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xofelf:
i'm trying to do a couple things on my computer, which runs Gentoo...and i don't know how to do them. the first thing is: I tried to update Gaim into Pidgin. it has doen that but now i can't run or find pidgin. I know that everything i download gets downloaded to the desktop, but i haven't a clue how to run things when i want them. I do know how to get onto the root Konsole so if you give me the code, i can probably do it.

Thanks a bunch!
Erica

Caenus:
If it downloaded onto your desktop, then just open a console. 

If you type ls -a then you should see a listing of all files (I'm assuming the console opens with your desktop as the default dir).  You should see pidgin-2.4.0.tar.bz2.  If you do, then just type:

tar xvjpf pidgin-2.4.0.tar.bz2

I'm not entirely certain if there's anything to be done beyond that.  You might email/PM whitelynx, he'll help.  Your bro is so incredibly busy lately that he hardly has time to scratch his butt, and he'd probably take a while to get back to you.

Morgul:
Ok, first, Ignore what Caenus just said. Normally, he'd be right. However, he was mislead by what you said.

Ok, if pidgin was installed, then it should be right there in the k menu. If it's not, open a konsole, and type: pidgin

That should be all you need to do.

xofelf:
i hate to tell you chris, Cae was more right than you were...but you're both wrong...for some reason i have the file pidgin-2.3.1.tar.gz not the other one. can you do anything from there?

whitelynx:
When you install something using Gentoo, you don't need to download the file yourself; if that file is on your desktop, you can delete it.

Type all the following commands in a root console.

First, we'll make sure gaim is uninstalled:

--- Code: ---emerge -C gaim
--- End code ---

Then, we'll ensure that pidgin is installed:

--- Code: ---emerge pidgin
--- End code ---

After that, you should be able to run pidgin from a (non-root) console by typing:

--- Code: ---pidgin
--- End code ---

If you get any errors from the above commands, post them here.

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