Lorrie wrote:
>
>
> I am new to Linux but have been Linux-curious for some time. I finally
> downloaded Damn Small Linux 4.1 as my first victim to play with. I got
> it up and running, online, and installed on my hard drive. I can surf
> with Mozilla but what I really would like to do is install Yahoo
> messenger or Pidgin/Gaim that will run Yahoo messenger. I have tried
> downloading both but I have no idea how to get it installed and
> running. There are no icons on my desktop for them and when I typed
> the line in the root box like Yahoo said to do, it says Command not
> found. I am obviously doing something wrong. What is the protocol to
> download and install a new Linux friendly program and how does it
> differ from Windows? Thanks.
>
> Lorrie
>
>
I am pretty sure if you install Damn Small Linux it can use apt to
install packages so try to sudo or su as root and run apt-get install
pidgin from the command prompt.
If that doesn't work try to install gaim since it might not have pidgin yet.
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