How do I get yahoo messenger to work?

**jonathanfrost** · June 29th, 2009

Hi im brand spanking new to ubuntu and i cant seem to get pidgin or any other instant messenger device to work with Yahoo Messenger. Can any one make a suggestion?

**lisati** · June 29th, 2009

I don't know if there's a Linux-friendly version of Yahoo Messenger, the only copies I've used were written for Windows. Perhaps someone else can help us here...

You might want to consider "Pidgin" as an alternative.

**itsjareds** · June 29th, 2009

Pidgin works fine for me to connect to Yahoo. Where exactly are you having trouble using Pidgin?

**paul_be** · June 29th, 2009

+1 for pidgin, just add your yahoo account to it

**jonathanfrost** · June 29th, 2009

ive set my account on pidgin and it just wont connect to yahoo messenger. it just keeps trying to connect.

**Sef** · June 29th, 2009

Hi im brand spanking new to ubuntu and i cant seem to get pidgin or any other instant messenger device to work with Yahoo Messenger. Can any one make a suggestion?

Yahoo has gotten rid of some older protocols, and it has affected messenger. Read this.

**dmizer** · June 29th, 2009

Try this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1198995

**jonathanfrost** · June 29th, 2009

gracias.

**prvteprts** · June 29th, 2009

Pidgin is great for text IM, but unfortunately, it doesn't support voice and video at the moment. GyachE is a specialized Yahoo alternative with video (and outdated voice) capabilities, although the interface is a bit messy and seems geared towards chat instead of private messaging.