How would I install this patch for GAIM??

RoaCh Of DisCor · 06-26-2004, 12:54 PM

Here it is: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index...76&atid=632506

How would I got about using this?

Help apreciated...thanks.

bulliver · 06-26-2004, 03:42 PM

Move the patch to the top level of the gaim source, then:

Code:

patch gaim-0.76-vv-2-yahoo-patch

should do it.

RoaCh Of DisCor · 06-26-2004, 03:59 PM

Where would the gaim src file be?

bulliver · 06-26-2004, 04:26 PM

At the end of a google serch for gaim

RoaCh Of DisCor · 06-26-2004, 04:43 PM

Uhh..I actually did try that, but the source directory for gaim...wouldn't it be different for each distro? I'm using fedora...and can't seem to find it...I know the gaim executable is in /usr/local/bin though...

drigz · 06-26-2004, 05:01 PM

if gaim came with your distro, youll need to download the source from the gaim site, extract it, patch it, compile it and install it. probably follows the pattern:
[download and cd to directory containing source tarball]
tar -zxf gaim-<version>.tar.gz OR tar -jxf gaim-<version>.tar.bz2
patch -p0 -i patchname
cd gaim-<version>
./configure
make
make install
cd ..
rm -r gaim-<version>

bulliver · 06-27-2004, 07:11 AM

Source code is source code, it has nothing to do with your distribution. Building from source will create a brand new gaim executable for you to put in your /usr/local/bin directory. Download the source, patch it, and follow drigz's advice.

Cohobin · 06-27-2004, 11:24 AM

or you could just

apt-get update
apt-get install gaim

... but I assume your not running debian... shame really :S hehe... ending my plug for debian....

bulliver · 06-27-2004, 04:50 PM

Supposedly gaim 0.79 has the fixed yahoo protocol in it, but I have not tried it. Perhaps youcould install that rather than patching.