Howto: Google Talk voice support on Ubuntu

[finferflu]

Hi, I've just been able to use the Google Talk voice service on Ubuntu using Tapioca.

I've already found a post with an how-to, but the link to the file was not working, and moreover, it was more complicated than this.

For this howto I'm referring to http://tapioca-voip.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Installation_Guide#Installing_packages_with_apt-get.2Faptitude

If you are using Dapper Drake, add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://extindt01.indt.org/VoIP/apt dapper main

Then open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and type:

sudo aptitude update

(obviously press Enter), then type:

sudo aptitude install tapiocaui0.3

and Tapioca will be installed in your system.

Now, you just need to run it: you can either find it in Applications > Internet > Tapioca, or run it from the terminal typing tapiocaui.

To log in with your Google Talk account you just need to type your username and password at the prompt.

Hope you find this useful :)

[randomthings]

Hi , I tried it but i got :
" E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it? "
and Tapioca didn't installed .

[finferflu]

Maybe you had something else open, like Synaptics, or another apt-get or aptitude process running while trying to run the command...

Try again and make sure any other package manager utility is not running...

[Dinerty]

Works great, thanks for the guide

[aie]

the sound quality is very low..

[Z13]

I wonder if you managed to install Tapioca VoIP 0.3.9 on Edgy too.

As a note, my machine is AMD64.

Thank you.

[finferflu]

Well, if there's nothing on the official website, I'm not able to install it.. sorry.
I'll let you know as soon as I get some information.

[McLogic]

[...]and Tapioca will be installed in your system.

Now, you just need to run it: you can either find it in Applications > Internet > Tapioca, or run it from the terminal typing tapiocaui.

To log in with your Google Talk account you just need to type your username and password at the prompt.

The installation worked fine. I launched Tapioca from the menu and put in my username and password, but then got this error:
Error
A network error has ocurred during login. Check your network settings.

Occurred is spelled ocurred in the dialogue box, and the only hit on this text and tapioca is someone with the same issue, and no resolution on the hi-weed (Chinese ubuntu clone) site. This is a PITA, please help if you can.

I have no trouble using Skype on the same network.

I first posted (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=302363) this issue on the Feisty Fawn Discussions, but realized this had little or nothing to do with Feisty.

[finferflu]

Just to be sure, did you insert your username as username@(gmail or googlemail).com ?

[McLogic]

Just to be sure, did you insert your username as username@(gmail or googlemail).com ?

Yes, and I can login to gtalk on the same computer with the same account info using Gaim.

[finferflu]

That's very weird, but at the moment I can't offer you any help, since I can't install it, for there is no current version for Edgy Eft, so I can't test it or play with it...

I'll try my best to find an Edgy Eft package and I'll be back to help you!

[debiannerd]

Yes, and I can login to gtalk on the same computer with the same account info using Gaim.

what's your NAT setup? which router do u use? any ports blocked!

start the program and run netstat -a

get back

[finferflu]

I wonder if you managed to install Tapioca VoIP 0.3.9 on Edgy too.

As a note, my machine is AMD64.

Thank you.

I've just found this: http://download.ubuntu.pl/_Edgy_Eft/tapioca/
I don't know if it suits your requirements, but it can come useful to somebody anyway..

[Z13]

I've just found this: http://download.ubuntu.pl/_Edgy_Eft/tapioca/
I don't know if it suits your requirements, but it can come useful to somebody anyway..

Yep.. it seems it's for i386.

[Homie Bongo]

You can install TapiocaUI on Feisty Herd 5 as well. Downloading the .debs for Edgy (http://www.dcc.ufam.edu.br/~boa/edgy/ ) and hunting for many packages in Adept I got it finally working too.