can't install Gaim [solved]

[inflexion]

I already have gaim installed using urmpi but want the new version so that i can use file transferes. So i did urpmi.update gaim and it gave the following message

[root@localhost matt]# urpmi.update gaim

trying to select nonexistent medium "gaim"

the entry to update is missing

(one of jpackage, plf, contrib, main)

right so i though no worries do it the hard way :P

got the source tarball from the site as there isnt a 10.1 rpm put it in my home space then went down the normal route but on the ./configure it said that GLib 2.0 is required so i got GLib from here and followed the instructions that it gives.

 

./configure

make

make install

 

then passed ldconfig like it says (btw i installled it in my /home/matt space)

 

then tried again to make the config file and it still wont work

i then tried the 10.0 rpms and they all gave me a conflict message with the 10.1 install

Edited January 26, 2005 by inflexion

[iphitus]

woot, slight mistake, there, urpmi.update updates your sources -- the places where you get your programs from.

 

you want 'urpmi gaim'

 

 

but if you persist compiling, you'll want to install gtk2-devel and xlibs-devel, well they're named something like that..

 

:D

[Dyslexic]

There have been a lot of changes to glib and gtk recently, so you have to be careful with downloading the latest version. I'd recommend installing the Mandrake 10.1 libglib2.0_0-devel package.

[inflexion]

great now my urpmi is broken :(

 

i thought the urpmi on here was workin, serves me right for using german servers :P

 

ill change them and try again unless someone knows different?

[Guest micro420]

URPMI has been funky lately. It goes down a lot, hence one of the drawbacks of URPMI.

 

At for GLIB and GTK, there is a REAL easy solution to this because a lot of people try installing GLIB from source and their system will not notice it. This is a common problem. What you do is install them to your /usr directory. For example, do this for GLIB

 

./configure --prefix=/usr
make 
su
*rootpassword*
make install

 

Be aware that you will have to do this everytime you update GTK, including its dependencies like ATK, PANGO, and GLIB (all installed to your /usr directory).

 

I have done this and have successfully gotten GAIM installed from source. Believe me, once you do the standard ./configure, make, make install, it gets really nasty in that you have to start EXPORTing things left and right. just avoid it by putting it in /usr.

 

Good luck!

 

FYI - GAIM 10.0 RPM works for Mandrake 10.1, even though it does not say it does.

[inflexion]

Thanks mate, ive just found out about the exporting now and that was going to be my next post :P

 

gonna uninstall the 10.1 rpm then install the 10 as it says it conflicts

[inflexion]

installed the 10rpms after i uninstalled the 10.1 rpms

 

this is like having a winblows moment :P uninstall then install lol

[wilco1973]

it is very simple. uninstall GAIM (the old version) and download the RPM for mandrake 10. it includes glib 2.0 and will ask if it can install.

 

it was the first i installed and i am a newbie this is good for my ego no offence dude

[inflexion]

well sod your ego :D

 

i didnt think to uninstall at first but was quickly sorted once i did it.

 

suppose it serves me right for trying to install from source ;)

 

oh and totally no offence taken