as the topic says, I'm trying to get aol to work under linux. I am hoping for aol cable to work, but if not, dial is alright. I'm running Ubuntu

I've heard of PengAOL, but I was having problems getting it to compile. it says that I don't have g++ installed. I do have gcc, so I tried doing a symbolic link, but then I got some other error. don't remember what, sorry. so...

how do I install g++ into ubuntu without using synaptic? I don't have an internet connection with ubuntu, just with windows.

also, someone told me that AOL broadband used dhcp and that the username and password was just for the browser.
If that is try then how will I connect to my AOL Cable modem if I first connect to a wireless router, which the modem is connected to? can I first dhcp to the router, and then to the cable modem? is that possible?


thanx

Download the ubuntu g++ and cpp packages in windows and burn them to a cd. Boot back into ubuntu and install them with:
I've never used AOL in anything but Windows, so I have no idea about your second question.

thanx for the help. I tried it, and here's what happened

the cpp package installed just fine, but the g++ package didn't. I downloaded version 3.3.5_1 or something like that, and when I tried to dpkg -i it, it said that it it had dependency issues, and listed g++ 3.3 as the dependency it needed. that doesn't make any since to me, but maybe the one I got is just an update, so I'll go looking for 3.3.


any thoughts ?

I missed that dependency. g++ 3.3 can be found here It too has several dependencies that must be met before it will install, libc6 and libstdc++5-3.3-dev, you should have all the gcc stuff installed. They may be on the ubuntu cd, if so you can install them with 'apt-get install libc6 libstdc++5-3.3.dev'. If they aren't on the cd, then you'll need to install them the same way you installed cpp.

thanx for the info.

I went through, and just downloaded about 10 different .deb files to make sure I got all of the dependencies I would need. My question now is this:

some of the dependencies seem circular. I'm afraid that when I boot back into Ubuntu, they are going to complain about not having the other and not let me install either. Will this happen, and if so, how do I get it to ignore the dependencies so that I can get them all installed?


again thanx. You have been very helpful

umm, you don't need aol. Where I live timewarner provides the cable acces and most people use it without aol in any way shape or form. aol sells the timewarner stuff as aol broadband, but's its really just time warner. So, what I'm getting at is that if you are going to run linux, forget about aol. I'm not sure what aol offers that isn't provided for by various email clients, such as evolution, or chat clients such as gaim or xchat(for irc). Be forwarned, you very well may recieve some condescending replies as aol is regarded with disdain by many.
If your looking for a nicely preconfigured distro similar to ubuntu you might want to try zenLinux.

To install packages like this just specify them all at once. Say foo.deb depends on bar.deb. You could run 'dpkg -i foo.deb bar.deb', and they should both be installed.

h2gofast, I really have no idea how aol works, but if it were a standard cable connection wouldn't biojayc's connection be automatically configured by dhcp?

h2gofast, here, there is two different Cable packages: roadrunner which is done through time warner, and AOL cable which is done through AOL. They have two different prices and all. My dad likes aol, which is the only reason we are still using it. I can get linux on my wireless network, but it can't get on the internet, so I think there is something more going on. I'm sure it requires logging on since even in windows, I have to open the AOL and log in to get internet access.


twsnnva, thanx, I'll be sure to try that.

I don't thin AOL and Linux should be used in the same sentence...

KC

kencaz, you just did use it in the same sentence!

And if you read my post you would see that it isn't my choice. I have asked several times to switch away from aol, but it hasn't happened yet.

Thanx for the unhelpful post.

On another note, don't use PengAOL. It's now called Penggy, and you'll find the newest version under that name.

Is Penngy GUI oriented or only console and can u tell me how to use Penngy