installing or running  instant messengers

Forum: Apps
Topic: installing or running  instant messengers
started by: jeromeswdsl

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Posted by jeromeswdsl on Oct. 04 2005,01:32

I'm wondering if its possible to install or run an instant messenger like gaim or amsn on dsl.

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Posted by mikshaw on Oct. 04 2005,02:38

< http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/ >
Check the "network" section for amsn and "gtk2" for gaim

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Posted by jeromeswdsl on Oct. 05 2005,01:09

thanks it worked

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Posted by BobTheGoatgod on Oct. 10 2005,00:02

Is it possible to get the tar package from aim.com to work on DSL?

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Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Oct. 10 2005,17:17

yeah, i was actually working on a howto for getting the aim tarball to work on dsl, but I got frustrated when I was about finished and Beaver closed on me.  I will hopefully get this up soon.

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Posted by BobTheGoatgod on Oct. 11 2005,22:51

I downloaded Gaim and an icon appeared on the desktop. But when I click on it, nothing happens. What else do i have to do or what should I have done.

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Posted by jeromeswdsl on Oct. 12 2005,00:49

I tried the same thing and got the same result so i downloaded amsn. That worked for some reason Gaim didn't work for me.

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Posted by melonfoogee on Oct. 16 2005,06:15

The same thing happened to me! Did you guys figure out why?

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Posted by melonfoogee on Oct. 19 2005,03:57

i figured it out duh!!!! go to myDSL Extension browser, GTK2 , and download the gtk2 file....

:o)

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Posted by AwPhuch on Oct. 19 2005,17:27

Can we get gaim.uci please

Brian
AwPhuch

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Posted by BobTheGoat on Oct. 19 2005,19:46

Quote (Guest @ Oct. 18 2005,23:57)

i figured it out duh!!!! go to myDSL Extension browser, GTK2 , and download the gtk2 file.... :o)

I did that but it still does not work

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Posted by doobit on Oct. 19 2005,20:49

try amsn.uci and follow the instructions on the info page. It is a beautiful msn client.

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Posted by jeromeswdsl on Oct. 20 2005,01:36

i second the goatherd same thing happened to me
javascript:emoticon('')

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Posted by durbnpoisn on Oct. 20 2005,18:58

This is all fine and dandy, and appears to work just fine.  But, I don't have a MSN account.  I use AIM.

Is there an AIM program other than that text version that I can use?

In the meantime, I am attempting to install GAIM.  Wish me luck...

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