anyone got gaim 0.62 installed in suse 8.2 pro
 

if so, how was it done?

EDIT - SEE UPDATED POST BY ME BELOW

yast2>install/remove software>search for gaim,click box next to gaim, click install, put disks in when it asks.

I only have the first cd

so where can I get suse 8.1 rpm's?

you may want to try this since you don't have all the disks, it will be much easier to install apps and have all the depends taken care of.
http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/ . once installed you can do a apt-get install gaim and it will take care of everything. or get the synaptic package so you can point and click the software you want. i've been using it for a few months and it works so much better than yast online update.

k, will check that out, i use it for red hat already so i am familiar with how to use it
thanks!

ok, now I have suse 8.2 - it comes with gaim 0.59.8 - what I want to know is how to upgrade it to 0.62 - I have installed tons of software for different distros so I don't need a how to, but the problem with this example is that there are so many dependencies and they keep getting worse. I'll get one (gkspell) and then a whole bunch more will come up.
I might try apt-get to see what it can do, but it does't always work either.
Tips appreciated.

well. no go on the apt4rpm (although I really like the idea of it):

You may try to install these package:

apt-0.5.4cnc9-1cl
synaptic-0.26-rb1
apt-devel-0.5.4cnc9-1cl
or the newer one for SuSE

Search it here:
www.rpmseek.com


Have fun :-)

I just switch over form mandrake to Suse 8.2 yesterday and I did find rpms that would work to upgrade to Gaim .64

you need gaim-0.64-SuSE.ulb.2.i586.rpm and gtkspell-2.0.4-SuSE.ulb.1.i586.rpm. I found them at http://www.usr-local-bin.org/gaim.php

If you installed apt for SuSE do:

apt-get update
apt-get install gaim

I like Kopete more than Gaim.
IMHO, Kopete is better and easier.

Or at your prompt just type

yast2 -i "program name"

Comes in handy.