[plug] Fw: error

[David]

hi harry and all,

what is dun is i got xteam and login to root su, password. then i put dpkg -i ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb then it install. i try to run it that what i did..

regards

david

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:39:23 +0800
Harry <harrymc at decisions-and-designs.com.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:54:48 +0800 James Devenish <devenish at guild.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> > Hi David,
> > 
> > In message <20040312165501.38d7a900.davidatt at conceptual.net.au>
> > on Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 04:55:01PM +0800, David wrote:
> > > i have a syntax error near unexpected token '<command>'
> > > can someone help me out here.
> > 
> > I don't think anyone can help you because you have not provided enough
> > contextual information.
> 
> Hi David
> 
> You will have to tell us what you typed to get this error.
> 
> I have just read your other posts.
> 
> If you still haven't installed ymessenger then the way to do it is:
> 
> 1. Open an xterm
> 
> 2. After the user prompt ($), type:
>    davidatt at cinnamon$ su <press Enter>
>    Password: <put in the root password and press Enter>
> 
> 3. You will now be root so you will have the # prompt
>    Now you need to change to the directory that you
>    saved ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb
>    If it was your davidatt home directory the command will be:
>    cinnamon:/home/davidatt# cd  /home/davidatt <press Enter>
> 
> 4. Check that the ymessenger download is there:
>    # ls ymess*  <press Enter>
>    should display:
>    ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb
>    cinnamon:/home/davidatt#
> 
> 5. If you are not in the right directory you will need to remember
>    where you stored the ymessenger deb and use the cd command to get
>    there. If you can't find it, the easiest way (for me to help) is to
>    download it again and remember where you saved it.		
>     
> 6. As soon as you are in the directory that has ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb
>    type after the # prompt:
>    cinnamon:/home/davidatt# dpkg -i ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb <press Enter>
> 
> 7. This should install ymessenger.
> 
> 8. To use ymessanger, you need to make your xterm not root so type:
>    cinnamon:/home/davidatt# exit <press Enter>
>    so you get:
>    davidatt at cinnamon$
> 
> 9. To run ymessenger type:
>    davidatt at cinnamon$  ymessenger & <press Enter>
> 
> You will have to open an xterm and just do step 9 every time you want
> to use ymessenger.
> 
> I don't know how to use ymessenger and it sounds like no-one else on the
> list does either so you might need to read how to use it on the yahoo web
> pages. Good luck with it.
> 
> Harry
> 
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