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i downloaded the new version of gaim from linuxpackages, i downloaded it into the /tmp
and from pkgtool i chose the /tmp file and it found gaim and installed it apparently.
but when i type gaim in console i get:
gaim: error while loading shared libraries: libstartup-notification-1.so.0: cacnnot open shared object file: No such file or directory
On using the source to find dependencies, you might not need to install, just a ./configure because that's where all (or most) of the dependency checking will go. Plus, it will save you time compiling.
In 9.1, that library you're missing was in the gnome package directory, which caused some problems... People were confused, as XFCE also requires it the way it was compiled, but without the second CD, you couldn't use XFCE out of the box... It's also a requirement for the version of Gaim you downloaded.
In 10, it's been moved to the libraries package set, so it's installed with just the first CD.
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