gaim and yahoo

huffboy · 10-04-2003, 10:47 AM

hi! im using slackware and just recently downloaded and installed gaim.. im trying to connect to my yahoo messenger account using gaim but it keeps on telling me that i cant connect coz i was disconnected from the server or something...

Greyweather · 10-04-2003, 11:07 AM

Are you using Gaim v0.70, or an older version?
Older versions no longer work with Yahoo due to some changes Yahoo made.

huffboy · 10-04-2003, 11:11 AM

gaim 0.70... just downloaded a fresh copy this morning.

but.. does gaim automatically remove / overlap the old gaim when i install it?

sori if its a stupid question.. really new to linux

joesbox · 10-04-2003, 11:49 AM

you might want to backup your .gaim files and then uninstall everything and re-install.

huffboy · 10-04-2003, 11:51 AM

uhmm.. how do i uninstall gaim? where are the gaim files located?

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hildog · 10-04-2003, 12:35 PM

type: "locate gaim" in a terminal. But most likely it's in /usr/bin/gaim.

The .gaim files are probably in your home dir.

joesbox · 10-04-2003, 02:32 PM

depends on how you installed it. sometimes within the the make file will allow you to uninstall like this

Code:

make unintsall

but if you used a packaging system (i think that slack has one) then look into that or you can locate all of the files like hildog said and remove them.

huffboy · 10-04-2003, 08:36 PM

thanks