Can't reinstall AIM (AOL instant messanger)

Hello all.

I am running a new installation of Linux (White Box 3.0) and I
installed instant messanger from the download website. It is an RPM.

I noticed the font was unreadable in the buddy list for members who
were active so I thought I would uninstall and then re-install a
different version.

Anyway it would not let me install a lower version and when I tried to
re-install the same version I get a message the package is already
installed.

The package is not installed and I have searched for the files to
verify this.

Any ideas what I can do to resolve. I like instant messanger as my
sister is always online.

Thanks in advance,
-Dan

[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -i aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
package aim-1.5.286-1 is already installed
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#

On 23 Jun 2004 18:21:09 -0700, a posting issued forth from Dan...[color=blue]
> Hello all.
>
> I am running a new installation of Linux (White Box 3.0) and I
> installed instant messanger from the download website. It is an RPM.
>
> I noticed the font was unreadable in the buddy list for members who
> were active so I thought I would uninstall and then re-install a
> different version.
>
> Anyway it would not let me install a lower version and when I tried to
> re-install the same version I get a message the package is already
> installed.
>
> The package is not installed and I have searched for the files to
> verify this.
>
> Any ideas what I can do to resolve. I like instant messanger as my
> sister is always online.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -Dan
>
> [root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -i aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
> package aim-1.5.286-1 is already installed
> [root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#[/color]

So uninstall it:

# rpm -e aim

or, if that bails with errors (you didn't delete the files, did you?):

# rpm -e --force aim

--
Jacob

To email me, remove '-not-really' and '-possibly' from my email address.

Interestingly enough, when I try to uninstall with the rpm command as
I had already done previously I get the message the package is not
installed.

Jacob <lord-jacob-not-really@comcast-possibly.net> wrote in message news:<718092118ac5f74eb6ff57e5db25084f@news.teranews.com>...[color=blue]
> On 23 Jun 2004 18:21:09 -0700, a posting issued forth from Dan...[color=green]
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I am running a new installation of Linux (White Box 3.0) and I
> > installed instant messanger from the download website. It is an RPM.
> >
> > I noticed the font was unreadable in the buddy list for members who
> > were active so I thought I would uninstall and then re-install a
> > different version.
> >
> > Anyway it would not let me install a lower version and when I tried to
> > re-install the same version I get a message the package is already
> > installed.
> >
> > The package is not installed and I have searched for the files to
> > verify this.
> >
> > Any ideas what I can do to resolve. I like instant messanger as my
> > sister is always online.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > -Dan
> >
> > [root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -i aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
> > package aim-1.5.286-1 is already installed
> > [root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#[/color]
>
> So uninstall it:
>
> # rpm -e aim
>
> or, if that bails with errors (you didn't delete the files, did you?):
>
> # rpm -e --force aim[/color]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:49:18 -0700, Dan wrote:
[color=blue]
> Interestingly enough, when I try to uninstall with the rpm command as I
> had already done previously I get the message the package is not
> installed.[/color]

Check with;
rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n' aim

If you output showing the rpm package is installed then remove it with
something like; rpm -e aim-1.5.286-1 (use the info from the output above)

If you still get an error then visit;

[url]http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb-2003-06/[/url]



--
"In short, without this exclusive franchise, called the Windows API,
we would have been dead a long time ago." M$ Senior VP Bob Muglia '96

On 2004-06-24, Dan <danieloconnor@dbt.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> I am running a new installation of Linux (White Box 3.0) and I
> installed instant messanger from the download website. It is an RPM.[/color]

Wow. I never even knew there was an offical AIM client for linux.
[color=blue]
> I noticed the font was unreadable in the buddy list for members who
> were active so I thought I would uninstall and then re-install a
> different version.
>
> Anyway it would not let me install a lower version and when I tried to
> re-install the same version I get a message the package is already
> installed.
>
> The package is not installed and I have searched for the files to
> verify this.
>
> Any ideas what I can do to resolve. I like instant messanger as my
> sister is always online.[/color]

If you can't resolve this, consider using "gaim"
([url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net[/url]) instead of aim. It's much more veratile
than aim (supports aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, zephyr, IRC, &etc). My
daughter uses it exclusively, even on Windows, and prefers it to aim.

--

-John (john@os2.dhs.org)

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:07:22 +0000, John Thompson wrote:
[color=blue]
> If you can't resolve this, consider using "gaim"
> ([url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net[/url]) instead of aim. It's much more veratile
> than aim (supports aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, zephyr, IRC, &etc). My
> daughter uses it exclusively, even on Windows, and prefers it to aim.[/color]

Yahoo has blocked third-party clients again (at least some of them):

[url]http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5245821.html[/url]



--
i.m.
The USA Patriot Act is the most unpatriotic act in American history.

Great. I followed the instructions below and I will show my output
here:

root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -qa --queryformat
'%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n' aim
aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -e aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
error: package aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm is not installed
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -e aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
error: package aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm is not installed
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#

As you can see, this did not work. I will follow the link you listed
and let you know the output.

Thank you very much for your help,
-Dan



Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.06.24.14.13.37.474459@127.0.0.1>...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:49:18 -0700, Dan wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Interestingly enough, when I try to uninstall with the rpm command as I
> > had already done previously I get the message the package is not
> > installed.[/color]
>
> Check with;
> rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n' aim
>
> If you output showing the rpm package is installed then remove it with
> something like; rpm -e aim-1.5.286-1 (use the info from the output above)
>
> If you still get an error then visit;
>
> [url]http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb-2003-06/[/url][/color]

Great. I followed the instructions below and I will show my output
here:

root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -qa --queryformat
'%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n' aim
aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -e aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
error: package aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm is not installed
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -e aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
error: package aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm is not installed
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#

As you can see, this did not work. I will follow the link you listed
and let you know the output.


Ok, I followed the link and performed the actions described. I then
tried to install once again. Here are my results:

[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# cp * /root/aim/
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# cd /root/aim/
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -i aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
package aim-1.5.286-1 (which is newer than aim-1.5.234-1) is
already installed
package aim-1.5.234-1 is already installed
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -i aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
package aim-1.5.286-1 is already installed
[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#

As you can see this did not work. Hmmm,,,, What to do now???



Thank you very much for your help,
-Dan



Lenard <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.06.24.14.13.37.474459@127.0.0.1>...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:49:18 -0700, Dan wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Interestingly enough, when I try to uninstall with the rpm command as I
> > had already done previously I get the message the package is not
> > installed.[/color]
>
> Check with;
> rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n' aim
>
> If you output showing the rpm package is installed then remove it with
> something like; rpm -e aim-1.5.286-1 (use the info from the output above)
>
> If you still get an error then visit;
>
> [url]http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb-2003-06/[/url][/color]

On 24 Jun 2004 14:21:07 -0700, [email]danieloconnor@dbt.net[/email] (Dan) wrote:
[color=blue]
>Great. I followed the instructions below and I will show my output
>here:
>
>root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
>[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
>[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -qa --queryformat
>'%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n' aim
>aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
>aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
>[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -e aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
>error: package aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm is not installed
>[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -e aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
>error: package aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm is not installed
>[root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#[/color]

For anyone else who reads this with similar intentions: When removing packages
using the rpm command, don't include the filename extensions (although they
should be used when installing packages).

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:21:07 -0700, Dan wrote:
[color=blue]
> Great. I followed the instructions below and I will show my output
> here:
>
> root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
> [root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]#
> [root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -qa --queryformat
> '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n' aim aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
> aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
> [root@dskdoconnorw2k aim]# rpm -e aim-1.5.286-1.i386.rpm error: package[/color]


Ahhh..... Do not use the filename (aim-1.5.234-1.i386.rpm) to remove the
package use the package name (aim) or package-<version_number>
(aim-1.5.234-1), for example;

rpm -e aim or rpm -e aim-1.5.234-1

Since you have two versions of the aim RPM's installed (somehow) then
remove the one(s) you do not want using the package-<version_number> like
in the examples above.


--
"In short, without this exclusive franchise, called the Windows API,
we would have been dead a long time ago." M$ Senior VP Bob Muglia '96

Ok, I'm out of ideas. Does anyone else have any ideas to try to
resolve this? Thank you.

"Ivan Marsh" <annoyed@you.now> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.06.24.19.02.46.189443@you.now>...[color=blue]
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:07:22 +0000, John Thompson wrote:
>[color=green]
> > If you can't resolve this, consider using "gaim"
> > ([url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net[/url]) instead of aim. It's much more veratile
> > than aim (supports aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, zephyr, IRC, &etc). My
> > daughter uses it exclusively, even on Windows, and prefers it to aim.[/color]
>
> Yahoo has blocked third-party clients again (at least some of them):
>
> [url]http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5245821.html[/url][/color]

On 2004-06-24, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:07:22 +0000, John Thompson wrote:
>[color=green]
>> If you can't resolve this, consider using "gaim"
>> ([url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net[/url]) instead of aim. It's much more veratile
>> than aim (supports aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, zephyr, IRC, &etc). My
>> daughter uses it exclusively, even on Windows, and prefers it to aim.[/color]
>
> Yahoo has blocked third-party clients again (at least some of them):
>
> [url]http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5245821.html[/url][/color]

It appears gaim may still work:

[url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net/[/url]

--

-John (john@os2.dhs.org)

On 2004-06-25, Dan <danieloconnor@dbt.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Ok, I'm out of ideas. Does anyone else have any ideas to try to
> resolve this? Thank you.[/color]

Have you tried "gaim" yet? [url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net/[/url]

--

-John (john@os2.dhs.org)

Hi John and thanks for your messages. I may go ahead and try gaim,
however I understand there may be security concernes with gaim and I
would like to research this first. Thanks John.

John Thompson <john@starfleet.os2.dhs.org> wrote in message news:<slrncdrdqh.2st.john@starfleet.os2.dhs.org>...[color=blue]
> On 2004-06-24, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:07:22 +0000, John Thompson wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> If you can't resolve this, consider using "gaim"
> >> ([url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net[/url]) instead of aim. It's much more veratile
> >> than aim (supports aim, yahoo, msn, jabber, zephyr, IRC, &etc). My
> >> daughter uses it exclusively, even on Windows, and prefers it to aim.[/color]
> >
> > Yahoo has blocked third-party clients again (at least some of them):
> >
> > [url]http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5245821.html[/url][/color]
>
> It appears gaim may still work:
>
> [url]http://gaim.sourceforge.net/[/url][/color]

On 2004-06-27, Dan <danieloconnor@dbt.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi John and thanks for your messages. I may go ahead and try gaim,
> however I understand there may be security concernes with gaim and I
> would like to research this first. Thanks John.[/color]

I suspect you are more likely to have security problems with AIM, as it
appears not to have been updated since January 2003; any IM security
issues from the last 18 months would therefore still be a concern. Gaim
just had a new release last week (0.79).

The latest security issues I've been able to find for gaim date back to
January 2004 ([url]http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html[/url]) and
have long been fixed. The latest releases have been bug fixes and feature
enhancements.

--

-John (john@os2.dhs.org)

Thanks for your help John. I'll give it a try and let you know.

-Dan


John Thompson <john@starfleet.os2.dhs.org> wrote in message news:<slrncdtov6.m4q.john@starfleet.os2.dhs.org>...[color=blue]
> On 2004-06-27, Dan <danieloconnor@dbt.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Hi John and thanks for your messages. I may go ahead and try gaim,
> > however I understand there may be security concernes with gaim and I
> > would like to research this first. Thanks John.[/color]
>
> I suspect you are more likely to have security problems with AIM, as it
> appears not to have been updated since January 2003; any IM security
> issues from the last 18 months would therefore still be a concern. Gaim
> just had a new release last week (0.79).
>
> The latest security issues I've been able to find for gaim date back to
> January 2004 ([url]http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html[/url]) and
> have long been fixed. The latest releases have been bug fixes and feature
> enhancements.[/color]