Pidgin doesn't find gnutls 2.5.9

Squall90 · 04-18-2010, 08:12 AM

Hi,

I have installed Slackware 13.0 and I'm trying to use the MSN protocol in Pidgin but on connect, I get an error message:

Quote:

SSL support is needed for MSN. Please install a supported SSL library.

According to Pidgin's help dialog (and also the SlackBuild of the Slackware DVD), GnuTLS is enabled and NSS is disabled:

Quote:

GnuTLS: Enabled
Network Security Services (NSS): Disabled

The content of my /etc/ld.so.conf is:

Quote:

/usr/local/lib
/usr/i486-slackware-linux/lib
/usr/lib/firefox
/usr/lib

The gnutls libraries are stored in /usr/lib:

Quote:

christian@tux:~$ ls /usr/lib|grep gnutls
libgnutls-extra.la*
libgnutls-extra.so@
libgnutls-extra.so.26@
libgnutls-extra.so.26.11.7*
libgnutls-openssl.la*
libgnutls-openssl.so@
libgnutls-openssl.so.26@
libgnutls-openssl.so.26.11.7*
libgnutls.la*
libgnutls.so@
libgnutls.so.26@
libgnutls.so.26.11.7*
libgnutlsxx.la*
libgnutlsxx.so@
libgnutlsxx.so.26@
libgnutlsxx.so.26.11.7*

But I still get the error. What can I do now?

Thanks

willysr · 04-18-2010, 08:46 AM

check the SlackBuild script. Perhaps it's not enabled on the script

Squall90 · 04-18-2010, 09:49 AM

Hi willysr,

this SlackBuild is from the Slackware 13.0 DVD (DVD-root/source/pidgin). http://pastebin.com/0WL1u0nq
On line 81:

Quote:

--enable-gnutls=yes

Any other ideas?

sahko · 04-18-2010, 10:13 AM

Do you have the packages from patches/ installed? Slackware 13.0 has gnutls 2.8.4 not 2.5.9 and pidgin 2.6.6.

Squall90 · 04-19-2010, 03:01 AM

EDIT2 (problem solved)
I have solved the problem by using strace... To use ssl in pidgin / gnutls you need to have libgcrypt installed. Now it works!

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by sahko

Do you have the packages from patches/ installed? Slackware 13.0 has gnutls 2.8.4 not 2.5.9 and pidgin 2.6.6.

Nope. The package directory on my Slackware dvd only contains: CHECKSUMS.md5, CHECKSUMS.md5.asc, FILE_LIST, MANIFEST.bz2, PACKAGES.TXT
But on Slackware's ftp server I have found some patches (and packages): ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...-13.0/patches/

I didn't know that the Slackware developers update the directories of the current release. I'll try them!

Thanks

EDIT
I updated my packages but it still doesn't work. What now?

Kaiser Soze · 04-21-2010, 11:40 AM

I have gnutls installed, but am having the same issue. Where/how did you install libgcrypt? I don't have the package and can't find a slackbuild for it for Slackware 13. Any help is appreciated.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squall90

EDIT2 (problem solved)
I have solved the problem by using strace... To use ssl in pidgin / gnutls you need to have libgcrypt installed. Now it works!

Thanks

Nope. The package directory on my Slackware dvd only contains: CHECKSUMS.md5, CHECKSUMS.md5.asc, FILE_LIST, MANIFEST.bz2, PACKAGES.TXT
But on Slackware's ftp server I have found some patches (and packages): ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...-13.0/patches/

I didn't know that the Slackware developers update the directories of the current release. I'll try them!

Thanks

EDIT
I updated my packages but it still doesn't work. What now?

Kaiser Soze · 04-21-2010, 03:20 PM

Solved via Slackware IRC...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaiser Soze

I have gnutls installed, but am having the same issue. Where/how did you install libgcrypt? I don't have the package and can't find a slackbuild for it for Slackware 13. Any help is appreciated.