[olug] Instant Messages/Chat

[Nate Rotschafer]

I use debian so for me it was "apt-get install gaim" and it was installed 
:-)

Nate


>From: CM Miller <cmmiller1973 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: olug at olug.org
>To: olug at olug.org
>Subject: Re: [olug] Instant Messages/Chat
>Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:12:02 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>I've tried installing Gabber from RPM and Tar files,
>no luck on either.  Although I prefer Tar files.
>
>For GAIM, did anyone have any problmes installing for
>either rpm or tar?
>
>I'm not a KDE person, but those desktop postings
>yesterday sure looked nice.
>
>
>-Chris
>
>
>--- David Walker <linux_user at grax.com> wrote:
> > I've been happy with Gaim and XChat.
> > Gaim does irc, icq, msn, aim, yahoo, and jabber.
> > XChat just does irc.
> >
> > On Sunday 21 April 2002 02:32 pm, CM Miller wrote:
> > > What type of chat clients do most of the folks on
> > the
> > > list use?
> > >
> > > I've tried to ./configure Gabber to no luck.  And
> > I
> > > have been using .tgz files, but it seems that
> > during
> > > the ./configure part, there is always a dependency
> > > issue and so on and so forth.  I go out and get
> > that
> > > file, and then there is another dependency issue.
> > >
> > > The funny thing is that I went out and installed
> > the
> > > Linux AIM rpm and it installed without missing a
> > beat,
> > > but I don't believe that it would work with IRC,
> > > Yahoo, and another other IMs besides  AIM.
> > >
> > > So what type of IMs are OLUG folks using on their
> > > Linux machines and is anyone here using Gabber
> > > w/Gnome?  If so could they give me some advise so
> > I
> > > could get that up and runnin'
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > -Chris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > __________________________________________________
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"Only those who think know, but those wo know always think."
Nate Rotschafer
Millard West High School
Omaha, NE

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