HOWTO: Gaim 2.0 beta cookbook

[mlind]

To build gaim 2.0 beta3 for Dapper, you also need to build newer version of one additional library,
libgadu-dev to satisfy the build-time requirements.

You could build gaim using Dappers libgadu-dev library too, by modifying build-time dependencies,
but newer library contains some important security fixes

Initial setup

• Before starting I suggest you to install debfoster, run it once and answer yes for all asked questions.
• This way you set default state for installed packages and can easily uninstall all required build-time dependencies.
• You can later "reset" debfoster using -n parameter after build-time dependencies have been removed and
  you have successfully completed the steps of this HOWTO.
  

  sudo aptitude install debfoster
  sudo debfoster

Setup build environment

• Install required tools for building process
  

  sudo aptitude install build-essential cdbs devscripts dh-make fakeroot

libgadu-dev

• Add Debian unstable repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
  

  deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

• Update sources
  

  sudo aptitude update

• Get the source package
  

  mkdir -p ~/packages/ekg
  cd ~/packages/ekg
  apt-get source libgadu-dev
  cd ekg-1.6+20060616

• Insert new changelog entry
  

  dch -iDdapper

  ekg (1:1.6+20060616-2ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
  
    * Adopted for Dapper
  
   -- Firstname Lastname <youralias@yourhost.com>  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:01:59 +0300

• Install required build-time dependencies
  

  sudo aptitude install libncurses-dev libreadline5-dev zlib1g-dev python-dev libgsm1-dev libssl-dev libglib2.0-dev libjpeg62-dev libaspell-dev

• Build and install
  

  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
  sudo dpkg -i ../libgadu*.deb

gaim

• Add Debian experimental repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
  

  deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free

• Update sources
  

  sudo aptitude update

• Get the source package
  

  mkdir -p ~/packages/gaim
  cd ~/packages/gaim
  apt-get source gaim
  cd gaim-2.0.0+beta3

• Insert new changelog entry
  

  dch -iDdapper

  gaim (1:2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
  
    * Adopted for Dapper
  
   -- Firstname Lastname <youralias@yourhost.com>  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:10:05 +0300

• Edit debian/control file and remove version requirement from cdbs which is on Build-Depends line
  
  
  
• Install required build-time dependencies
  

  sudo aptitude install libgtk2.0-dev libxss-dev libmeanwhile-dev libgnutls11-dev tcl8.4-dev tk8.4-dev libao-dev libaudiofile-dev libgtkspell-dev libltdl3-dev libperl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libzephyr-dev libxml2-dev libebook1.2-dev libedata-book1.2-dev libcamel1.2-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libavahi-compat-howl-dev libxml-parser-perl

• Build and install
  

  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
  sudo dpkg -i ../gaim_2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1_i386.deb ../gaim-data_2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1_all.deb

Removing the build dependencies

• If you installed debfoster as suggested in the beginning, you can now remove all build dependencies.
  Answer p (as purge) for all questions regarding to applications and libraries installed on build process.
  

  sudo debfoster

• Remove/comment Debian source repositories from /etc/apt/sources.list
  

[edit]

• Added libxml-parser-perl as build dependency, thanks bobpaul

[mlind]

gaim-guifications

I noticed that atleast gaim-guifications plugin needs to be upgraded to get it working
with new Gaim version, so here we go

• Apply same initial setup as on Gaim HOWTO previously, if you already removed those.
• You should use official Dapper source repository for this, so if you have Debian repositories still left on /etc/apt/sources.list, remove/comment those
• Update your package source list before continuing
  

  sudo aptitude update

  
  
  
• Install the gaim development package that was built on Gaim HOWTO previously
  

  sudo dpkg -i ~/packages/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1_i386.deb

• Get old source package (for template)
  

  mkdir -p ~/package/gaim-guifications
  cd ~/package/gaim-guifications
  apt-get source gaim-guifications

• Get new sources. If download link doesn't work, use another mirror
  

  wget http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/guifications/gaim-guifications-2.13beta3.tar.gz

• Apply package information for new sources (version needs to be specified in this case)
  

  cd guifications-2.12
  uupdate ../gaim-guifications-2.13beta3.tar.gz 2.13
  cd ../guifications-2.13

• Insert new changelog entry
  

  dch -iDdapper

  guifications (2.13-0ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
  
    * New upstream release
  
   -- Firstname Lastname <youralias@yourhost.com>  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:18:46 +0300

• Install required build-time dependencies (if you already removed those previously)
  

  sudo aptitude install libgtk2.0-dev

• Build and install
  

  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
  sudo dpkg -i ../gaim-guifications_2.13-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

Removing the build dependencies

• Do as on Gaim HOWTO previously

[mlind]

I uploaded .debs to temporary share that should stay up for 60 days
http://www.freefilehoster.com/upload...m2beta3.tar.gz


Before installing gaim2, install these dependencies

sudo aptitude install libavahi-compat-howl0 libgnutls11 libmeanwhile1

then install package contents

sudo dpkg -i gaim_2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1_i386.deb gaim-data_2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1_all.deb libgadu3_1.6+20060616-2ubuntu0_i386.deb

[edit]
Gaim beta3.1 for Dapper
http://www.freefilehoster.com/upload...-dapper.tar.gz

[zasf]

nice! will try this soon!

[Technoviking]

Another great how-to, I'm learning tons about how building debs works. I will try making instructions for building gaim-encryption later.

[mlind]

Mike, feel free to share that plugin once you get it sorted
Nautilus plugin needs to be re-compiled too it seems.

[st14n]

I uploaded .debs to temporary share that should stay up for 60 days
http://www.freefilehoster.com/upload...m2beta3.tar.gz


Before installing gaim2, install these dependencies

sudo aptitude install libavahi-compat-howl0 libgnutls11 libmeanwhile1

then install package contents

sudo dpkg -i gaim_2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1_i386.deb gaim-data_2.0.0+beta3-5ubuntu1_all.deb libgadu3_1.6+20060616-2ubuntu0_i386.deb

Nice one, mlind! You saved me quite some time.

[evilhomer]

any luck with gaim-otr?

[mlind]

any luck with gaim-otr?

Try if this works.

[13121982]

Make gaim-svn version maybe easy.