yahoo messenger in fedora install howto

I know, installing yahoo messenger in linux is a very old odd entry. Why bother.
Atleast for one, and for my record as well, this blog entry covers Yahoo Messenger for linux installation howto.

For the new comers, Yahoo! Messenger (YM) once roamed Linux world before. This YM for linux is known to run on Intel chipsets and has been tested with early version of RedHat OS, FreeBSD and even Debian OS. If you are using Fedora 7 and you wish to give this old YM version a try, you can just follow the next easy steps.

More Yahoo! Messenger for linux can be found here and here.

HOW TO INSTALL Yahoo! Messenger on Fedora 7 OS
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1. Download YM for RedHat 9 here or issue from your linux box like so

# wget -c "http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/unix/rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm"

2. Go to the dowloaded file and use rpm binary to install the rpm package like so

# rpm -ivh rh9.ymessenger-1.0.4-1.i386.rpm

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:ymessenger ########################################### [100%]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LAUNCH: Ctrl+F2, ymessenger

Initial installation are being presented from your screen as follows.


Simply click Next with these installation process


YM is just a click away, click Next to continue



Finally.


The login screen



and About screen. As you can see from the below captured windows, YM is still version 1.0.4!



Again, these steps have been tested this with my own box. I tried to login to yahoo messenger servers and it works. However, my guess is that voice and webcam would be yet supported by this YM installation :( But nice, it still works with Fedora 7.

Cheers

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