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    Lightbulb HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    Well Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 has been out for some time now, and I have had some time using it on my Win XP but I missed it on my Ubuntu laptop, so I did a bit a research and came across on how to install is from source. It was very easy and I am going to list the step that I did to install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 on my Ubuntu Edgy laptop.
    1. Make sure you un-install your current Gaim program by typing
    Code:
    sudo apt-get remove gaim
    in the terminal window.

    2. Download the source from Gaim's site. Click here to download the source.

    3. Unpack the compressed file onto your Desktop (you can right click on the compressed file and choose Extract Here in GNOME desktop).

    4. Once unpacked launch your terminal window and navigate to your Desktop and then to the unpacked Gaim directory
    Code:
    cd ~/Desktop/gaim-2.0.0beta6/
    5.Once in the directory type in
    Code:
    ./configure
    in the terminal window

    6. After the configuration is done type in
    Code:
    make
    into the terminal

    7. Wait till the make is done (this might take some time), and then type
    Code:
    sudo make install
    into the terminal

    8. After the installation is done you have you brand new Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 installed on you Ubuntu machine.

    NOTE: You might want to check if you have the dependencies installed on you system to see if you have this installed type in
    Code:
    sudo apt-get build-dep gaim
    into the terminal. Also please be advised to backup your profile before installing. In order for you to backup locate .gaim folder in you home directory. Hope this helps and happy chatting with the new Beta 6 of Gaim 2.0.
    Yeah I know pirated copy of XP is free, but so is Ubuntu and it's LEGAL!

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    Gam 2.0 Beta 6 .deb packages are avaible to download at http://download.ubuntu.pl/_Edgy_Eft/gaim/2.0.0-beta-6/

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    does this version support file transfers while talking to someone on aim? everytime i would try this it closes gaim down.

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    Cool thanks for the links to the .deb file, I am going keep that in mind and use it on my desktop.
    Yeah I know pirated copy of XP is free, but so is Ubuntu and it's LEGAL!

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    How does one get around apt-get's desire to uninstall ubuntu-desktop along with gaim?

    How can we get them to just upgrade the ubuntu package to beta 6?

    Thanks,
    David

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    Gaim 2.0 beta 6 is available from the following repository. Add these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list

    Code:
    # Gaim 2.0 beta (GPG Key:  D0AFFF5E937215FF)
    deb http://www.elisanet.fi/mlind/ubuntu edgy main
    deb-src http://www.elisanet.fi/mlind/ubuntu edgy main
    You can add the GPG key if you like by typing the following lines in a terminal.
    Code:
    # gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv D0AFFF5E937215FF
    # gpg --export --armor D0AFFF5E937215FF | sudo apt-key add -
    Then 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install gaim'. You may want to browse synaptic and see what other related packages are available.

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    I'd be wary of adding repositories if they aren't a reputable source, not saying that the above one isn't...

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    The repository I have been using since Gaim 2.0 beta 3 or so has been debuntu.org. It's really good, they get packages out very quickly.

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    Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    Sometimes DBUS support isn't readily configured for some plugins.
    Code:
    ./configure --enable-dbus

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    Exclamation Re: HowTo Install Gaim 2.0 Beta 6 in Edgy

    in step 5 with the ./configure command i get this error

    configure: error:

    You must have libxml2 >= 2.6.0 development headers installed to build Gaim.
    in synaptic it shows that i have libxml2 installed version 2.6.26.dfsg-2ubuntu4

    is this my problem? What do i need it get to make this work and how do i go about it?
    thanks

    Update: I just noticed that gaim 2.0 beta 3 was still installed in synaptic for some reason the lock version was set I had to undo thin before it would remove it. I think this may have had something to do with being installed by automatix. Although removing gaim through automatix did not get ride of this either. However i still get the same error after removeing this version of gaim.
    Last edited by zorkerz; March 9th, 2007 at 05:08 AM. Reason: update

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