taken from forum by t1nt1n
December 17th, 2006, 11:55 AM
HI, HERE IS HOW YOU INSTALL YAHOO-MESSENGER ON UBUNTU, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALL THAT DEPENDENCY HELL ! -
1. user$sudo apt-get install alien #install's alien to convert rpm packages to .deb#
2. user$sudo apt-get install libgdk-pixbuf2 #a package needed by messenger#
3. Download the following - rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm from here - http://messenger.yahoo.com/unix.php
4. user$sudo alien -c rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm #converts it to a debian package#
6. user$sudo dpkg -i ymessenger-1.0.4-i386.deb #installs the package#
8. user$ymessenger #starts yahoo messenger#
1. user$sudo apt-get install alien #install's alien to convert rpm packages to .deb#
2. user$sudo apt-get install libgdk-pixbuf2 #a package needed by messenger#
3. Download the following - rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm from here - http://messenger.yahoo.com/unix.php
4. user$sudo alien -c rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm #converts it to a debian package#
6. user$sudo dpkg -i ymessenger-1.0.4-i386.deb #installs the package#
8. user$ymessenger #starts yahoo messenger#
