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Nobody
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 Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 5:39 am Post subject: Yahoo Messenger Install Help |
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I'm attempting to install yahoo messenger, but it doesn't seem to run. I'm so new to linux that I'm not exactly sure where to start trouble shooting. This is basically my first attempt at installing 3rd party software.
I downloaded the debian sid tar.gz file to usr/portage/distfiles, then ran emerge ymessenger. Seemed to work.
| Code: | bash-2.05a# emerge -s ymessenger
[ Results for search key : ymessenger ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* net-im/ymessenger
Latest version Available: 0.99.19
Latest version Installed: 0.99.19
Homepage: http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/download/unix.html
Description:
Yahoo's instant messenger client
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My understanding is I just need to run ymessenger from command prompt to start the program, but that doesn't work.
| Code: | bash-2.05a# ymessenger
bash: ymessenger: command not found
bash-2.05a#
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so..... can anyone help a noob? |
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therobot
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| Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 5:55 am Post subject: |
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try
| Code: | | # locate ymessenger |
you might need to
first though. |
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Naan Yaar
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| Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 11:25 am Post subject: |
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You should probably do:
to update your /etc/profile. ymessenger will be added to your path for future sessions. You can run it by giving its full path:
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/opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger
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Nobody
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| Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Got it!
I forgot about another post that I had read that said I needed to
| Code: | | emerge media-libs/gdk-pxbuf |
of course I remembered this as soon as I typed opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger and it barked at me saying it needed that shared library.
Thing is, originally I did search and found where ymessenger was installed to. I changed to that directory and tried to run ymessenger from the current directory.... it just said command not found. But when I typed the full path as Naan Yaar said, it actually gave me something to work with..... another lesson learned
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Naan Yaar
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The current directory may not be in your search path. This means that once you cd to that dir, you would have to do "./ymessenger" rather than "ymessenger". You can add "." to your path setting; this is generally considered to be a security problem, however.
You may also want to emerge gentoolkit. It has something called "epm". You can check the list of installed files from a package by doing:
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epm -ql <package_name>
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Faster than doing "find" or updatedb 
| Nobody wrote: | Got it!
I forgot about another post that I had read that said I needed to
| Code: | | emerge media-libs/gdk-pxbuf |
of course I remembered this as soon as I typed opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger and it barked at me saying it needed that shared library.
Thing is, originally I did search and found where ymessenger was installed to. I changed to that directory and tried to run ymessenger from the current directory.... it just said command not found. But when I typed the full path as Naan Yaar said, it actually gave me something to work with..... another lesson learned
Thanks! |
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Nobody
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| Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!
sooooooo much to learn.......  |
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rommel
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| Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| i just installed yahoo messenger after reading this thread....works really good...now i just need someone to talk to....LOL |
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DArtagnan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:44 am Post subject: |
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I installed it and it freezes when i start it, any clue?
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puddpunk
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| dont be root when you run it. /bin and /usr/bin arnt in roots search path anyway. |
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DArtagnan
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| puddpunk wrote: | | dont be root when you run it. /bin and /usr/bin arnt in roots search path anyway. |
Who told you that I'm being root?
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puddpunk
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| Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Yahoo Messenger Install Help |
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| Nobody wrote: | I'm attempting to install yahoo messenger, but it doesn't seem to run. I'm so new to linux that I'm not exactly sure where to start trouble shooting. This is basically my first attempt at installing 3rd party software.
I downloaded the debian sid tar.gz file to usr/portage/distfiles, then ran emerge ymessenger. Seemed to work.
| Code: | bash-2.05a# emerge -s ymessenger
[ Results for search key : ymessenger ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* net-im/ymessenger
Latest version Available: 0.99.19
Latest version Installed: 0.99.19
Homepage: http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/download/unix.html
Description:
Yahoo's instant messenger client
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My understanding is I just need to run ymessenger from command prompt to start the program, but that doesn't work.
| Code: | bash-2.05a# ymessenger
bash: ymessenger: command not found
bash-2.05a#
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so..... can anyone help a noob? |
sorrah, a little mingle mix-up  |
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