Installation Problems with RPM

[ox1222 0]

Hi Everyone,

 

I just installed a chinese input software. It is a RPM installation file.

 

After installation, I cannot find the icon in the "starting application"

 

How do I know where the software was installed and how can I open the software application?

 

Does Linux have a folder which is like the "program files" in the Windows environment?

 

 

Thank you & Happy Holidays.

[Dapper Dan 0]

If you know the name of the app, there should be a corosponding "start file" in /usr/bin that will start the application. Find that, and the name it goes by, then at a command prompt, type it in exactly as it is listed in /usr/bin press enter, and it should start.

[ox1222 0]

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If you know the name of the app, there should be a corosponding "start file" in /usr/bin that will start the application. Find that, and the name it goes by, then at a command prompt, type it in exactly as it is listed in /usr/bin press enter, and it should start.

I just removed the old version of gaim, and add new version of gaim-0.74-1rh9.i386.rpm.

However, I cannot find it in the /usr/bin.

My OS is RH9.

[Dapper Dan 0]

Also check in /usr/share or, go to a command prompt and type:

 

locate gaim [enter]

 

That should tell you where it is.

What happens when you type:

 

gaim [enter]

 

in a terminal?

[ox1222 0]

It seems that the rpm that i downloaded is not working.

 

 

what's different between packages i386.rpm and i586.rpm?

[Dapper Dan 0]

i386 *usually* is for Red Hat, and i586 *usually* is for Mandrake. Did you get the proper RPM for your distro? Have you been to rpmfind.net?

[Dapper Dan 0]

ox1222, just to see, I downloaded, installed and ran gaim with apt-get rpm in about a minute. I think you should consider using it as it will make life with Red Hat 9 much more enjoyable. If interested, go here and download the two binary packages. Installation should give no problems. Then open a terminal and as root type:

 

apt-get update [enter]

 

When it finishes, do the above again.

 

Then type:

 

apt-get install synaptic [enter]

 

after it finishes, type:

 

synaptic [enter]

 

The Synaptic gui should then come up. Type in...

 

gaim

 

in the search box and press enter. Follow the intuitive gui instructions to install. You can install many apps for Red Hat 9 using this, and it will solve all dependency problems for you!

apt-get rpm is a big reason I moved from Mdk to RH. Good luck!

[ox1222 0]

I didn't succeed in the first step.

 

I downloaded 2 files, but when I typed the command, i got the following result:

 

[wang@localhost wang]$ su

Password:

[root@localhost wang]# apt-get update

bash: apt-get: command not found

 

Also, I installed win version gaim in winxp, but it seems cannot connect either yahoo or msn. Then I realized the host and port are set default as aol. What's the hosts and ports that i need to set for yahoo and msn?

 

One more thing, Dan, could you please teach me how to install tcl/tk package. I haved posed the request under new linux user, needs install help in the application section.

 

Thank you very much.

[Dapper Dan 0]

After downloading the two binaries, did you install them first before doing apt-get update?

[Dapper Dan 0]

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One more thing, Dan, could you please teach me how to install tcl/tk package.

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with that. Anyone else?

[Pytron 0]

Hey, Gaim is a ;( BAD MSN client... you can better download AMSN because you can choose your own protocol and you can recieve and send files... But thats not possible with GAIM

here's the link: http://amsn.sourceforge.net

version 0.83 is the newest... and if you want to unpack it do this:

download it...

Open the terminal

go to the download directory with the command: cd

run gzip like this:

gzip -d amsn-0_83.tar.gz

then do this:

tar xvf amsn-0_83.tar

then do this commando:

cd msn

then do this to start msn:

./amsn

or this commando:

wish amsn

If command wish is not found, you need to install tcl/tk packages (tcl & tk). i also dont know how you must install those

take a look in google you wil find it

 

 

 

Greetz Pytron... if you still dont know how.. go to the site and look for documentation...

Bye

[ox1222 0]

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then do this to start msn:
./amsn
or this commando:
wish amsn
If command wish is not found, you need to install tcl/tk packages (tcl & tk). i also dont know how you must install those
take a look in google you wil find it

I want to install tcl & tk because the ./amsn function didn't work!

[wang@localhost msn]$ ./amsn
/usr/bin/env: wish: No such file or directory

[ox1222 0]

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After downloading the two binaries, did you install them first before doing apt-get update?

yes, I downloaded and installed apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm & apt-devel-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm before doing apt-get update.

[Dapper Dan 0]

And they installed without problems? If so, everything should work. I've installed these thwo rpm's on several RH 9 installs and have never had it not to work. Try the command again and see what happens. Sometimes you can accidently leave a space or something in the wrong place while typing, I've done it a million times.

*A thought* If the RH installer seems to freeze while trying to install rpms, then do it from the command line instead.

 

From a terminal as root, cd to the directory where both are downloaded, then:

 

rpm -Uvh apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm [enter]

 

Install the other in the same way...

 

rpm -Uvh apt-devel-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm [enter]