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07-18-2003, 03:40 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
Posts: 179
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MSN on Red Hat 9
Is there a way I can talk to people on MSN on Linux?
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07-18-2003, 04:01 AM
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian
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Use the program "gaim" (may or may not be installed on your system, should be on your cds though). It allows you to talk to people on MSN, ICQ, AIM, and quite a few other protocols, and I like it more than MSN messenger...
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07-18-2003, 04:09 AM
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Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
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How can I make that log into my MSN account?
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07-18-2003, 04:12 AM
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian
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create a new profile, enter your data, possibly (depending on your version of gaim) select MSN as the account type.
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07-18-2003, 04:28 AM
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Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
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http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
They don't seem to have a version for RedHat??
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07-18-2003, 04:30 AM
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07-18-2003, 04:33 AM
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OK I found it. THX for the help. |
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07-18-2003, 06:44 AM
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Location: Alaska, USA
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OK, I downloaded that file and after the "Preparing System Update" nothing happens. And the program is still v0.59.8..........
Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?
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07-18-2003, 06:52 AM
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian
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that means it hasn't installed properly. What distribution are you using? Is it RedHat? How exactly do you try to install the file?
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07-18-2003, 07:05 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
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RedHat 9
I try installing it by right clicking on it and then clicking open.
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07-18-2003, 07:30 AM
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian
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try the following on a console prompt (after changing to the directory with the rpm file)
rpm -Uvh <rpm-file>.rpm
and post the output.
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07-18-2003, 07:40 AM
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Quote:
[hubcaps@localhost hubcaps]$ rpm -Uvh /home/USERNAME/Downloads/gaim-0.65-1rh9.i386.rpm
warning: /home/USERNAME/Downloads/gaim-0.65-1rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
error: Failed dependencies:
libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-0.65-1rh9
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07-18-2003, 07:49 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
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Theres this program called amsn. It looks/works exactly like Msn Messenger, you can find it here:
http://amsn.sourceforge.net/ |
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07-18-2003, 07:55 AM
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Distribution: Debian
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I always found gaim had more features, and it definitely supports more protocols... it's largely a matter of taste in the end.
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