Gaim/MSN protocols and problems upgrading Gaim and Kopete.
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Distribution: Windows XP Professional SP2/SUSE Linux 10
Posts: 122
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Gaim/MSN protocols and problems upgrading Gaim and Kopete.
Hey Guys.
After MS stopped old protocols from signing in to MSN, I had to upgrade from Gaim 0.59 to GAIM 7.0.
I downloaded Gaim 0.7 in an RPM, but whenever I try and install it with YaST, it asks for SuSE installation DVD 1, and installs the same version of Gaim that I already have installed.
I did try Kopete, 0.6.1a which is far better than Gaim, but that also needed upgrading to version 0.71 or above.
When I upgraded to 0.72, there where no protocols for any of the IM's, and I cannot find where any are kept on the web.
Can someone please tell me how to get Gaim 0.70 to install or where a RPM version of Kopete 0.72 with all protocols installed is avalable for download, or where to download the protocols from.
Distribution: Windows XP Professional SP2/SUSE Linux 10
Posts: 122
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Hi ionstorm,
When I enter this command into Konsole
(rpm -Uvh --force gaim-0.70-1.fr.src.rpm)
I get the following output.
(error: cannot open file gaim-0.70-1.fr.src.rpm: No such file or directory)
This cant be right as it IS the right file and directory.
I have a similar problem trying to install any messenger that work with MSN in Suse 8.2 Trillian (wine) Gaim since most of my friends use it , and finally i found a version of kopete that can be install and run http://rpmfind.creatis.insa-lyon.fr but not connect to any serve. And when I try to create a account it shuts down ... a bug :O(
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