My annoying problem ! Messenger

[YaWa7dna]

Hi all, I have a problem with my Suse 10 and wish to find the solution here ..
I'm a new user of linux and hardly could overcome the big problems faced me as soon as I installed linux such as connecting net, enabling the local language .. etc.
Now my problem is to Use a messenger on it.
I tried to Use the Program Kopete but for sorry it doesn't work and I don't know why, it either informs me that the passward is wrong or doesn't tell any thing and being offline.
I tried to use Gaim program, but didn't find a version applicable with Suse and even don't know how to install it on linux when I got it downloaded.
Will any one help me please ?

[devils casper]

Hi !

for MSN Messenger, try AMSN......
its Open Source MSN Messenger clone.....

I tried to use Gaim program, but didn't find a version applicable with Suse and even don't know how to install it on linux when I got it downloaded.

what you downloaded ? you can install .rpm packages through this command...

$ rpm -ivh <package file>



.... casper ....

[YaWa7dna]

Hi devils-capser,
I'm pleased to see your reply, but for sorry I couldn't accomplish my mission,
Concerning Amsn I did downloaded it from the net to the bin folder of home, when I tried to install it, what happened was as follows:

linux:/home/mae/bin # rpm -ivh amsn-0.96RC1-1-suse.i686.rpm.part
error: Failed dependencies:
tcl >= 8.4 is needed by amsn-0.96RC1-1
tk >= 8.4 is needed by amsn-0.96RC1-1
/usr/bin/tclsh is needed by amsn-0.96RC1-1
/usr/bin/wish is needed by amsn-0.96RC1-1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by amsn-0.96RC1-1
linux:/home/mae/bin #

Concerning the Gaim file, I downloaded it also to bin folder, when I tried to install it, it gave me like this :

linux:/home/mae/bin # rpm -ivh gaim-1.5.0-0.src.rpm
warning: gaim-1.5.0-0.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4c292fcc
1:gaim warning: user mark does not exist - using root
warning: group mark does not exist - using root
########################################### [100%]
warning: user mark does not exist - using root
warning: group mark does not exist - using root

I don't know if the line ######### [100%] means any thing important ? but I don't find any files that I can get gaim working with ,
I'm sorry for my shallow data about it but it's my first days with linux ..

Please help , I'm really confused.

[devils casper]

linux:/home/mae/bin # rpm -ivh amsn-0.96RC1-1-suse.i686.rpm.part

you didn't download it completly.. its a part of main file .......

linux:/home/mae/bin # rpm -ivh gaim-1.5.0-0.src.rpm

this file is also not correct..... its a source file .src... download .rpm only



.... casper ....

[YaWa7dna]

Hi Casper,
Thank you for your patience, I want to say that your last note you provided yesterday was really beneficial for me, I redownloaded the Amsn file that it became " .rpm" , not " .rpm.part", but when I tried to reinstall it, it gave me the same result I mentioned before.
Now, I realized that the packages tcl& tk were needed to the file, and I must install them on my linux, and I have just installed them from Suse CD's,
Now, trying to execute, it gives this following message:


linux:/home/mae/bin # rpm -ivh amsn-0.96RC1-1-suse.i686.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by amsn-0.96RC1-1

what does that mean? , I went to control center Yast, software, Software Management and searched for this name " GliBc-2.4" , as I did before with tcl & tk , and didn't find any packages with this exact name, I found some backages named with " Glibc" with other followed letters and names and installed them from CDs, but the problem didn't be solved.
what am I supposed to do ?!

thanks

[devils casper]

Hi !!

during installation, you didn't install developing environment or in other words, development libraries.

install 'build-essentials'



.... casper ....

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

why are you using 0.96RC1? iirc that's got a bad memory leak in it. get the 0.95 version instead.