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[BL00]

just trying to compile pidgin
can't get

sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin

to give me any useful info, ie 0 to install/upgrade/remove

apt-cache showsrc pidgin

gave more info, and those dependencies are met
however ./configure queries

checking for GSTINTERFACES...no
checking for FARSIGHT...no
configure: error:
Dependencies for voice/video were not met.
Install the necessary gstreamer and farsight packages first.
Or use --disable-vv if you do not want voice/video support.

so while i'm googling the answer
can someone beat me to it!? :D
save me some time

didn't know pidgin even had voice/video support yet!
edit: 2.6.1 adds XMPP Voice and Video support
obviously can use the disable option too, but it'd be a shame...

edit: there's a lot of stuff in here ftp://ftp.uk.debian....an/pool/main/g/

Edited by BL00, 14 September 2009 - 08:53 PM.

[BL00]

installed gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight

[BL00]

Versions of packages pidgin recommends:
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins- 0.10.19-2 GStreamer plugins from the "base"
ii gstreamer0.10-plugins- 0.10.8-4.1~lenny2 GStreamer plugins from the "good"

need to check those
source: http://osdir.com/ml/...7/msg07117.html

Edited by BL00, 14 September 2009 - 09:08 PM.

[BL00]

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Voice and Video support - Thanks to Mike Ruprecht and his Summer of Code project from 2008, libpurple now has a voice and video framework that can be used to add these features to our protocol plugins. Currently we support these features only on XMPP, but Mike is working on other protocols as I write this and hopes to have more protocols at least partially supported soon. The dependencies are a bit of a mess for the uninitiated, but unfortunately that's unavoidable.

source http://planet.pidgin.im/

references:
http://ubuntuforums..../t-1221824.html
http://ubuntuforums....idgin+compiling

this should be the one:
http://developer.pid...8/VoiceAndVideo

Edited by BL00, 14 September 2009 - 09:39 PM.

[BL00]

Make sure you have:

* gstreamer0.10-plugins-good yes
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad yes (not sure which version, but it needs to include the gstrtpbin plugin)
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight >= 0.12.6 no, 0.10.2-1

in addition to the extra compiling requirements of:

* farsight2-0.10 => 0.0.8 no
* gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10 yes

If you've got everything in order, the configure script should output this line:

Build with voice and video.... yes

Additional Tips for Debian/Ubuntu Users: ¶

You'll need these packages from the your Debian/Ubuntu repositories, instead of the ones listed above:

* gstreamer0.10-plugins-good same as above?
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad same as above?
* libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev yes
In addition to these packages you'll have to get from the Debian packages site (unless you're running experimental):

* libgstfarsight0.10-0 no
* libgstfarsight0.10-dev no
* gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsight yes

while i look into that, (perhaps try stealing from lenny?) will see if it compiles without voice & video! :D

edit: for my refs

./configure --disable-vv --enable-gnutls=yes

Edited by BL00, 14 September 2009 - 11:55 PM.

[BL00]

./configure is good without voice/video
but 'make' errors with

./whiteboard.h purple.h version.h marshallers.h | /usr/bin/python ./dbus-analyze-types.py --pattern=PURPLE_DBUS_DECLARE_TYPE\(%s\) > dbus-types.h
/bin/sh: dbus-types.h: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [dbus-types.h] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/media/A/partition6/pidgin-2.6.2/libpurple'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/media/A/partition6/pidgin-2.6.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2
/media/A/partition6/pidgin-2.6.2>

any ideas for when i wake up?
am going to bed! :)

Notes:
1. running this on a live Xandros install on a 8GB usb stick in easy mode (courtesy of albkwans fab script)
2. pidgin etc removed in apt
3. compiling to an external hard drive /media/A/partition6/pidgin-2.6.2

edit: note to self :D

./configure --disable-vv --prefix=/usr --enable-gnutls=yes

Edited by BL00, 15 September 2009 - 12:17 AM.

[SUNNYNARULA18]

i think the voice and video support is the best of the new features added to pidgin...hoping it compiles with those new features

[BL00]

well there's good news and bad news :D
'make' is chugging away as i type
so there should be a new version of eee pidgin soon
(which will overcome yahoo issues)

however no video/audio
audio is a possibility
however the farsight dependencies
are pretty impossible in etch :(

[BL00]

aaaaaarrrghhhhh! :mad:

[BL00]

errrr?

eeepc-bloo/home/user/My Documents/downloads> dpkg -i pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 81300 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking pidgin (from pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: pidgin: warning - conffile `etc/gconf' is not a plain file or symlink (= `/etc/gconf')
dpkg: pidgin: warning - conffile `etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults' is not a plain file or symlink (= `/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults')
dpkg: error processing pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/crtendS.o', which is also in package gcc-4.1
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb

any ideas people?
i can feel a google coming on...

edit: might be a bug in checkinstall? clicky

Edited by BL00, 15 September 2009 - 10:55 PM.

[BL00]

yup bug in checkinstall 1.6.1
installed 1.6.0 and all was good

:) anyways pidgin 2.6.2 for the eee
:( no voice & video yet

think it will be difficult on eee/etch
will have a look, time permitting...

not had chance to test it on another machine
other than the one it was compiled on
so no promises or guarantees yet
try it at your own risk etc :D

download pidgin_2.6.2-1
follow the instructions on the link, hosted by mediafire
when downloaded, navigate to the directory to which you download
right click the file, choose install DEB file
or install it from the terminal with

dpkg -i pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb

happy chatting
any help/hints with the video accepted gratefully!

Edited by BL00, 16 September 2009 - 12:29 AM.

[SUNNYNARULA18]

downloaded the compiled pidgin ...right now i have booted directly into sda1...i will check this soon by booting normally in unionfs so that i can restore if it doesnt work

[SUNNYNARULA18]

using right click and install debfile i get a message please check your install...
dpkg gives the following errors

sudo dpkg -i pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb
dpkg-deb: `pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb

[SUNNYNARULA18]

seems my download was not complete...downloaded again...the deb package seems to be proper but dpkg gives the following error now

sudo dpkg -i pidgin_2.6.2-1_i38                                        6.deb
dpkg - warning: downgrading pidgin from 1:2.0.2-0ubuntu1+                                        asus9 to 0:2.6.2-1.
(Reading database ... 64648 files and directories current                                        ly installed.)
Preparing to replace pidgin 1:2.0.2-0ubuntu1+asus9 (using                                         pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement pidgin ...
dpkg: error processing pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb (--install                                        ):
 trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps                                        /pidgin.png', which is also in package pidgin-data
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pidgin_2.6.2-1_i386.deb

should i remove pidgin-data

[BL00]

this is similar to the message i got when trying to install the kanotix build
because it's not listed as 1:2.6.2, it sees it as a downgrade
remove pidgin with

sudo apt-get remove pidgin pidgin-data libpurple0

or to remove it with all config files too

sudo apt-get remove --purge pidgin pidgin-data libpurple0

it shouldn't be required really under apt/dpkg
and the former should suffice

need to look into why checkinstall lists it as such
i think there's a manual method of signing the version number
perhaps it's just a xandros foible
but it should obviously be seen as an upgrade!

Edited by BL00, 16 September 2009 - 10:40 AM.

[SUNNYNARULA18]

well,i removed previous pidgin and friends and installed this version ...yahoo works..

[BL00]

yay! :)
thanks for being my guinea pig!
ok this should follow the pidgin naming format
and apt/dpkg should now see it as an upgrade
pidgin 2.6.2
forgot to say the audio protocol with gstreamer might work, ie Gtalk
but not the video, don't have an account to test it

[SUNNYNARULA18]

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forgot to say the audio protocol with gstreamer might work, ie Gtalk
but not the video, don't have an account to test it

thanks goes to you for compiling it ....any "farsight" of getting the video??

[BL00]

ha ha! :D
that's terrible muriel!

farsight as far as i can see relies on many dependencies not available in etch. the most problematic being libc6, which when upgraded, stops various other programs from working. although there are workarounds, it then starts getting messy. and most people don't want complicated! some of the libc6 issues discussed here clicky and clicky

i'm even now still getting my head round some of these dependency type issues, but reckon the only possibility would be compiling farsight on the eee etc.

Edited by BL00, 17 September 2009 - 02:47 PM.

[SUNNYNARULA18]

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i'm even now still getting my head round some of these dependency type issues, but reckon the only possibility would be compiling farsight on the eee etc.

that sure is messy...compiling farsight, if possible, would be a treat