On Wednesday 09 October 2002 19:00, doc wrote:
The version of EveryBuddy supplied with SuSE 8.0 does not function, you need to upgrade it.
You may, however, discover that when you upgrade you run into a bevy of unmet dependencies and then the adventure begins. ;-)
Same is true of GAIM. If you look through the archives you will discover many users who have struggled with this challenge, and for most no solution has been forthcoming. (snip) If you have lots of time, lots of patience, and are good at guessing the steps no one remembers to tell you and that no one bothers to document then go for it -- and if you'd be so kind please document how you got there so the rest of us may duplicate your success!
IMHO, YMMV, etc. doc
On Wednesday 09 October 2002 03:33, windwalker wrote:
Query I just finished a SuSe install , and am well pleased.. One thing.. T keep in touch with relation, I used to run ICQ on windows.. I would like to run it on Linux.. I see the install included a EveryBuddy program for ICQ/AOL ect... But I cant figure out how to get it to work. Can anybody help on this?? ===========================
I think you will find Gaim to be a worthy program for your ICQ purposes, plus any other chat you might want to subscribe too. I think too, that if you install it or Everybuddy or Kinkatta from your SuSE cds using Yast2, you won't run up on the "horrors" that doc describes. Using Yast2 control center to install your programs takes care of any dependencies, if you haven't mucked up something else along the way already. Upgrades after that go smoothly. A lot of the included programs are not the latest builds, so check for updates after installing from your CDs. / Patrick --- KMail v1.4.3 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.0 --- Registered Linux User #225206