how do you get Spark IM to run on fc 9

[Itamar - IspBrasil]

have you tried pidgin ?

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On 10/27/2008 10:21 AM, David Timms wrote:
> Gregory Machin wrote:
>> Hi
>> I would like to run Spark IM on my fc 9 x86_64 box as everyone else is
>> using this IM in the office .
> on f9 too ?
>
>> I down loaded spark_2_5_8.tar.gz and unzipd it to /opt/
>> when I run ./starter I get
>>
>> [root at gregory-workstation Spark]# ./starter
>> testing JVM in /opt/Spark/jre ...
> Does the download include a JRE in it's download ?
> Any different when started from normal user login (usually a good idea) ?
> java -version
> alternatives --display java
>
>> and nothing happens ..
> Does the command prompt return ?
> Does top show high CPU use ?
>
>> there are no java or spark processes running ..
>>
>> What do I need to do to get it to work ?
> I'm pretty sure I had a version running earlier this year, on Fedora 
> 8. Haven't tried on F9 yet.
>
> I did find both the windows and linux ones to be big memory hogs, so I 
> went with pidgin which achieves many of the same capabilities.
>
> DaveT.
>