I remember my first steps with ubuntu, seven months ago. I've lernt a lot since those days, and I do understand people who need to use MSN and finds Amsn extreamly uggly.
Is this your problem?
If it is, you should know the issue is the version from the official repositories which doesn't use antialising fonts.
You can download 0.95 from the Amsn website also, but the fonts will be as ugly as they are in ubuntu's version.
Is there a solution?
Obviously there is! And is here in this post.
I made this easy and straight forward HowTo.
Hope you like it...
The easy-and-straight-forward HowTo
First step:
You'll need Tcl8.5 and Tk8.5.
"But those packages are not in the repositories, so what should I do?" you might wonder. Don't worry, Neto has made those packages for you, and you can find them here:
http://www.doeweling.com/files/ubunt...neto3_i386.deb
http://www.doeweling.com/files/ubunt...neto3_i386.deb
TIP: you can download files from a terminal typing "wget AdressOfTheFile". In this case it'd be:
Thanks again Neto!!Code:wget http://www.doeweling.com/files/ubuntu/amsn/tcl8.5_8.5.0-1~neto3_i386.deb wget http://www.doeweling.com/files/ubuntu/amsn/tk8.5_8.5.0-1~neto3_i386.deb
Second step:
Now you have to download the package I made my self of Amsn0.97b (located on http://cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar/mn...7b_tcl0.95.deb)
It's as easy as, from a console:
(You remember what wget was for right?)Code:wget http://cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar/mnzk/amsn_0.97b_tcl0.95.deb
Third step:
Install the three packages you downloaded: first Tcl8.5 & Tk8.5 | and then Ams0.97b
If you're an Ubuntu user, just double-click them, and Gdebi will do the rest for you (it will even install all needed dependencies!)
Kubuntu users, you can right-clic them, select "Kubuntu Package Menu -> Install Package" but remember you must have the needed dependencies installed beforehand.
Or Whatever-users, from a console go to where the packages are, and then type:
TIP (for nonUbuntu users): If I were you, I'd install (from the repositories) "Gdebi", which is a great app to intall packages, because as I said before, it takes care of dependencies!Code:sudo dpkg -i tcl8.5_8.5.0-1~neto3_i386.deb tk8.5_8.5.0-1~neto3_i386.deb amsn_0.97b_tcl0.95.deb
To use it, (for instance in Kubuntu) when you want to open a .deb, just choose "open with", then "Other" and write gdebi-gtk
Fourth step:
Launch Amsn! From a console:
If it gives an error, try doing:Code:amsn
And then launch amsn again; now it should work ok.Code:cd /usr/lib sudo ln -sf libtk8.5.so.0 libtk8.5.so sudo ln -sf libtcl8.5.so.0 libtcl8.5.so
Fifth step:
Enjoy Amsn0.97! (and donate some money to its incredible developers)
Post any comments or errors! Bye.
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