Installing Gaim?
 

I'm a real n00b, an i have no idea how to install stuff in slackware. when i downloaded open office, i just extracted the files and double-clicked on one file which started the installation process. Now i want to install gaim, and it is a lot more confusing. I have downloaded it and extracted it, then i had no idea what to do next.

Re: Installing Gaim?
 

u have it in tgz or source?

get this : http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_...e=gaim&ver=9.1

and do this in the terminal:

su to root and type installpkg gaim-0.75-i486-1st.tgz

after that type gaim, and u will have the latest gaim.

Thanks very much newinlinux, it worked perfectly(i'd already downloaded it, but had no idea what to do with it :D). One problem though - where is it?? :newbie:

Great. But what do you mean by where is it? :confused:

Ooh, i just managed to run it by going run, then typing in gaim, but how about if i want to make a shortcut to it from the 'start' menu?

Oh, i figured that out :D by adding a shortuct to 'gaim', but is there a path to the executable? or is it different in linux?

sorry, cannot help u here, my level of understanding maxed out at installing a program and running it via the terminal:o

the path is (if you compiled it from source) /usr/local/bin/gaim

you don't need the path though. If you create a shortcut just fill the command option with gaim, leave the path empty. No need to select 'run in terminal' either.

If you install from pkg the path is (I guess) /usr/ bin/gaim

these are all very basic things, you might want to read the slackbook or some other basic linux books to get you up to speed.

if you are looking for a file on your system use the 'locate' command
eg.
locate gaim

mind that locate takes it info from a database, if you've just installed something, update the database with the command 'updatedb' you need to be root to do that though!
$su
password:
$updatedb
when it's done rattling (harddisk will be very busy) use the locate command.

btw:
if you have a slackware package tgz file try this before installing
tar tzf filename.tgz
it will show you all the files it's going to install

I tried installing GAIM like "newinlinux" wrote in post #3 but I can't start it.
When I type "gaim" I get "gaim: error while loading shared libraries: libstartup-notification-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". I tried this from both / and /home/**MYUSERNAME**.

I also tried "tar -xvzf gaim-0.75-i486-2st.tgz" but nothing more.

Anyone know what the problem might be and what I can do to fix it?

You need 'startup-notification-0.5-i486-2.tgz' from the Slack site - it's in /lib or /gnome or some such. Or compile Gaim yourself without the Gnome-ish junk enabled. I guess the Slack update assumed we'd all have Gnome and all it's junk, even though it wasn't necessary with the Gaim that shipped with 9.1. Compile flag oversite, maybe.

'installpkg gaim...'
'installpkg startup...'
Then type 'gaim' and it should come up.

This problem occurs are most probably you did not install Gnome. Like what digiot said, installpkg startup-notice and also libmikmod

http://www.slackware.com/pb/search.p...nt&string=gaim

http://www.slackware.com/pb/search.p...&string=libmik

http://www.slackware.com/pb/search.p...string=startup

you dont do a tar -xvzf on a .tgz package, u do a installpkg or upgradepkg on it.

Please read the following very carefully before asking questions like this again.

http://www.slackware.com/book/
http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/fa...c/cache/1.html

Most all of these types of questions are answered here. The book is also on disk 3 so you can put it on your desktop and review it daily.

Remember - Give them a fish and they eat for a day, teach them to fish and they eat for a lifetime.

Thanks digiot!
Your post helped me solve my problem. I didn't know where to find the startup-notification package