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Title: Yahoo Messenger not working in Fedora
Post by: praveeng007 on September 20, 2004, 05:22:14 AM

Hi

I installed Yahoo messneger on Fedora core2 and worked with it for the first 2 days. Aftr that i couldnt connet to yahoo messenger. I tried by reinstalling Messenger(for Rh 9) but couldnt satrt the messenger.

Can somebeody help me.

Title: Yahoo Messenger not working in Fedora
Post by: jeeva on September 20, 2004, 06:33:10 AM

hi,

you will get some info if you go thru the topics listed down in the same sect, there people discussed on the same issue.

jeeva

Title: Yahoo Messenger not working in Fedora
Post by: vel_mdu on June 24, 2005, 09:10:11 AM

Please post again with more information.I have installed the same yahoo messanger in my system.It iis working with out error.
Thanks.
K.Velmurugan

Title: Yahoo Messenger not working in Fedora
Post by: Ricky on June 27, 2005, 08:48:14 AM

Go over here Yahoo messenger segmentation fault (http://www.linuxsolved.com/forums/ftopic150.html)

Title: Re: Yahoo Messenger not working in Fedora
Post by: idsrinivas_001 on August 16, 2005, 06:57:25 AM

Quote from: "praveeng007"

Hi

I installed Yahoo messneger on Fedora core2 and s. Aftr that i couldnt connet to yahoo messenger. I tried by reinstalling Messenger(for Rh 9) but couldnt satrt the messenger.

Can somebeody help me.

Title: Yahoo messanger
Post by: vel_mdu on August 25, 2005, 09:24:23 AM

Hi,
Please can you send the exact error.Can i help you.

Velmurugan.K

Title: Yahoo messanger
Post by: vel_mdu on September 08, 2005, 01:06:25 PM

Please try with following :
1) rpm -ivh http://download.yahoo.com/dl/unix/rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm


result
Retrieving http://download.yahoo.com/dl/unix/rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:ymessenger             ########################################### [100%]

If you have get any errors,
Find the rpm

# rpm -qa |grep ymessenger
ymessenger-1.0.4-1

Then uninstall the rpm :
# rpm -e ymessenger

Then try to step 1.

Thanks
Velmurugan.K

Title: easest way to instaling yahoo massenger RHL9.0/ FC
Post by: partha6794 on October 19, 2005, 09:26:43 AM

Hi,
method of instaling yahoo massenger

1. Download yahoo massenger for unix/linux  from http://messenger.yahoo.com/
2.  For RHL 9.0 & FC you must be download massengers for Rhl 9.0. It will work in FC also.
3. Then you right click over mouse & open with instaling package .
4. then type your root passward .
5. Then it iwill automically install .
6. then click application >internet .
    on there you can see the yahoo massengers.
7. on clicliking there you will see lisences agreement ,
8. click " i  accpect " on there .
9. then click "finish" , (it will see automatically after insalling)
10. an icon will create on desktop.

                                           Alternatively , you can install it after download .

   2. Log in as root and type: rpm -i <filename> with the appropriate filename depending on your version to install the application.
   3. Run /usr/bin/ymessenger from X Window to launch the application.
FOR UNINSTALL
type the following coomand in terminal
# rpm -ev packagename

                                                                                  partha