invoked from within
"load_smileys"
invoked from within
"if { $initialize_amsn == 1 } {
###############################################################
create_dir $HOME
create_dir $HOME/plugins
..."
(file "./config.tcl" line 1017)
invoked from within
"source [file join $program_dir config.tcl]"
(procedure "reload_files" line 21)
invoked from within
"reload_files"
(file "./amsn" line 202)
 
Old 02-18-2004, 03:21 PM   #8
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oh wait, it runs when I am logged in as root! any ideas?
 
Old 02-18-2004, 03:23 PM   #9
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Did you untar and run it as root the first time or as a user? What you could do is simply delete the aMSN folder and re-untar and run it - making sure you are not root.

Probably also a good idea to enable the "view hidden files" option in your file manager and delete the ".amsn" folder too. That way you get to start from scratch.
 
  


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