i downloaded this

Gaim 1.1.4 (Red Hat 9) gaim-1.1.4-0rh9.i386.rpm

then, i double click the rpm file (exe as in windows right?)
then.. ask me for root's password...
entered the password.

then it check the rpm file... then, nothing happened....

been really really blurred..

Well, you can always check by typing "rpm -qa|grep gaim" and see whether it's installed in your system.

If it's not installed yet, I would suggest that you install it in console mode.

use this command

rpm -Uvh gaim-1.1.4-0rh9.i386.rpm

kevler, cannot lar...
the error msg is....

[amdunfreak@localhost amdunfreak]$ rpm -i gaim-1.1.4-0rh9.i386.rpm
warning: gaim-1.1.4-0rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
error: Failed dependencies:
libgtkspell.so.0 is needed by gaim-1.1.4-0rh9

what is the libgtkspell.so.O?
i know i shouldn't ask like noobs here...
but.. i successfully installed opera.rpm and got it running.

there's an old version of gaim in the linux redhat9 already, but only support AOL and ICQ nia. the newer version can use icq, msn, yahoo...

libgtkspell is the spellchecker.

It can be found in here.
gtkspell for RH

rpmfind.net would be ur best partner

Prefer the command-line interface "rpm" or get add-ons like Yum, the package resolver, which makes installation of packages easy. E.g. for Red Hat Linux, the old http://fedora.us project provides Yum and Apt-RPM (plus Synaptic, the graphical package utility).

hi all.. i'm a newbie here.. hav this same problem of installing gaim.. i've did according to the previous post on getting the gtkspell thing.. but the thing is i can't install this gtk oso... so any solutions on this? thanks a lot guys!

What's the error message? Which distribution are you using?

i'm using redhat 9 also.. same error msg wit AMDunFreak... so i need the spellchecker file rite? the GTKspell.. but then i can;t install the GTKspell.. duno y.. i'm really newbie in all this i'm just learning..

use console mode to install it.
there should be a message telling you why it cannot be installed.
Eg:-
Failed dependencies.. etc

ok i'll try later... is there any website that provide some guide for linux from basic? i've tried google to find whole nite last nite but din get any good result..