No clue how to install kmess (which I just downloaded)

[Guest]

I am using kubuntu 6.06, which I managed to install by myself ok. I didn't however like the program I found for chatting on MSN, so I looked up online for a better one and read about Kmess. I couldn't find this in adept so I downloaded it from the makers website.

It's on the desktop and is called kmess-1.5.1.x86(2).package.

I'm not sure just what I do with it to install it. When I click to go to the installation instructions page on kmess.org, I get a page not found type error.

Any help would be much appreciated. I did search on google for a long time but as a newb, I wasn't sure exactly what people were discussing and it wasn't much help.

[Fintan]

Re: No clue how to install kmess (which I just downloaded)

Welcome to the party

Okay kmess should be in your repositories.

I can't remeber if drapper (6.06) has adept (package manager) but if it does then:
Open up adept, navigate to: adept>manage repositories and make sure that the universe repos are checked (activated). Now do a refresh. when that is finished type kmess in the search bar and install it.

another way is to open up sources.list as root and uncomment the universe lines in the text file then save.

Do do this press alt+F2 and type:

kdesu kate

in the field.
Give your password and navigate to /etc/apt/sources.list.

Now edit all the lines that look like this:
#deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
#deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
#deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
#deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

to look like this:
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

mine have hardy at the end because I am using 8.04. So yours should have drapper at the end.

Save the file and open a terminal (kmenu>system>terminal)
Now do:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

then

sudo apt-get install kmess

I hope that helps

[Guest]

Re: No clue how to install kmess (which I just downloaded)

I also occur this problem about the installation kmess so i've been searching for the possible solution.


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[Fintan]

Re: No clue how to install kmess (which I just downloaded)

When ever possible use the repos to install a package (app) that is what they are there for

In jaunty kmess is in the universe repos.

Activate your universe repos and do:

sudo apt-get install kmess

in a terminal or search for it in your favorite package manager.