Installing the AOL Instant Messenger (SM) Software

The AOL Instant Messenger (SM) software is distributed as a Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) file.

To install AIM onto your computer:

  1. Download AIM onto your system.
  2. Log in as root.
  3. On the command line, type the rpm command as shown in the example:

rpm -i aim-1.1-8

where 1.1-8 represents the AIM version number.

By default, the system installs AIM in the /Application/Internet group.

To install a higher version of AIM, use the rpm upgrade option (for example, rmp -U aim-1.1-9.i386.rpm).

Note: If you do not want to use the command line option to install AIM, you can use any RPM software such as the Red Hat gnorpm tool.