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Download Yahoo Messenger For Ubuntu Linux With Webcam, Voice Chat, Photo Sharing Support

Yahoo messenger is one such IM tool which is most widely used, but for those use ubuntu linux, redhat linux or any other version of linux always miss yahoo messenger.

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There are two versions of yahoo messenger available for linux build, the official version of yahoo messenger can be downloaded from here, but it lacks in major yahoo messenger features like webcam, voice chat and photo sharing etc, so it can be used to for text chatting.

One more way to install yahoo messenger is given below

1. Install libssl0.9.6 through Synaptic or type the following on the terminal

sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.6

2. Download this file from messenger.yahoo.com.
3. In the terminal, write the following command

sudo dpkg -i /path/ymessenger_1.0.4_1_i386.deb

replacing path with the path to where you downloaded the file.

4. Run /usr/bin/ymessenger and follow instructions to setup Yahoo! Messenger.

Another version of yahoo messenger is implemented using Gyachi which is a yahoo client for linux which supports almost all the features of yahoo messenger including all mentioned above including photo sharing, voice chat, file sharing, group chat etc and lots more.

You can download Gyachi for the following versions of ubuntu from the links given below.

Ubuntu Jaunty packages:
gyachi_1.1.70-1~jaunty_i386.deb
gyachi_1.1.70-1~jaunty_amd64.deb

Ubuntu Intrepid packages:
gyachi_1.1.70-1~intrepid_i386.deb
gyachi_1.1.70-1~intrepid_amd64.deb

Ubuntu Hardy packages:

https://launchpad.net/%7Eloell/+arch…ntu11_i386.deb

2 replies on “Download Yahoo Messenger For Ubuntu Linux With Webcam, Voice Chat, Photo Sharing Support”

I cant find 0.9.6 but instead libss10.9.8
When i install the downloaded file it has a dependency error

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