Installation Guide

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1 Windows
2 Mac OS X
3 Linux
4 FreeBSD
5 NetBSD
6 OpenBSD

Windows

Using the Zip Archive

Get the archive by going to the Download page and downloading the "Windows Zip Archive".

Extract all files in the archive, using folder names, to the directory of your choice. A reasonable place would be "C:\Program Files". The uncompressed files will be placed in a subdirectory of that location, such as "C:\Program Files\psi-0.10".

Optional: read Readme.txt for important information.

Optional: if you want to create a shortcut to psi.exe, then one method is to open Windows Explorer to the psi directory, point at psi.exe, hold down the right mouse button, drag the mouse pointer to your desktop, release the right mouse button, and select "Create shortcut(s) here".

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Using the Windows Installer

Windows Installer Guide

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Automatic Installation

If you have multiple computers where you want to install Psi in a fast way, we recommend downloading the Windows Installer and running it on every computer with the following command:

psi-0.10-win-setup.exe /S

This will start the setup program in silent mode and install Psi using the default settings. You can also change the destination by using the /D flag. For example, the below would install Psi using the defaults, and the files would be installed in the c:\stuff\psi folder:

psi-0.10-win-setup.exe /S /D:c:\stuff\psi

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Mac OS X

Double-click the Psi disk image. Drag the Psi icon to your applications folder. If you are updating Psi OS X Finder will ask you whether to overwrite the existing file with (newer) version. Click "Yes" and Authenticate if you are asked to do so. In case of Update, don't forget to Quit Psi before overwriting.

Upon starting Psi for the first time, three windows will open:

the Tip of a day window with some friendly information;
a thin and tall empty window, which displays Psi's contact list and is called roster (not rooster);
the Add Account window.

Please refer to Tutorial First Start for further information.

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Linux

Installation depends on which Linux distribution you are using.

Here is a list with instructions for various distributions:

ArchLinux: pacman -Sy qca qca-tls psi
Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu Linux: apt-get install psi; apt-get install psi-translations (guess what for ;-)); apt-get install qca-tls (for TLS-support)
Fedora Core: yum install psi; You may also want to append "psi-i18n" (language package), "qca-tls" (for TLS/SSL support) and/or "psi-icons" (additional icons), each separated by a single space (" "), to the command line given above.; This will install psi (and if needed its dependencies) from the Fedora Extras repository (which is already enabled on FC4. Users of older FC versions should have a look on the according guide).
Gentoo: emerge net-im/psi; You may want to do echo "net-im/psi" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords first to ensure you have installed the latest version of psi.; Also if you want some additional icons, try emerge psi-themes
Mandriva Linux: Installation instructions are found here.
Sourcemage: cast psi
SuSE: Download rpm from here; Then install it as root with; yast -i psi-0.10*
Ubuntu Linux: (see Debian GNU/Linux instructions)