AMSN Installation Help

[Linux_Newb_Noob]

Alright, I am a noob. Complete Noob. Now that that's established I would like some assitance. I use SuSE Linux 8.0 Personal. Alright, I've already downloaded the latest/recommended version of AMSN on the website, so what I want to know is, EXACTLY how to install it. Reply quick plz. :rolleyes:

[serz]

You don't install it. You uncompress it and you run it.

From AMSN's site...

Installation

Download amsn-0_xx.tar.gz

$ tar xvzf amsn-0_xx.tar.gz

$ cd msn

$ ./amsn
or
$ wish amsn

If command wish is not found, you need to install tcl/tk packages (tcl & tk).

[Linux_Newb_Noob]

umm... what are these $ things?

[serz]

That's the prompt. You don't type that.

[Linux_Newb_Noob]

When I ran the AMSN file I downloaded, it opened this ark thing. What am i supposed to do? and whats/where's the prompt?

[ludwig1]

First you need to open the terminal or console or whatever you call it. This is the box where you type the commands in.

Then cd to the directory where you downloaded the amsn file. So ,if you downloaded it to say, /home/yourname/downloads ,you would type
cd /home/yourname/downloads
Then type tar xvzf amsn-0_xx.tar.gz
where" amsn-0_xx.tar.gz" is the name of the file you downloaded
then cd msn
then ./amsn

amsn should then open and you can log in.

Once you have got it running, you can create a shortcut for it on your desktop.

Hope this helps,

Ludwig

[Linux_Newb_Noob]

How do you make an icon exactly?

[serz]

What Desktop are you using? GNOME, KDE, XFCE...?

[Linux_Newb_Noob]

KDE