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still unable to access msn instant messenger

Asked by keith

Help needed!
Have been told by windows that i wont be able to get msn instant messenger because mozilla is not supported?
Are there any other suggestions?. . . . . . . .and please be aware I am totally computer illiterate - Im going to need an idiots guide on what to do,id appreciate any help what so ever - can also give my contact number so some one can talk me through it - and a few other probs im having with it - im sure this is something simple but im just not getting there.

many thanks
k

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Benoit Malet (benoit-malet) said : 		#1

Hello !

Did you get this message from Windows ? Please note that this place is a support for Ubuntu (which is a Linux flavor, and as such not a Windows system).

If you really have an Ubuntu question, could you please clarify it ?

Thanks and regards,
Benoît

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

If you are using Windows, you can install Pidgin for Windows (program which allows you to connect to MSN):

http://www.pidgin.im/download/windows/

If you are using Ubuntu, open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev gettext libnss-dev libnspr-dev pidgin

Regards,

Mark

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keith (micksdad) said : 		#3

Thankyou Mark,
how do i open a terminal?.......sorry m8 but as i said im useless at this
Cheers

(am using a webbook)

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#4

Hello

Terminal can be accessed by

going to Applications > Accessories > Terminal

and paste the below commands there

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev gettext libnss-dev libnspr-dev pidgin

Regards

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keith (micksdad) said : 		#5

have tried opening new terminal - says "command not found"

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Andrew (and471) said : 		#6

What distrobution of Linux are you running? Or if you don't know, you said you are running it on a webbook, which webbook is this (so we can find out which distro)?

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keith (micksdad) said : 		#7

its Mozilla Firefox
the webbook is ELONEX - hope this is what youve asked for???
once again sorry for being so dim
K

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keith (micksdad) said : 		#8

have input the above...now it says.:-
E: the update command takes no arguments

errrrrrm????

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Andrew (and471) said : 		#9

Ah, the linux distribution that is using is a proprietary one called Linos.

This is a site for Ubuntu, another distribution. You will get better help on a site for Linos like
this one

http://linuxlaptopforum.ark2webdesign.co.uk/

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