ICQ -- Multi-User Installation

[Paul Serice <ugs@laci.net>]

With some trial and error, I've been able to setup ICQ for multiple
users under Debian.  The idea was to give each user an ~/.icq
directory where she can keep her personal configuration.  In my
experience, if you use the installation directions which come with
the program, things will not work like you might expect.

What I did to get it working properly:

1) Install the Debian JDK.

2) Download the ICQ tar ball (http://www.icq.com/)

AS ROOT DO THE FOLLOWING:

3) cd /usr/local

4) tar -xzvf icqtarball.tgz

5) chown -R root.root ICQJava

6) cd /usr/local/ICQJava

7) Edit "install" and change the following:
        1) uncomment JAVA_HOME
        2) JAVA_HOME = /usr/lib/jdk1.1
        3) ICQ_HOME = /usr/local/ICQJava

8) ./install
        Note: This will create the file /usr/local/ICQJava/ICQ which
              is the script you will want to run after making a few
              more modifications.

9) Edit the "ICQ" file in (8) above by replacing the "-path"
   parameter with "-path $HOME/.icq" .  This will tell ICQ to use the
   ~/.icq directory for all of its needs -- including the user's
   personal configuration.  This is and step 10 are the critical
   changes.

AS THE USER DO THE FOLLOWING:

10) Now, you need to create the ~/.icq directory for each user:

        1) mkdir ~/.icq
        2) cd ~/.icq
        3) mkdir conf
        4) chmod 700 conf
        5) ln -s /usr/local/ICQJava/Images
        6) ln -s /usr/local/ICQJava/Sounds

AS ROOT DO THE FOLLOWING:

11) cd /usr/local/bin

12) ln -s ../ICQJava/ICQ icq

AS THE USER DO THE FOLLOWING:

13) run using "icq"


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