FAQ: Can I use instant messaging in Ubuntu?

[ubuntu-geek]

Yes, Ubuntu comes with Gaim 1.0 it supports AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN and a few other chat clients.

[nutty]

I checked Gaim and MSN works on it. But somehow Yahoo messenger does not work. Is there some configuration that I need to do to get yahoo to work?

Best Wishes

[AndersAA]

since gaim does support yahoo I'd look at the gaim mailinglist for answers to that. Could be you need an updated version, as protocols occasionaly change a bit making gaim incompatible.

[ubuntu-geek]

Check out http://gaim.sourceforge.net If I get around to it today I can build a Gaim 1.0.1 package for Ubuntu for the new version if they dont get it in the archives first

[Damon]

Hmm... ./configure couldn't find glib >= 2.0.0

Now, trying to figure out how to tell it where to look.

[Damon]

Problems I ran into and their solutions when compiling gaim 1.0.1
<<Keep in mind I have a "vanilla" laptop install. I'm only installing packages as they are needed. >>

./configure

Two problems. glib 2.0.0 or greater was not recognized, as well as gtk greater than or equal to 2.0.0. I had to install both of these packages via Synaptic.

make

Since I so wisely ignored unix naming conventions and had the source in a directory with a space in the name (My Downloads), havoc befell all stages of make. So, as a consequence, I did the following:

cd ../..
mv "My Downloads" downloads
cd downloads/gaim-1.0.1
make clean
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install

Now, I have gaim-1.0.1 compiled on my ubuntu box. W00t