slimshady89 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 hey, I downloaded aMSN bin file and when I try to install it ... it doesnt let me to the defualt folder because I don't have the permission this should be really easy esp. for you Markjensen :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 24, 2004 First off... I am still a noob, too! :p Second, what are you trying to install? aMSN? Mandrake comes with GAIM, I think. That is capable of talking on MSN Messenger.... If gaim works well for you, I would jsut stick with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimshady89 Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 lol, who are you kidding, you are no noob anyways, I came across the smae problem when I was instlalling Firefox, so can you/someone teach me how to set myself as a administrator .. so I can install aything anywhere :) EDIT : I tried looking for gAIM under "Start Menu" > Internet > Chat and it aonly said XChat and under Instant Messenging it only said kopete so I dont think Mandrake 10.0 comes with gAIM .. I maybe wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) hey, I downloaded aMSN bin file and when I try to install it ... it doesnt let me to the defualt folder because I don't have the permission this should be really easy esp. for you Markjensen :) Before you try to install it, you should become root, by typing "su" in the shell (without the quotations). It will prompt you for root password and then you shouldn't get any more errors about write access. Edit: Root is the equivalent of an administrator in the Windoze world :D Edited March 24, 2004 by hadiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimshady89 Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 I started Konsole and typed in "su" w/o quotes and hten I didnt haev a password so I pressed <ENTER> and hten I exited ... sitll the same problem EDIT : Nevermind I got it thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I started Konsole and typed in "su" w/o quotes and hten I didnt haev a password so I pressed <ENTER> and hten I exited ... sitll the same problem You don't have a root password? You should've definetly been prompted to create one while installing Mandrake. It even goes as far as to make sure what you choose for a root password is not simple (in that it's not short, and is a combination of letters and numbers). And if you press enter without typing in a root password it takes you back to just being a regular 'ol user, hence the problem still occurs. Edit: Just saw your edit, no prob (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimshady89 Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 And, how do I create shortcuts to Desktop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Can't remember what it says exactly (and I'm in windows at the moment), but you have to right click and create one similar to the way it's done in windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimshady89 Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 I don't see a create shortcut thing iin the rite klik menu should I copy it and then put it on the desktop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaKeY Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 In KDE it should say something like create new --> link to app... something like that. (gnome user here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimshady89 Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 yep thats it thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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