XFire plugin for gaim... how do i install it?

mitchell7man · 03-28-2007, 10:04 PM

Hello,
I recently discovered that there was a gaim plugin for xfire, does anyone know how to install this, i downladed it, but do not have enough skill to install it on my own, seeing as the instructions were hazy, any help? Also, does anyone have a link to where i can download it, so that we have the same one for sure? Thanks.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 03-28-2007, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchell7man

Hello,
I recently discovered that there was a gaim plugin for xfire, does anyone know how to install this, i downladed it, but do not have enough skill to install it on my own, seeing as the instructions were hazy, any help? Also, does anyone have a link to where i can download it, so that we have the same one for sure? Thanks.

How about posting the link where you got yours from. That way I could download and have a look at the plugin to see what's required to install it.

mitchell7man · 03-28-2007, 11:44 PM

https://sourceforge.net/project/show...kage_id=155388 the tar.gz one is what i have i think... i'll download it anyway, would a rpm work with alien?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 03-29-2007, 12:45 AM

Extract the .tar.gz

Open a console window and type: cd gaim-xfire-0.6.0 (press enter)

Now type: ./configure (press enter)

If that completes with no errors type: make (press enter)

Again if that completes with no errors, you need to switch to root and type: make install (press enter)

When the install is complete type exit to return to a normal user, and close the console window.

mitchell7man · 03-29-2007, 09:41 PM

Excuse me for an EXTREMELY long post.

Hi, when i type ./configure this is what i get,

Quote:

mitchellj@mitchellj-desktop:~/Downloads/gaim-xfire-0.6.0$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake-1.4... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for sed... /bin/sed
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

and when i type "make": i get

Quote:

mitchellj@mitchellj-desktop:~/Downloads/gaim-xfire-0.6.0$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

this is "config.log"

Quote:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. Invocation command line was

$ ./configure

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = mitchellj-desktop
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.17-11-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #2 SMP Thu Feb 1 19:52:28 UTC 2007

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/bin/X11
PATH: /usr/games

## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1568: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:1623: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:1634: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:1677: result: yes
configure:1692: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:1712: result: yes
configure:1735: checking for working aclocal-1.4
configure:1746: result: missing
configure:1750: checking for working autoconf
configure:1761: result: missing
configure:1765: checking for working automake-1.4
configure:1776: result: missing
configure:1780: checking for working autoheader
configure:1791: result: missing
configure:1795: checking for working makeinfo
configure:1806: result: missing
configure:1819: checking for sed
configure:1837: found /bin/sed
configure:1849: result: /bin/sed
configure:1915: checking for gcc
configure:1931: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:1941: result: gcc
configure:2185: checking for C compiler version
configure:2188: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:2191: $? = 0
configure:2193: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Using built-in specs.
Target: i486-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.1-13ubuntu5)
configure:2196: $? = 0
configure:2198: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:2201: $? = 1
configure:2224: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:2227: gcc conftest.c >&5
/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:2230: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h. */
| ....... lots of stuff......
configure: exit 77

What do i need to do to fix this, and get the plugin installed?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 03-29-2007, 10:04 PM

You have a couple of things you can do:

1. Install your Development package You have missing library files that are needed in order to compile successfully.

2. See if you can add this plugin using your Package Manager (This site http://users.piuha.net/martti/comp/u...install.html#3 will walk you through adding all the repositories (locations) you need, start from Adding more software repositories. It will also teach you how to install packages).

I recommend option 2. There's a fair bit of reading and typing--> (or use cut & paste). This way you set your system up and learn how to do it at the same time.

Plus you will be able to type the name of the application/plugin that you want to install. If it's there it will be downloaded and installed automatically for you.

ihatethedekoys · 03-29-2007, 10:13 PM

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Try installing that, if you haven't already, and then repeat the ./configure and make, make install.

mitchell7man · 03-29-2007, 11:12 PM

ok, i changed all repositories and updated them, but i still get errors,

Quote:

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake-1.4... missing
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for sed... /bin/sed
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
configure: error: pkg-config could not locate either libssl.pc or openssl.pc
please make sure you have the development package for openssl/libssl installed
for your distribution. They are usually -dev or -devel packages.

when i try to install some of the required plugins they "cannot" be found.

EDIT-That page had a lot of stuff for configuration, but exactly what plugin where you referring to? I tried the build-essential thing, but it's the same.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 03-30-2007, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchell7man

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake-1.4... missing
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for sed... /bin/sed
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
configure: error: pkg-config could not locate either libssl.pc or openssl.pc
please make sure you have the development package for openssl/libssl installed
for your distribution. They are usually -dev or -devel packages.

You need to install the openssl development package.

To update information on available packages, issue the following command: apt-get update

To install a specified package, issue the following command: apt-get install (name of package) i.e. apt-get install gaim-xfire or apt-get install openssl-devel

To automatically upgrade all installed packages to the latest available version, issue the following command: apt-get upgrade

mitchell7man · 03-30-2007, 07:47 PM

Ok, i see what i need to do, install openssl and libssl development packs, heres what's up, when i run sudo apt-get install openssl , i get return saying that i already have the newest version, but when i add -devel or -dev to the command i get return saying that the packages cannot be found. So, the new question is, how do i get these packages installed?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 03-30-2007, 08:50 PM

I did some poking around and found this: Do a apt-get update before apt-get install openssl-devel

Give that a try. You certainly picked a doozy of a plugin to try and get installed, lol.

(did you try apt-get install gaim-xfire)?

mitchell7man · 03-30-2007, 09:24 PM

Quote:

mitchellj@mitchellj-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install openssl-devel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package openssl-devel

And that is after a succesfull sudo apt-get update.
and...

Quote:

mitchellj@mitchellj-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install gaim-xfire
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package gaim-xfire

So i'm still stuck here. Do you know if there is a .deb for this installation, that would automatically download necessary plugins (ive seen this before for other apps - though this is a plugin) or is there an RPM i can use alien to convert to deb then install?.... i see them on the site were i downloaded the plugin, but can i use any of those? If not then i hope this can be figured out?..... Thanks for everything.

Edit - Also, is it not just chance that both have the same error?
missing repository or something??

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 03-30-2007, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchell7man

Do you know if there is a .deb for this installation, that would automatically download necessary plugins (ive seen this before for other apps - though this is a plugin)

There's this .deb package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gfi...5&big_mirror=0

It may be incorrect repository setup, This may be of some use to you:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement

If you need to, get rid of the repositories that you already have, and set them up again with guidance from the above site.

mitchell7man · 03-31-2007, 10:38 PM

Haha, it seems nothing works for me in this instance. I installed the deb, and realised that in the description it was for gaim 1.5, got another deb and it was for 1.5+ so i uninstalled the other plugin, (the one for 1.5) and installed the one for 1.5+, instillation went smoothly, but when i go to gaim and click <accounts> <add> x fire is not on the list of services... am i using it wrong or did the instillation not work correctly? + someday i hope i can find a solution. - What i need is to install aclocal-1.4 , automake-1.4 and makeinfo , how do i do this, sudo apt-get install (aclocal-1.4 (etc)) or sudo aptitude install?, but heres the problem, apt-get can't find the package and neither can aptitude, so what do i need to do, the repositories are already modified, but which one does this in specific so that i can double chek, or is there another way to isntall these packages?