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how to install Amsn on Solaris

i need a MessengerClient and my classmate told me that Amsn works fine on Linux and Unix.

Now i don't know which version of the downloads is for Solaris and how to install it.

I downloaded the Archive-version, but the installation script makes me go crazy when they talk about the "tcl-dev and tk-dev packages" and "running the ./configure script".

Can anybody help me out... i'm just like a newbie again with Solaris...

Sorry if this thread already exists...

amsn is available on blastwave. You can also run gaim.

Ok thnx, i'll use Gaim!

(i didn't knew that you can use GAIM as a MSN-Client)

I now know how to install AMSN on Solaris:

(THREAD ON AMSN-FORUM, BY DMARKEY)

This build was on solaris 10 SPARC, x86/x86-64 is untested but should work.

Firstly make sure you have the Tcl and Tk packages from www.blastwave.org and also the tcltls package. (use pkg-get)

my path was set to /usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/csw/gcc3/bin/:/usr/ccs/bin

download 0.96:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/a...n-0.96.tar.bz2

uncompress/untar the file:

bunzip2 amsn-0.96.tar.bz2
tar -xvf amsn-0.96.tar
cd amsn-0.96

run the configure script:

./configure --with-tcl=/opt/csw/lib --with-tk=/opt/csw/lib

and run the make

gmake

and hope you dont get any errors!
if you dont you should be able to start amsn by running

./amsn

This method works for the SVN snapshot as well as of 03/03/07.

reply with any questions and i will help if i can.

BUG: amsn doesnt seem to be able to come up in the system tray. not a show stopper though

Code:

# ./amsn

./amsn: line 3: exec: wish: not found

Where do i find WISH

In /opt/csw/bin/wish assuming you have tk installed from Blastwave.

got this:

Code:

# cd amsn-0.97RC1

# PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/csw/gcc3/bin/:/usr/ccs/bin ./configure --with-tcl=/opt/csw/lib --with-tk=/opt/csw/lib

checking if amsn will build on `uname -s`... maybe

checking for prefix by checking for wish... /opt/csw/bin/wish

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

checking for g++... g++

checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes

checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes

checking tcl build dir... ./configure: line 2841: locate: command not found

using tcl library in /opt/csw/lib

checking tk build dir... using tk library in /opt/csw/lib

checking for main in -lstdc++... yes

checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E

checking for X... libraries , headers 

checking for gethostbyname... no

checking for gethostbyname in -lnsl... yes

checking for connect... no

checking for connect in -lsocket... yes

checking for remove... yes

checking for shmat... yes

checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes

checking for egrep... egrep

checking for ANSI C header files... yes

checking for sys/types.h... yes

checking for sys/stat.h... yes

checking for stdlib.h... yes

checking for string.h... yes

checking for memory.h... yes

checking for strings.h... yes

checking for inttypes.h... yes

checking for stdint.h... yes

checking for unistd.h... yes

checking for png_read_info in -lpng... yes

checking png.h usability... yes

checking png.h presence... yes

checking for png.h... yes

checking for jpeg_CreateDecompress in -ljpeg... yes

checking jpeglib.h usability... yes

checking jpeglib.h presence... yes

checking for jpeglib.h... yes

checking jerror.h usability... yes

checking jerror.h presence... yes

checking for jerror.h... yes

checking for ftello... yes

checking for fseeko... yes

checking for getpt... no

checking for strcasestr... no

checking for memmem... no

checking for dlopen... yes

checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes

checking if mmx should be used... no

configure: creating ./config.status

config.status: creating Makefile

config.status: creating ./utils/linux/capture/config.h



compile time options summary

============================



    X11          : yes

    Tcl          : 8.4

    TK          : 8.4

    DEBUG        : no

    STATIC      : no



# make

make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 2: Unexpected end of line seen

#

what's wrong now?

Try using gmake instead of the standard Solaris make. Looks like the generated makefiles are using gnuisms.

i love you jlliagre!!! it works!!

I finally works!! thanks!! but this is my final question:

i would like to add a Launcher on my Desktop for aMSN, but the only possible way for me that is known is in the Termail with the code:

Code:

# PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/csw/gcc3/bin/:/usr/ccs/bin /export/home/dezeeuw/amsn-0.97RC1/amsn

new error:

Code:

bash-3.00$ PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/csw/gcc3/bin/:/usr/ccs/bin /export/home/dezeeuw/amsn-0.97RC1/amsn

Error in startup script: error copying "langlist" to "/export/home/dezeeuw/.amsn/langlist.xml": permission denied

    while executing

"file copy -force "langlist" "$filename""

    (procedure "::lang::LoadVersions" line 20)

    invoked from within

"::lang::LoadVersions    "

    (procedure "scan_languages" line 6)

    invoked from within

"scan_languages"

    invoked from within

"if { $initialize_amsn == 1 } {

        ###############################################################

        create_dir $HOME

        create_dir $HOME/plugins

        create_di..."

    (file "config.tcl" line 1528)

    invoked from within

"source config.tcl      "

    ("uplevel" body line 28)

    invoked from within

"uplevel \#0 {



        # amsncore.tcl is already loaded but we'll re-source it here in case we manually do reload_files

        source amsncore.tcl

        source audio.tc..."

    (procedure "reload_files" line 2)

    invoked from within

"reload_files"

    (file "/export/home/dezeeuw/amsn-0.97RC1/amsn" line 250)

bash-3.00$

blastwave only has the 0.94 ... I did pkg-get -U then pkg-get upgrade amsn and this came:

Quote:

bash-3.00$ sudo pkg-get upgrade amsn
WARNING: gpg not found
No worries... you already have version 0.94 of amsn
If you doubt this message, run 'pkg-get -U', then run
'pkg-get upgrade amsn'

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAN-Dominator.nl (Post 2873567)

new error:

Code:

bash-3.00$ PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/csw/gcc3/bin/:/usr/ccs/bin /export/home/dezeeuw/amsn-0.97RC1/amsn

Error in startup script: error copying "langlist" to "/export/home/dezeeuw/.amsn/langlist.xml": permission denied

...

My guess is you have run amsn whille logged as root but with the HOME variable still pointing to your personal home directory.

If that is the case, try reverting the amsn files ownership to yourself.

Code:

$ su

...

# chown -R dezeeuw /export/home/dezeeuw/.amsn

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAN-Dominator.nl (Post 2873524)

I finally works!! thanks!! but this is my final question:

Never write that, you can prove wrong the next posting ...

Quote:

i would like to add a Launcher on my Desktop for aMSN, but the only possible way for me that is known is in the Termail with the code:

Code:

# PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/csw/gcc3/bin/:/usr/ccs/bin /export/home/dezeeuw/amsn-0.97RC1/amsn

Just create a shell script with these very same commands and run that script from the launcher.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAN-Dominator.nl (Post 2873514)

i love you jlliagre!!!

:) ... beware your wife may read that message ;)

By the way, mine is sharing something with yours !