Need Help with yahoo messenger & Wine?

melired15 · Post by **melired15** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:58 pm

I installed the current version of yahoo messenger to Wine. I see the yahoo messenger icon on my desktop but when I click on it nothing happens. Also I'm using Ubuntu 8.4? I'm also new to Linux/Ubuntu so please be patient with me. Thanks! Bye!

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:59 pm

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:58 PM, melired15 <[email protected]> wrote:

I installed the current version of yahoo messenger to Wine. I see the yahoo messenger icon on my desktop but when I click on it nothing happens. Also I'm using Ubuntu 8.4? Â I'm also new to Linux/Ubuntu so please be patient with me. Â Thanks! Bye!

Terminal output?

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-Austin

Chard · Post by **Chard** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:33 pm

Yahoo Messenger essentially does not work under WINE. See http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... ion&iId=29

Kopete is, however, is in most ways a superior chat vehicle and is very likely already installed on your machine -- or easily retreived from Repository. It only shortcoming is that it does not at this time support voice chat. One will need to go to Ekiga or Skype for that. Pax, ~rc

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austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:38 pm

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Chard <[email protected]> wrote:

Yahoo Messenger essentially does not work under WINE. Â See http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... ion&iId=29

Kopete is, however, is in most ways a superior chat vehicle and is very likely already installed on your machine -- or easily retreived from Repository. Â It only shortcoming is that it does not at this time support voice chat. Â One will need to go to Ekiga or Skype for that. Â Pax, ~rc

Kopote is KDE dependent. Pidgin is an more indepedent solution.

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Chard · Post by **Chard** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:02 pm

I'm not sure how much desktop dependence Kopete, a KDE app, exhibits. I don't chat. My wife, however, who very much does, tells me that she uses Kopete on her Ubuntu 8.04 Gnome set-up because it facilitates bi-directional WebCam use (which Pidgin does not?) and supports all the commonly used instant messaging protocols such as Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, MSN, etc., etc. No voice support though. Pax, ~rc

“Everything is futile but we must do it anyway.” --Gandhi

melired15 · Post by **melired15** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:08 pm

I just wanted to say Thank You for your replies. It sounds like Kopete is the one I will be switching to. Bye!