problem running AMSN in FC2

Spy47 · 08-30-2004, 12:36 AM

hi everyone.

i upgraded from red hat 9 to fedora core 2. but i can't run AMSN, because the "wish" command isn't recognized. i think this is because Tcl/Tk isn't installed.

but, isn't supposed to come with FC2??? (it appears when i make rpm -q tcl) i tried to install a Tcl source package, but nothing happens. what can i do??

thanks in advance.

[42]Sanf0rd · 08-30-2004, 01:10 AM

when I was running FC2, i got it running by just unzipping the tar file into /usr/local/msn
worked fine for me.

to make a shortcut to it, just point to /usr/local/msn/amsn and select the icon you want

(I, of course, used the two Tuxes one, but I'm wierd like that).

should work fine, let me know if it doesn't.

Spy47 · 08-30-2004, 04:02 PM

it didn't work. it's a Tcl/Tk problem. wish command doesn't exist.

darknails · 09-11-2004, 07:32 AM

Most likely the command name is incorrect. Type:
# locate wish

then a list of file contains the string '"wish" will be shown. Now find what
exactly your wish command is called. For me it's called "wish8.4" So what
I have to do is to edit the first line of excutable file: amsn
Lounch any editor, for example:

# emacs amsn

You should see the first line as:

#!/usr/bin/env wish

now change it to:

#!/usr/bin/env wish8.4

Then execute it the noramal way:
# ./amsn

Hope it works.

proudclod · 09-11-2004, 08:43 AM

or just use yum to install amsn.

as root: yum install amsn

you may need to add more sources to /etc/yum.conf

This method worked for me.