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CenterICQ, text based Yahoo, MSN, ICQ client / NOW CenterIM

Update 01/19/09

Now Centericq is kown as centerim, so change in the next tutorial, centericq for centerim

Introduction

Lots of tasks can be done from the console with Linux, like reading email with Pine, browse the web with lynx, and today we see how to chat from the console.

The tool we are going to use for this is centericq, it supports:

  • ICQ2000
  • Yahoo
  • IRC
  • MSN
  • Gadu-Gadu
  • Jabber

Installation

Debian / Ubuntu

apt-get install centericq

Using it

At the console, enter

centericq

As soon as you enter for the first time you will see this configuration screen:

Where you can configure, the sound, color or the way your contacts are going to be arranged, among other options. After you have selected all the options you want, choose "done", to go to the next screen.

On this screen you configure your account information for all the services, supported by CenterICQ, once you have finish, select "done", and you will start login in all the services you have configured.

And will see this other screen, where you can start chatting.

If you want to access the main configuration screen again, press, F4 and then select CenterICQ config options.

With F3 you can change your status for all protocols or just for the one you choose.

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ive been looking for a text based client... Much Thanks!

 
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Hello,
can you help me please with configuration of centerim, when i am behing proxy (with need of authorisation)?
I tried to put
http://username:password@my_proxy_ip:my_proxy_port
in the "HTTP proxy server" line in configuration but it didn't help.

thank you for help!

honza

 
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Hi,
I have been trying to find the syntax to enter the proxy in centerim, but until now I could not. I will continue looking for that, as soon as I find I will post it.

sorry.

Guillermo Garron

 
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Hi
please help.
I could not connect yahoo using gaim-text.Every time i login it says 'unable to connect' or sceen name invalid. when i give only my yahoo id without @ yahoo.com it says 'unable to connect.

is there anything do i need to configure.

Regards,
Srinivas.

 
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Hi, I have moved your question to the forums, please read here:

http://www.go2linux.org/forum/index.php?topic=16.0

Guillermo Garron

 
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hey

 
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If you have gaim, then the console program should be named gaim-text

 
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Thank you!, yes it is nice indeed!!

Guillermo Garron

 
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if you have Pidgin installed you have Console version from it to - At the console, enter "finch".

 
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I am actually working on Debian and it does not work here, it is still Gaim on Debian Etch, but I will try on my Ubuntu Gutsy, thanks for that!

Guillermo Garron

 

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