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  1. 08-03-2008 #1
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    Unhappy Linux and aMsn: Help!

    Hey there, I am a complete and utter newbie to this forum, so it's good to join a new community.
    I have a question about aMsn and installing it. So far I have installed amsn-0.97.1-1.tcl84.x86.package of the amsn website.
    Where do I actually go from here? I could do with an answer asap!

    Thanks

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    512MB
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    Give permission to execute
    chmod +x amsn-0.97.1-1.tcl85.x86.package
    execute the script in terminal by typing
    ./amsn-0.97.1-1.tcl85.x86.package
    follow through installation process
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    As far as I have got is to where you open the file and a load of symbols and copyright text comes up...anymore suggestions?
    I am in need of great help, thank you to the replier but I need a more thorough explanation of the terminal bit...
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    As far as I have got is to where you open the file and a load of symbols and copyright text comes up...anymore suggestions?
    Did it throw any error message? Execute amsn command in Terminal/Konsole.
    Execute this
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    cat /etc/*release*
cat /etc/*version*
    Post output here.
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    It simply comes up with this when I click on the application in the user section:
    #!/bin/bash
    # autopackage 1.2.5
    # RootName @amsn-project.net/amsn:0.97.1
    # ShortName amsn
    # SoftwareVersion 0.97.1
    # InterfaceVersion 0.0
    # PackageVersion 1
    # CPUArchitecture x86
    # gecko mimetype hack: 
    # DisplayName en AMSN MSN client
    # Summary en AMSN is a multiplatform MSN client

    # Do not attempt to parse any information below this line
    # programmatically. The only supported interfaces this file exports
    # are the comments above (which may be in any order) and the command
    # line switches.

    # This is an autopackage (Autopackage : Easy Linux Software Installation)
    # Copyright 2002-2005 Mike Hearn, Hongli Lai, and Curtis L Knight

    ----- From there it's just various symbols. I a still slightly confused about the terminal bit and where I input the code...thank you for the help
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    Post the output of commands posted in post #4.
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    But where?
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    Look for Terminal or Konsole in Menu.
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    It says: No such file or directory
    Anymore suggestions?
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    Quote Originally Posted by AbsolutelyRandom View Post
    It says: No such file or directory
    Anymore suggestions?
    Which command did you execute?
    Code:
    cat /etc/*release*
cat /etc/*version*
amsn
    Post output here.
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