Gaim 1.4

frankthetank · 07-28-2005, 11:29 AM

okay.. i'm new to linux so please keep that in mind lol
can someone please explain to me step by step how to upgrade to Gaim 1.4? i've been litterally busting my ass trying to download a program with no success! im so frustrated!!!
do i need to first uninstall my older version of Gaim?
once I download the "package" do i need to "un-zip" it? and where do i type commands if i need to. please help me!! i beg!!!!!

namish · 07-28-2005, 01:32 PM

You download the gaim package (an archive of files) from http://freshmeat.net/redir/gaim/3020...-1.4.0.tar.bz2 (You'll have to pick a mirror to download from.)

Then you untar (like unzipping) the package by doing this:

Code:

 tar jxvf gaim-1.4.0.tar.bz2

Then you go to the newly formed gaim directory by doing this:

Code:

cd gaim-1.4.0

You can find out what you have to do to install a specific package by doing this if there is a file called README:

Code:

cat ./README

Or, if there is a file called INSTALL, you can learn how to install the package by doing:

Code:

cat INSTALL

In this case, we do the following (in most cases you do this):

Code:

./configure
make
su
(will prompt you for the root password)
make install
make clean

Then, all you have to do is type in "gaim" without the quotes in the terminal to launch gaim, or you can make a launcher in your panel.

reddazz · 07-28-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by frankthetank
okay.. i'm new to linux so please keep that in mind lol
can someone please explain to me step by step how to upgrade to Gaim 1.4? i've been litterally busting my ass trying to download a program with no success! im so frustrated!!!
do i need to first uninstall my older version of Gaim?
once I download the "package" do i need to "un-zip" it? and where do i type commands if i need to. please help me!! i beg!!!!!

There is an rpm version of gaim 1.4. Download that from the gaim website and install it as root, like so

Code:

#rpm -Uvh gaim-1.4.0-0.mdk10.0.i586.rpm