I just installed amsn by following:

$ tar -xvzf amsn-0_xx.tar.gz
$ cd msn
$ ./amsn

How do I now add this to my k menu? do I need to add the irectory to my path?

This should work, although it's been a while since I used KDE.
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Your KDE should have a Menu Editor application, listed under Utilities by default.

Right click the big EMPTY icon, select "NEW", and fill in all of the
information.

You can also go through your file manager and drag a file over into the menu editor.


If this isn't the information you needed, let me know, and we'll get more accurate.

Well, first most likely you need to compile it as well to install it. By unpacking it and then just placing a link to it won't do anything but give you a command or file not found.
You should find a INSTALL or README file in the msn directory it created for you, which should show you how to install the program after untarring it. Then depending on where its installed to by default, like /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin.. etc and if it lies in your PATH, then create a link from your menu. a ./ in front of a command is usually used when it doesn't lie in your PATH to look for executables.

It seems we are covering the same program installation in two different posts, here.

Yes, sorry, I thought they were two different issues.

I'll explain what I did.

I downloaded amsn-0_71.tar.gz to /myhomedir/downloads

Then I typed:
tar -xvzf amsn-0_xx.tar.gz
cd msn
./amsn

and it ran ok.
That's all I did.

I can now run amsn by typing:

cd/myhomedir/downloads/msn
./amsn

I was wondering if it needs to go somewhere else (like /usr/bin or something).

To give a definite answer:
Presuming it is only that one file, yes, you may move it into /usr/bin or /bin and execute it by running

amsn

from anywhere.

That's only if you want it to be installed elsewhere really. Like Wolven explained in the other thread that is now closed.

When making a menu, either you can specify the full path or maybe add the path to your .bashrc, etc. But if it runs that way, there shouldn't be any problems running it from that location.

Just a thought: unless you specifically need to use amsn, you can use gaim with the msn protocol, and it's probably already in your kmenu.

I thought about mentioning that.
To get it to function, load up GAIM, click on Tools, Preferences, and look for the msn plugin. I'm writing this from memory, so I hope that is accurate. If not, I'll reply when I get home from work.