msn help !

[Vs0]

Hi
i just instaled kubuntu..
can anybody tell me how to install msn on kubuntu 8.04 ?

[Fintan]

Welcome to the party :)

You should have kopete in:
kmenu>internet
http://kopete.kde.org/

Or you can install pidgin:
http://www.pidgin.im/

or kmess:
http://www.kmess.org/

Pidgin and kmes are in the repositories.
You can install them with adept or:

sudo apt-get install pidgin

sudo apt-get install kmes

from a terminal (kmenu>system)

If you have msn and yahoo or others the first two are great if you only have msn all three are great. It is just a matter of preference.

I hope that helps

[Vs0]

Like i sad :D
i'm new at kubuntu..

so .. i downloaded pidgin..
And type


sudo apt-get install pidgin

and after few minutes it says :

ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

and what i should do now ? :D

[musta ruhtinas]

does the installation hang at that particular line?
perhaps you could paste the last lines from the terminal




so .. i downloaded pidgin..
And type


sudo apt-get install pidgin



apt-get downloads the package automatically (if it is not in cache), you don't need a separate download

[Vs0]

does the installation hang at that particular line?
perhaps you could paste the last lines from the terminal




so .. i downloaded pidgin..
And type


sudo apt-get install pidgin



apt-get downloads the package automatically (if it is not in cache), you don't need a separate download



ngf@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install pidgin
Čitam spiskove paketa... Done
Gradim stablo zavisnosti
Reading state information... Done
Slijedeći dodatni paketi će biti instalirani:
gconf2 gconf2-common libavahi-glib1 libgadu3 libgconf2-4
libgtkspell0 libhesiod0 libidl0 liblaunchpad-integration1
libmeanwhile1 libnm-glib0 liborbit2 libpurple0
libstartup-notification0 libzephyr3 pidgin-data
Predloženi paketi:
tcl8.4 tk8.4 evolution-data-server gnome-panel kicker docker
Preporučeni paketi:
libpurple-bin gstreamer0.10-plugins-base
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
Slijedeći NOVI paketi će biti instalirani:
gconf2 gconf2-common libavahi-glib1 libgadu3 libgconf2-4
libgtkspell0 libhesiod0 libidl0 liblaunchpad-integration1
libmeanwhile1 libnm-glib0 liborbit2 libpurple0
libstartup-notification0 libzephyr3 pidgin pidgin-data
0 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded.
Need to get 3989kB of archives.
After this operation, 36,1MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
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Get:3 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main liborbit2 1:2.14.12-0.1 [169kB]
Get:4 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libgconf2-4 2.22.0-0ubuntu3 [153kB]
Get:5 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main gconf2 2.22.0-0ubuntu3 [54,5kB]
Get:6 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libavahi-glib1 0.6.22-2ubuntu4 [30,4kB]
Get:7 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libgadu3 1:1.7~rc2-2 [68,5kB]
Get:8 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libgtkspell0 2.0.10-4 [13,9kB]
Get:9 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main liblaunchpad-integration1 0.1.19 [17,7kB]
Get:10 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libmeanwhile1 1.0.2-3 [79,8kB]
Get:11 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libnm-glib0 0.6.6-0ubuntu5 [27,2kB]
Get:12 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libhesiod0 3.0.2-18.1 [17,8kB]
Get:13 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libzephyr3 2.1.20070719.SNAPSHOT-1 [26,2kB]
Get:14 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main pidgin-data 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 [1328kB]
Get:15 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libpurple0 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 [1365kB]
Get:16 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 [21,3kB]
Get:17 http://ba.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 [517kB]
Fetched 3989kB in 2min18s (28,8kB/s)
Prekonfigurišem pakete ...
Selecting previously deselected package gconf2-common.
(Reading database ... 86574 files and directories currently installed.)
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Setting up libhesiod0 (3.0.2-18.1) ...

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Setting up pidgin-data (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2) ...

Setting up libpurple0 (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2) ...

Setting up libstartup-notification0 (0.9-1) ...

Setting up pidgin (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
ngf@ubuntu:~$

that is that..
but what should i do now ?
how to start the program ?

[Fintan]

kmenu>internet> and pidgin should be there waiting for you :)

[Vs0]

kmenu>internet> and pidgin should be there waiting for you :)


pidgin is not there :S

[Fintan]

Try alt+f2 and type pidgin

[Vs0]

Thank you ..
Now it works :D

Thanks all 4 help ;)

[Fintan]

Your' welcome

enjoy :)

[j800r]

also, if there's a search window in K main menu, if you type the program your looking for into there, it'll find it. If it doesn't find it, it's not installed properly.

[Snowhog]

Very likely that after you logout and reboot your PC, Pidgin will be listed under K Menu > Internet