Re: ICQ for Java [kinda off topic]
Kevin J Poorman way back on 12/18/97 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if any one here is useing ICQ that was released for
> Java ... I'm having some problems setting it up... and would like
> some help configureing it However it should probably be off list
> ....
>
> Also has anyone thought of writing a deb package installer script..?
Sorry it took me so long to reply. I haven't had a chance to read
Debian User in about 2 months. I see where your question went
unanswered. For what it is worth, I posted a message in November
which answers your exact question. I'm including it here. I haven't
checked to see if the information is up to date. The version I'm
using is 0.95.
Paul Serice
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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 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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