Have anyone installed yahoo in slackware ?
I've download yahoo package for freebsd from yahoo. But I can't installed it. I tried to install package with kpackage. Still can't run ymessenger.
Can someone help me ? Thanks.

I know this doesn't exactly answer your question, but you can use Gaim instead of Yahoo Messenger.

I could never get ymessenger to work from the download at the Yahoo site. Get Gaim, it has pluggins for just about every chat client there is and you can load as many as you want all at once. I love Gaim, it works great.

Good Luck,
Ted.

There is no source package, or Slackware package for Yahoo Messenger. Which version did you install?

I think you are out of luck...

System Requirements

The Linux version of the Messenger runs on the Intel chipset and has been tested on RedHat 6.1, 6.2, 7.1 and 7.2l; Debian Sid and Woody; and Mandrake 8.1.

The FreeBSD version of the Messenger has been tested on FreeBSD 4.5.
The Solaris version of the Messenger runs on the Sparc chipset and has been tested on Solaris (SunOS 5.7) Sparc.

Software Requirements: These packages require X Windows, GTK 1.2 or greater, openssl 0.9.6 or greater and gdk-pixbuf 0.8.0 or greater

Please Note: If you are running a UNIX system other than those listed above, you probably won't be able to run Yahoo! Messenger

Note: This is a beta release of Y! Messenger

where can i get yahoo plugins for yahoo ?
can i use the default gaim installed in my box ?
i don't know what version it is. i'm using slackware 2.4.18.
i've been thinking to upgrad my kernel to the latest one.
is newest gaim included here ? or do i have to install it manually ?

Yahoo!?

Yes you can. Whether it works is another question!

Gaim...Help...About

Your kernel does not contain Gaim. You can download the lastest Gaim from Linux Packages I believe. I use the updated Gaim from Dropline on a Slackware 9 and don't have any problems. I seem to remember that previous versions used to have trouble connecting to the Yahoo! network, but as a lot of the proprietry IM services actively try to block people from using other then the default clients, you can't really blame Gaim or any of the other GNU/Linux clients. Good luck ;-)

munkeh

I don't know if Gaim is on the Slack CDs or not. I just switched from Mandrake and haven't gotten everything installed. However you install it, the plugins are already part of the package. Just install it and configure it for the chat clients you want to use and you're set.

Good Luck,
Ted.