yahoo messanger

[ALEX35]

I down loaded yahoo messanger and the whe I tried to install it told me to type in root password whicjh I did. But then it cam up with an error message and I counldn't type in the comand. I deleted the the file and reloaded but same thing came up. what did I do wrong???:D

[sarah31]

What was the error message? Without knowing that and not having installed yahoo messenger myself it sounds like there could be an error with the installer.

[Shadoglare]

How are you trying to install it where it could possibly be prompting you for a root password? I thought it came as a tarball?
For a .tar or .tar.gz file, you need to open a command prompt, type su to log in as root (which would then ask for the root password), un-tar the file, then run ./configure, make, make install.

BTW, the Linux version of Yahoo Messenger that Yahoo itself actually has for download is a total piece of crap - they put NO effort into it and basically the only reason they have it at all is just so they can say they have one for linux.
I normally suggest looking into installing Gaim instead, which has connectors for Yahoo.