problem installing msn messanger in red hat linux 9

[Muhammad Sohail]

Hi great pakistanis

I am new to red hat linux 9 and i am facing problems installing msn messanger. I have found rpm for amsn but when i installi it. It does not work.

I have done it with the command

rpm -ivh amsn.-0.-------------------------------

but when it is installed it give me the message

/usr/bin/wish is needed by amsn-0.93-1.0.rh9.dag
libtk8.3.so is needed by amsn-0.93-1.0.rh9.dag
tk >= 8.3 is needed by amsn-0.93-1.0.rh9.dag

plz tell me how to rectify this problem

thanks

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[zaeemarshad]

these are dependencies..software needed by amsn to run. You will have to install these first. Search the forum as this question has been answered earlier.

Cheers
~Zaeem

[Executive]

Hi ,


Just download the amsn-x_xx.tar.gz file from http://amsn.sourceforge.net/modules.php?name=Downloads and Untar it with the command:
gzip -d amsn-x_xx.tar.gz
tar xvf amsn-x_xx.tar
It will create an msn/ directory, and amsn is installed and ready to run.
To launch it, do:
cd msn
./amsn
or if this doesn't work, try
wish amsn
If wish command doesn't exist, then you don't have tcl/tk correctly installed.
If "wish amsn" works, but "./amsn" doesn't, edit 'amsn' file and set the
correct path to 'wish' in the first line. By default it's set to:
/usr/bin/wish

make a try,

[LinuxFreaK]

Dear Muhammad Sohail,
Salam,

You Need to Install TCL/TK 8.4.x Package In Order To Make aMSN Work For You

Best Regards.

[asaf]

Hi
Have you used GAIM that comes bundled with RH9. It will allow you to use MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and a number of other messaging services. The version bundled with RH9 is 0.59 and needs to be updated. But otherwise GAIM will do the job well enough.


best
Asaf

[abdul_mateen]

Dear Muhammaed Sohail,
I think u also posted ur this prob in the other thread.
http://www.linuxpakistan.net/forum2x/vi ... 2658#12658

Use GAIM or Kopete which is the kde messengers supports MSN,YAHOO,and other that GAIM provides.