it just won't work, simple. i click on a rpm i've downloaded (amsn) , they ask me the root password, wich i wrote and they accept. they start a little window with a little bar apears.... i wait and wait again, but the bar won't move, there's no progress. and the windows seems to be frozen... argh! what's wrong? can i do something to repair the error?
umm so what where those complaints that windows was crap and dint work? See linux aint all that problem free...
Do this. Open a terminal. Cd to the path of the RPM, and type this: rpm -Uvi [rpmfilename.rpm] and see what it says. OR, go to www.gentoo.org and don't bother w/ RPMS anymore.
linux doesn't work, because i don't know how it work... windows doesn't work And i know how it work. touched. :smt033
never used amsn, but if you can't get amsn working try gaim, works with msn, aol, icq, yahoo, and irc. been a loooong time since i've used an rpm, never really liked em, all i can remember is to use -i for install.. well here's a link to the manual page for the rpm command (should be the same info you would get by issuing "man rpm"). that page says that the -U is for upgrade, so lets just try the -i parameter. also before we start let me give you 2 more helpful rpm links ( link1, link2 ) 1. open a console 2. use the cd command to enter the directory where the rpm is stored (ex - if your user name is cahaz, and you saved the file in a directory called asmn you would type: cd /home/cahaz/amsn ) 3. just to be safe switch to root before you install the package with the su command - type: su root 4. type: rpm -ivv <packagename> * the double v will give you more info than normal verbose mode, and will give you some idea of what went wrong if the install fails If this doesn't work just dl the source tarball for amsn and install that by.. 1. follow steps 1 to 3 from above 2. extract the source into the current directory by typing: tar zxvf <tarball name> 3. if the extraction created a directory for the source files cd into that directory 4. make sure you are in the same directory with the programs makefile use the ls command to determine if you are (type: ls ) 5. type: ./configure 6. type: make 7. type: make install if it doesn't install it may be a dependency issue, but lets hope the above works. as for your sound issue that's going to be trickier, anyway let me ask you the following questions first: 1. when you used knoppix, were you able to get sound? 2. what kernel version are you using? (use the uname command, or try ls /usr/src/linux -l ) 3. do you know if you are using OSS (open sound system) or ALSA (advance linux sound architecture) for sound. a gnu/linux system can be very confusing, and it will take some time to get used to it. i do agree with GaijinPunch on which distro you should be using, which is gentoo. i really think gentoo is a good beginners distro, by the end of the installation you should be pretty comfortable with a command line and have a good idea of how to configure different parts your system. it's also kind of like boot camp for people who want a gnu/linux system, it will weed out those who aren't going to take the time to learn it. they have really good install documentation, and a very helpful community forum. i personally love gentoo, been using it for about a year now, have 3 different machines with it. it's package management system, portage, is second to none, and makes dealing with dependencies absolutely painless. also, until your completely comfortable with your gnu/linux system, perhaps you should keep a windows partition around, or buy another hd for it.. edit: fixed the links
the cd thing doesn't work, i've tried with these exact lines : didn't work tryed the exact name of the rpm package didn't work either. they say file or directory doesn't exist, the directory exist for sure, but what about the name of the rpm? don't remember if i had sound on knoppix , i don't think i had , but i have sound unde rmandrake now. don't know the kernel version either i have a windows partition. my hdd is half linux , half windows. but i never used windows since i had mandrake working . :-D thx for the help, hope you can answer to these errors, your help is very apreciated, from both cotu and gaijinpuch :smt045 as for gentoo, my familly would kill me if i change again! (WME, WXP, W98,WXP,LKnoppix,Lmandrake,WXP,Lmandrake) :smt043 Edit: ok, the cd command worked when i simply added .rpm at the end . but they stop saying: erreur: Dépendances requises: /usr/bin/tclsh est nécessaire pour amsn-0.90-1 /usr/bin/wish est nécessaire pour amsn-0.90-1 (well, its in french , but it says Error: dependance needed: (...) ) uh.?
