HOW TO: Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 on Dapper

[cborga1985]

Notice: This seems to not work on Kubuntu but you can use beta 5. Here is my beta 5 thread.

For AMD64 Architecture:

Step 1: Download the debs to your Desktop.

gaim_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (1.82 MB)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S2Q0BA6K

gaim-data_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_all.deb (5.04 MB)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HH5GNP2J

gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (952 Bytes)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SBDRAWHE

gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (152.11 KB)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y76WSPHG

Step 2: Install Gaim.

cd ~/Desktop
sudo dpkg -i --force-all gaim_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb gaim-data_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_all.deb gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta6-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb

Step 3: Fix Depends.

sudo apt-get -f install

For I386 Architecture:

Step 1: Add source repository.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this to the bottom and save file.

#Debuntu Repository
deb-src http://repository.debuntu.org/ edgy multiverse

Notice: Don't worry about the fact that we are using Edgy sources. It won't won't hurt anything for this purpose as long as you did what I said correctly.

Step 2: Update Apt.

wget http://repository.debuntu.org/GPG-Key-chantra.txt
sudo apt-key add GPG-Key-chantra.txt
rm GPG-Key-chantra.txt
sudo apt-get upgrade (optional)
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (optional)
sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Get Gaim source files.

mkdir ~/Desktop/gaim
cd ~/Desktop/gaim
apt-get source gaim-data gaim
cd gaim*

Notice: You might get a message saying that something already has something or related. You can safely ignore this.

Step 4: Install fakeroot and essentials.

sudo apt-get install build-essential dpkg-dev debhelper fakeroot cdbs libgadu-dev

Step 5: Change repo to dapper source.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Find deb-src http://repository.debuntu.org/ edgy multiverse and replace it with
deb http://repository.debuntu.org/ dapper multiverse and save. Now run this command to update.

sudo apt-get update

Step 6: Get depends.

sudo apt-get build-dep gaim-data

Step 7: Build Packages.

fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -d

Step 8: Install Gaim.

cd ..
sudo dpkg -i --force-all gaim*.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

Step 9: Nothing
Gaim should be installed and working. Post any problems back to this post.

Instructions to reverse to old version:

Step 1: Remove Debuntu repository and Update Apt.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Remove debuntu line and save file.

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Force Gaim to remove.

sudo dpkg -P --force-all gaim gaim-data gaim-dbg gaim-dev

Step 3: Reinstall Gaim which will also fix depends.

sudo apt-get -f install

[bioman85]

Thanks for the how-to. I just re-installed Dapper and set my /home to a whopping 100 MB, so once I fix that, I'll try out your methods.

[subdee]

at the part where i have to get the depends, i get the error as translated from Greek: Build dependencies for gaim-data are not satisfied.

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[cborga1985]

at the part where i have to get the depends, i get the error as translated from Greek: Build dependencies for gaim-data are not satisfied.

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yeah it's fixed now