how to compile GAIM on osx

dark seraphdark seraph
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
has anyone had any sucess to compiling and running the im client "gaim" on osx...



I'm rather new to compling stuff have done it only once before with streamripper.



Right now when I run ./configure it tells me I don't have new enough version of pkconfig, so I've downloaded that, and am stuck trying to "make install" on that...



feel like I am going deeper down this challenging spiral...

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    dogcowdogcow Posts: 713member
    I had no luck getting GAIM to compile from the source, so I "cheated". Download fink [http://fink.sourceforge.net/] and fink commander [http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/]. Use fink commander to search for gaim and just choose to install it from there. It's only version 0.62 or something, but it works. If anyone can get the latest version of gaim to compile I would also like to know how!
  • Reply 2 of 4
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    if you are new to the whole configure/compile/install process, it will probably be pretty challenging for you. its a lot easier to do as Dogcow suggested, and get fink. if you still want to get terminal dirty, you can install the package with 'sudo apt-get install gaim'. if you would like to see exactly what the compilation process is for gaim, you can do 'sudo fink install gaim'. apt-get installs premade binaries, fink compiles them on your computer, then installs them. also, if you use 'sudo fink install gaim' it will probably first compile and install all the dependancies (like pkgconfig; fink likes to make sure it has its own version).



    most configure/make/make-install programs have an 'INSTALL' file located at the root of the source directory. 99% of the time its just the default version, but it has pretty good rules to go through if you are new to the process. (basically, its './configure;make;sudo make install') if you'd like more detailed help, post your error message(s), and i (or someone else) can try to figure out exactly what the problem is.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    dark seraphdark seraph Posts: 104member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Dogcow

    Download fink [http://fink.sourceforge.net/] and fink commander [http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/]. Use fink commander to search for gaim and just choose to install it from there.





    okie, so I understand what fink and fink commander do now,...however the installation isn't going through, here's the readout...

    =====

    npacking system-xfree86 (from .../system-xfree86_4.2-11_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...



    - missing /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm

    - missing /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb

    - missing /usr/X11R6/bin/rman

    - missing /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.dylib

    - missing /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.dylib

    - missing /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.dylib

    - missing /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xlib.h



    Your XFree86 installation is missing or incomplete. Please make sure you have

    an XFree86 release installed and retry the installation of the system-xfree86

    package.



    The following XFree86 software is compatible with system-xfree86:



    XonX (from the XFree86 Project):

    http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=18034



    Apple X11:

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/



    Press a key to continue.





    dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/system-xfree86_4.2-11_darwin-powerpc.deb (--unpack):

    subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

    Selecting previously deselected package glib2-shlibs.

    Unpacking glib2-shlibs (from .../glib2-shlibs_2.0.6-3_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

    Selecting previously deselected package glib2-dev.

    Unpacking glib2-dev (from .../glib2-dev_2.0.6-3_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

    Selecting previously deselected package glib2.

    Unpacking glib2 (from .../glib2_2.0.6-3_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

    Selecting previously deselected package atk1-shlibs.

    Unpacking atk1-shlibs (from .../atk1-shlibs_1.0.3-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

    Selecting previously deselected package pango1-shlibs.

    Unpacking pango1-shlibs (from .../pango1-shlibs_1.0.5-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

    Selecting previously deselected package pango1-dev.

    Unpacking pango1-dev (from .../pango1-dev_1.0.5-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

    Selecting previously deselected package pango1.

    Unpacking pango1 (from .../pango1_1.0.5-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...

    Errors were encountered while processing:

    /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/system-xfree86_4.2-11_darwin-powerpc.deb

    E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

    ===



    does this just mean i need to download that x11,...pardon my ignorance and help me through this...
  • Reply 4 of 4
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Dark Seraph

    does this just mean i need to download that x11,...pardon my ignorance and help me through this...



    yes. you have a couple of options for x11. apple makes a version, inwhich case you have to be careful to download 2 files. one is the main file, and one is called developer's files or something like that (i think its linked from the bottom-right of the main file's download page). you can also go with XonX, or XDarwin. all 3 versions should eventually work out the same. apple's version includes a special quartz-enabled window manager (quartz-wm i think), which allows x11 applications to look a lot like regular macosx applications.
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