Re: AOL for Debian
Oh, excuse my quick answer. I checked the web and found AIM for Linux.
You could use this link to download the Debian package:
http://channels.netscape.com/wrap/linker.jsp?floc=at_oslin_1_l3&ref=http://ftp.newaol.com/aimgen/380469/aim_1.5.286-2_i386.deb
Am Mittwoch, 3. August 2005 18:50 schrieb Olaf:
> You can't get the AOL Instant Messenger for Debian.
> Debian is a Linux Distribution, Windows binaries won't work.
>
> Am Mittwoch, 3. August 2005 18:14 schrieb Richard Wegner:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I hope I am asking in the right e-mail group. I know of the program
> > GAIM but I am wanting to download the official AOL Instant Messenger for
> > Debian. When I try and do this, I get a bunch of garbage on the screen,
> > so I figure I do a "Save Page As..." and I type in the filename. Well,
> > I then do a "dpkg -i <filename.deb>" and it says since it was saved as
> > ASCII I can't do anything with it, because it doesn't think it is a
> > binary. I then followed the instructions on AOL's website saying to
> > right click it and save it that way, well when I do that it comes up
> > with the file jasper.jsp or something like that.
> >
> > How can I get this then?
> >
> > Thanks..
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