tim wunder wrote:
> On 6/9/2005 7:30 AM, I believe that Michael wrote:
....
>> I'm a fairy seasoned C++ programmer and decided to make the move to
>> linux!!
>> i have installed Debian and am now trying to get GAIM installed.
>> I downloaded the RPM from sourceforge, then installed it using the
>> kPackage
>> manager, now I can't for the life of me work out how to run it! any
>> thoughts
....
> Why didn't you install the .deb package which would be for Debian rather
> than the RPM? Installing RPM packages on debian-based distros is asking
> for trouble. Uninstall the RPM using kPackage, then use Synaptic, or
> apt-get from the command line and install a debian version of GAIM.
>
> # apt-get gaim
> should do the trick. Then GAIM should appear within the menu structure
> of your desktop (be it KDE, GNOME, or other).

ehm... apt-get install gaim
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this will work better... :-)

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