Greetings, Also I guess, you should prefer amsn (http://amsn.sf.net) or yahoo messenger (http://messenger.yahoo.com -> Unix link on the left of the page), they are much more like the windows messengers.
Regards. On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:21:38 +0530 (IST), "Abhishek Daga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Hi rishi, > interesting suggestion. But no, i think i will stick to redhat for a > variety of reasons. Comfort level and popularity (hence larger support > base) being primary. > > Also, the idea is to try and solve the problem rather than work around it > and installing an entire OS for something like an IM would be overkill. > > But I still appreciate your help. Its just that its not the option right > now. > > UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS MADE: > Just to update people on the progress I have made. Heres what steps were > taken. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] abhi]$ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libaspell.so.10 > aspell-0.33.7.1-21 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] abhi]$ whereis libgtkspell.so.0 > libgtkspell.so: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] abhi]$ rpm -ivh downloads/gtkspell-2.0.4-4.1.i386.rpm > warning: downloads/gtkspell-2.0.4-4.1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, > key ID 30c9ecf8 > error: Failed dependencies: > libaspell.so.15 is needed by gtkspell-2.0.4-4.1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] abhi]$ rpm -ivh downloads/aspell-0.50.3-19.1.i386.rpm > warning: downloads/aspell-0.50.3-19.1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, > key ID 30c9ecf8 > error: Failed dependencies: > aspell-en is needed by aspell-0.50.3-19.1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] abhi]$ rpm -ivh downloads/aspell-en-0.51-7.1.i386.rpm > warning: downloads/aspell-en-0.51-7.1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, > key ID 30c9ecf8 > error: Failed dependencies: > aspell >= 0.50 is needed by aspell-en-0.51-7.1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] abhi]$ rpm -ivh downloads/aspell-en-0.33.7.1-134.i386.rpm > warning: only V3 signatures can be verified, skipping V4 signature > error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted > (1) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > =========================================================== > After this I did try my own work around.. I tried to install everything > possible on RH9 CDs (selected all) and ran rpm gaim once again, but i am > still on step 1. > > One piece of information though: > 1) The rpm i am trying to run is from the PCQ linux CD where as Redhat 9 > is my OS. > > And ofcourse i also did a restart before retrying.. just in case... > > ==================================================== > > I also downloaded and tried to run rpm -ivh attym-xxx. Heres the output. > > > Error: Failed Dependencies: > libaspell.so.15 is needed by ayttm-0.4.6-1 > libcrypto.so.2 is needed by ayttm-0.4.6-1 > libgpgme.so.6 is needed by ayttm-0.4.6-1 > libpspell.so.15 is needed by ayttm-0.4.6-1 > libssl.so.2 is needed by ayttm-0.4.6-1 > > > > [snip] > > > > > > I know there's lots been said on this thread to help you with the problem > > but > > what I'm going to suggest is completely off .... > > > > Move to Debian because of apt-get.... > > > [snip] > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service? -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
