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I was looking around for an mIRC client for linux suse professional, and I couldnt see anything, then on mirc's homepage they had a windows emulator which allows you to run windows programs (http://www.winehq.com)

I downloaded the program but the .rpm wouldn't install with yast for some reason even though it was chmodded correctly, and it didn't display in yast, when I clicked import it said "incorrect or unsupported file"

Anyone know how to install, or where i can find a good mIRC client?

Thanks in advance,

~ gazaa

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Several replies correctly point out native Linux IRC clients (as recommended KVIrc and others noted XChat). Native clients are the simplest, most reliable route. Running mIRC under Wine is a workable fallback for people who need mIRC-specific scripts or the exact UI, but it often requires a little troubleshooting on SUSE.

The YaST error "incorrect or unsupported file" usually means the download is not a valid RPM for the system (common when a browser saved an HTML error page), the package is for a different architecture, or dependencies require installing from the distro repositories instead of importing a single RPM. Quick checks that reveal the cause:

file mirc.rpm
rpm -Kv mirc.rpm

If file reports HTML or something other than an RPM, re-download. Prefer installing Wine from SUSE’s package tools (YaST or zypper) so dependencies are handled automatically rather than manually importing random RPMs. When an RPM must be installed manually, use the package tool output (errors list missing libraries) rather than forcing the install.

mIRC is a 32‑bit Windows app, so on modern 64‑bit SUSE it’s best to create a 32‑bit Wine prefix and install there. Example flow:

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine-mirc" winecfg
wine "$HOME/Downloads/mircsetup.exe"

Launching Wine/mIRC from a terminal prints diagnostic errors (missing DLLs, permissions, wrong prefix). Many launch problems like the one reported are resolved by checking that the executable was actually installed into the correct WINEPREFIX, running it from a terminal to capture error text, and using winetricks to add any common runtimes if required.

Summary checklist: try a native client first; install Wine from SUSE repos; verify downloads with file/rpm -K; create a 32‑bit WINEPREFIX for mIRC; run Wine from a terminal to read errors.

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Member Avatar for Thong_Ispector

I am still VERY new to Linux but...

I finally found a irc client that "feels" right. KVirc http://www.kvirc.net/

I've tried xchat, bitchx, etc. but this is my irc of choice. Windows immigrants, mIRC users will like this one. althought it not exactly the same. It's alot easier to navigate then the previous clients I've tried.

the script archive for the client doesnt contain much (5 or so scripts?) . but it does support scripting.

so if your still looking for an irc client that feels right. check it out..

oh, I installed the newer kvirc3 thru a deb file on the site. when i clicked on the deb. kpackage managed it automatically. Sweet! i thought I had to learn dpkg command. :) kvirc3 is working perfectly and running 24/7 with no issues. I didnt check if kvirc3 was obtainable thru apt-get / kpackage / synaptic.

I hope that helps...
It should work much better than trying to run Mirc in a Windows Emulator

Member Avatar for fooumang

I was looking around for an mIRC client for linux suse professional, and I couldnt see anything, then on mirc's homepage they had a windows emulator which allows you to run windows programs (http://www.winehq.com)

I downloaded the program but the .rpm wouldn't install with yast for some reason even though it was chmodded correctly, and it didn't display in yast, when I clicked import it said "incorrect or unsupported file"

Anyone know how to install, or where i can find a good mIRC client?

Thanks in advance,

~ gazaa

Why would you want to use mirc?

xchat comes with most distros and it works rather well.

http://xchat.org

Member Avatar for Paul.Esson

xchat is really nice, but if your insistant on using mirc, you can run mirc in wine fine.

www.winehq.org

Member Avatar for gazaa

xchat is really nice, but if your insistant on using mirc, you can run mirc in wine fine.

www.winehq.org

Thanks for your responses.

When I posted this I was very new to linux, I downloaded the Fedora core 3 since, and its awesome, comes prepacked with a load of usefull tools and good IRC clients

KvIRC looks great, I'll check it out, thanks once again for your responses.

Member Avatar for pyromaniacv3

How do you get mirc to run?

I added it to the wine list but it won't lemme open it

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