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Old 08-19-2003, 11:07 PM   #1
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IRC Client


I am new on linux and i was wondering what is considered to be the best Irc client for linux i know people have their favorites but which one is the best and easiest to learn

Thx for any help.

William
 
Old 08-19-2003, 11:43 PM   #2
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xchat is probably the best as far as graphical interfaces and setup goes, so it's just standard. I've never tried BitchX but this is usually second in line by popularity.
 
Old 08-19-2003, 11:48 PM   #3
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x-chat is easy fast reliable fully featured and graphical, bitch-x is terminal based, you need to know commands, moderate to learn, great for server
 
Old 08-20-2003, 12:09 AM   #4
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Thx so much for your help ill go try x-chat right now right now.

William
 
Old 08-20-2003, 08:47 AM   #5
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Ok now i have a problem i downloaded the file xchat-2.0.4-0.i386.rpm from the xchat website so i run that and it comes up with a n error stating that

"the signature of the package 'xchat-2.0.4-0.i386.rpm' is not correct.
No GPG signature in package
would you like to instal anyway?"

so i say ok and then it says...

"conflicts were detected.
gtk2 is needed by xchat-2.0.4-0
libcrypto.so.4 is needed by xchat-2.0.4-0
libssl.so.4 is needed by xchat-2.0.4-0
Install aborted."

can you help me out on how to fix this plz

thx for any help

William
 
Old 08-20-2003, 08:47 AM   #6
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sry for the double post i am not awake yet.

Last edited by Whitemagician; 08-20-2003 at 08:51 AM.
 
Old 08-20-2003, 11:35 AM   #7
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um...you didn't double post.

You need to download all of these libraries that were mentioned. You can download them from the redhat website, I believe. Search under packages for "gtk" &c...Or download the source from their respective websites.
 
Old 08-20-2003, 02:23 PM   #8
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i did repost i jsut edited the second one to say that ok i will download them when i get back home

Thx very much ill post how it went.

William
 
  


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