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Heyy all
I am trying to install AIM for Linux. when i type "gunzip -c aim-1.5.234-1.i386.tgz" in the root terminal, it seems to run - however its all boxes and weird letters... then it just stops... nothing happens... any ideas?

also... ubuntu isnt red hat series right? (i use the tgz file not the rpm file right?)

thanks!
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Posted: 2005-12-01 00:31:02
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as Majorie from little britan would say: Couldnt understand a word, Sorry do it again, and somthing about suger.

Sorry.
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Posted: 2005-12-01 01:05:36
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Sounds like it's unzipped ok? Don't you just have to log in as a normal user and type /usr/local/bin/aim into the command prompt or is that the problem?
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Posted: 2005-12-01 09:40:42
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Hi, the "gunzip -c" will uncompress to screen, which is probably the strange output you see

Try "tar xvzf aimxxxx.tgz" (works with GNU tar, which I'm sure will be part of your distribution).
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Posted: 2005-12-02 00:10:00
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On 2005-12-01 09:40:42, Cycovision wrote:
Sounds like it's unzipped ok? Don't you just have to log in as a normal user and type /usr/local/bin/aim into the command prompt or is that the problem?



i did, and it didnt work :-\ idk where im going wrong

and @julesct when do i type that?
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Posted: 2005-12-02 03:23:24
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ubuntu is gnome if i remember rightly so
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Posted: 2005-12-05 04:12:27
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yepp, you're right
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Posted: 2005-12-05 05:47:18
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OK, the tar file contains files relative to the "/" directory, so if you copied the aim-1.5.234-1.i386.tgz file to /tmp then you will need to run the following as root:

cd /
tar xvzf /tmp/aim-1.5.234-1.i386.tgz

This should install aim in /usr/local/bin, so you can start it by typing:

/usr/local/bin/aim

This should work, but let me know if you have any problems.
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Posted: 2005-12-05 11:00:02
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okay... thank you for your help!
but... it installed and everythign fine, but when i type /usr/local/bin/aim it says no such file. then i go do it by hand, and i find it, and i click it to open it, but nothing happens. any ideas?
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Posted: 2005-12-05 17:39:02
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Sounds like the shared libraries in /usr/local/lib are not being picked up.

As root, edit the /etc/ld.so.conf file, and ensure that there is an entry for /usr/local/lib (each entry is on a separate line).

Once you have edited the file, run the following as root:

ldconfig -v

If you still have problems, please can you post the output of the following command:

ldd /usr/local/bin/aim

This will list the shared library dependencies, and their locations (if found).
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Posted: 2005-12-06 10:49:57
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