--- vanisri damodaran <vanisridamod@...>
wrote:
> hi,
> i am a new member in this group and i have a pc
which
>uses linux 5.04, is it possible to install yahoo
>messenger in this verison, if it is which version of
>the file do i use RedHat 6.x,RedHat 7.x,RedHat 8.0 or
>RedHat 9 and then the instruction says that :
>
>2. Log in as root and type: rpm -i <filename> with
the
>appropriate filename depending on your version to
>install the application.
>
>so how do i login?
>
>please tell me how i can go about doing this! thank
>you!

Second question first: you log in as root by giving
the username "root" at the login: prompt, and then the
root password. Whoever set your PC up will tell you
this. Or you can use a rescue disk to change the root
password. Alternatively, from an xterm just type "su"
and then supply the root password when asked.

However, 5.04 sounds like an ancient version of
RedHat; so you probably want to upgrade that first.
Unless it's the latest Linspire. Linspire is based on
Debian, which can use .deb packages; but it normally
includes something called "Gaim", which is a superior
replacement for Yahoo Messenger -- just use that instead.





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