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Both from RPMs but the prob is. Where can i find them? how do i know if they have been installed? there is no icon on my desktop...
Please no super advanced mega command line answers... im new... i can use the command line for installing programs but thats about it. im fairly new to linux...
rpm -qa | grep gaim rpm -qa | grep apollon
that tells you if a packet was installed containing "gaim"/"apollon" in it's name.
I think you can start gaim simply with "gaim" and apollon with "apollon". after a restart of gnome there will be icons too, at least on my system they update after a restart of X.
Here's a little tip, write "ga" or "gai" and hit TAB-button, if the command will not be completed hit it twice and all commands starting with "ga" will be listed. You can use TAB on other commands too.
Hope this helped.
Boby
PS:icons will be in Kmenu [start-menu from windows]
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