AMSN on 12.04

[deserthowler]

I use AMSN chat on several versions of Debian based systems on multiple platforms. I can't find AMSN in the 12.04 repos and was wondering if there is a reason for this or if it is coming at later date.

Earl

[howefield]

It was removed from the Ubuntu repositories in 12.04.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise....98.4-0ubuntu3

[noughtypixy]

that sucks amsn has been my favorite chat cliant for years

had amsn configured exactly how I liked it and had even altered a fue lines of the code to my exact specifications so am rather disappointed at its removal, they could have at least left it on my machine even tho had taken it off the repository

[noughtypixy]

would going back to 10.04 let me get it back?
means saving loads onto disk then installing, repersonalising the whole system then laoding all my files back on so dont realy want to do it if dont have to
also I dont personaly care that they havent updated it for years I like it!

[immoT]

Install amsn on 12.04

go https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise....98.4-0ubuntu3

1) Builds
precise i386 / precise amd64
2) Built files
download:
amsn-data_0.98.4-0ubuntu3_all.deb
amsn_0.98.4-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
3) Install first amsn-data, then amsn (by doubleclicking)

Warning: this way installing package have never automatic updates.

[youngunix]

Install amsn on 12.04

go https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise....98.4-0ubuntu3

1) Builds
precise i386 / precise amd64
2) Built files
download:
amsn-data_0.98.4-0ubuntu3_all.deb
amsn_0.98.4-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
3) Install first amsn-data, then amsn (by doubleclicking)

Warning: this way installing package have never automatic updates.

If the above solution doesn't work or if you don't feel comfortable with this method, then try this:
+Go to http://www.amsn-project.net/download.php
+Download the Windows version
+Assuming you have "Wine" installed: right click on "aMSN-0.98.4-tcl85-windows-installer" > Open With > Wine Windows Program Loader
+And just follow the installation process.

Good Luck

[Ethelshai]

I managed to compile aMSN, launch it and log on. Chatting with my contacts worked without any problem. Of course, audio/video chats are not available since I didn't include farsight. Nonetheless aMSN is perfectly usable and stable. Here is what I did :

1) Install all the required libraries, tools, compilers :

sudo apt-get install build-essential libgupnp-igd-1.0-dev libv4l-dev tcl tcl8.5-dev tcl-tls tk tk8.5-dev libx11-dev libpng12-dev libjpeg62-dev libsnack2

Note : If Apt can't find "tcl" or "tk", just indicate "tcl8.5" and "tk8.5" instead.

2) Download the aMSN sources archive : http://sourceforge.net/projects/amsn...ar.gz/download

3) Extract it :

tar -xvzf amsn-0.98.4-src.tar.gz

4) Edit file utils/linux/capture/capture.h (and not capture.c). Look for the following section :

#ifdef HAVSYS_VIDEODEV2_H
#   include <sys/videodev2.h>
#else
#   include <linux/videodev.h>
#endif

And replace (mandatory or it will fail to compile and install)

<linux/videodev.h>

by

<linux/videodev2.h>

then save the file and close the editor.

5) Go back to the sources base directory and enter :

./configure

Once this step will be completed, the following summary should appear :

compile time options summary
============================

    X11          : yes
    Tcl         : 8.5
    TK          : 8.5
    DEBUG        : no
    STATIC       : no
    FARSIGHT     : no
    LIBV4L       : yes
    GUPNP-IGD    : yes

FARSIGHT is indicated a not included, which is normal in the present case. It won't bother you later on, but the only counterpart will be that voice/video chats won't be available.

6) Compile the whole :

make

Everything should go smoothly. Normally, it doesn't take more than a few minutes, even on weak/slow machines.

7) Install aMSN :

sudo make install

Normally, aMSN should even appear automatically in the installed software menus, and its tray icon should work as well, same for all the standard features. At worst, just create a launcher on the desktop (or anywhere else you see fit), and fill in the command field with "amsn". And there you go

Tested on Xubuntu 12.04 (i386 alternate install) on a Hercules eCafé EC-800 H20G/S netbook.

[revpaul]

nice fix thanks Ethelshai
Amsn up and running.

[razeer]

Well, I know that this is solved, but, I still cant get it to work!

Lets start like this. Today I changed from using Windows since XP up to Windows 7 that I used since release. I wanted something new, but I still need to use some things, one is MSN and my cam. I tried to downloaded the ubuntu package and did get tar.gz, I know that I can extract it, but after that, I really dont know how to go further. I have tried to see tutorials as movie, and did read one on another forum. Still I dont get it.

Can anyone help me with a step-by-step guide how I should do after downloading the tar.gz? I want to learn, but as I said, I dont really get it.

Im using Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64-bit, and started with Ubuntu and Linux today.

Many thanks. (ps, sorry for my english)

[Oranabi]

FARSIGHT is indicated a not included, which is normal in the present case. It won't bother you later on, but the only counterpart will be that voice/video chats won't be available.

and whatshould i do if i want to include FARSIGHT ?
i appretiate if someone shows me the way.