GAIM and MSN need ssl

sbrewer · 12-09-2004, 02:24 PM

I have downloaded the latest version of GAIM (1.1.0). Everything works fine except for connecting to MSN. I get the following error when trying to connect.

Code:

SSL support is needed for MSN. Please install a supported SSL library. See http://gaim.sf.net/faq-ssl for more information.

The above link did not have any useful information.

What do I need to install to make this work? I am running RedHat EL 3.

TIA.

acid_kewpie · 12-09-2004, 02:26 PM

you need to install ssl... http://openssl.org you will have an implementation of this on your distro cd's.

sbrewer · 12-09-2004, 02:45 PM

System said it's already installed.

acid_kewpie · 12-09-2004, 03:41 PM

if it's from rpm and you want to compile gaim from source, then you'll also need the matching -devel package

sbrewer · 12-09-2004, 03:46 PM

Not from a RPM. Compiled myself.

acid_kewpie · 12-09-2004, 05:53 PM

you mean you compiled openssl yourself? in that case i'd say open up gaims ./configure script and find the test for ssl and manually try to recreate it. you may want to specifiy a certain path for the libraries e.g. "./configure --with-ssl /usr/blah/lib/"

daihard · 12-09-2004, 11:38 PM

I had a simliar problem with Kopete. It refused to connect to the MSN server. I was able to fix it simply by installing the openssl-devel package that came with my distro (but not installed).

sbrewer · 12-10-2004, 04:38 AM

When I run ./configure --with-ssl /usr/balh/lib I get the following error.

Code:

[sbrewer@batman gaim-1.1.0]$ ./configure --with-ssl /usr/share/ssl
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: invalid host type: /usr/share/ssl
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `/usr/share/ssl': machine `/usr/share/ssl' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub /usr/share/ssl failed

Any other ideas?

TIA

daihard · 12-10-2004, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sbrewer
When I run ./configure --with-ssl /usr/balh/lib I get the following error.

Any other ideas?

Just curious, what made you decide to compile your own OpenSSL? There are OpenSSL packages (openssl and openssl-devel) designed for RH9. Can you simply use them instead?

xushi · 12-19-2004, 07:13 PM

Quote from gaim's website

"OpenSSL is not an option for SSL support in Gaim because the OpenSSL license (BSD-style) is not compatible with the Gaim license (GPL)"

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq-ssl.php

daihard · 12-19-2004, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xushi
Quote from gaim's website

"OpenSSL is not an option for SSL support in Gaim because the OpenSSL license (BSD-style) is not compatible with the Gaim license (GPL)"

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq-ssl.php

That's interesting. In the meantime, the same FAQ has a link that provides the precompiled GAIM package for RH 8/9. I suppose the OP will be able to use it?