[plug] installed it

[David]

hi thair,

yes i have gaim in my system now. it dose not work at all i try to get going but not work at all. what do i do pls.

regards

david


On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 21:28:23 +0800
Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 21:12, David wrote:
> 
> > /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.bin: /lib/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /opt/ymessenger/bin/ymessenger.bin) 
> 
> > what do i do pls?
> 
> ymessenger needs a newer version of a core component of your system. A
> lot of work can be involved to upgrade your system; it's probably not
> worth it. At this point, I would suggest that you look into gaim as an
> alternative that will let you talk to people on Yahoo messenger. 
> 
> GAIM is available in debian - "apt-get install gaim" as root should
> install it, then you run it from an Xterm almost the same way you ran
> ymessenger - you just run "gaim &". If you have problems connecting to
> Yahoo's network, then you may need a newer version of GAIM.
> 
> There is a backport of GAIM on www.backports.org that should work if you
> have trouble with the older one, but I don't know enough about that site
> to provide detailed instructions on how to install it. Perhaps someone
> else on PLUG could do so (*hint* Debian users *hint*).
> 
> Craig Ringer
> 
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