Re: trying to get the windows icq program QQ to work under etch
On Tuesday 25 September 2007 09:48, you wrote:
> On 25/09/2007, tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 24 September 2007 19:32, you wrote:
> > > On 25/09/2007, tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Monday 24 September 2007 17:54, you wrote:
> > > > > On 25/09/2007, tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On Monday 24 September 2007 16:24, you wrote:
> > > > > > > On 24/09/2007, tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Monday 24 September 2007 14:19, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 02:05:45PM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > I am trying to get the windows icq program QQ to work
> > > > > > > > > > under etch. I can get it to install, but when I try to
> > > > > > > > > > run it the thing dies and I get:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I know this is not a real solution, but do you have any
> > > > > > > > > particular reason for using that client? Gaim can do ICQ as
> > > > > > > > > far as I recall.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > Andrei
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > No reason except that I can't connect to the QQ server using
> > > > > > > > gaim. I get 'invalid password' and other such junk from it.
> > > > > > > > So I tried using their QQ tool, since this is what they
> > > > > > > > officially support. the installer worked, as well as the
> > > > > > > > registration of QQ account info. but i can't get the actual
> > > > > > > > agent to run.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > thanks,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > tom
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You need the "OpenQ [QQ] plugin" for Gaim, I'm not sure if a
> > > > > > > deb package iv available or not but you can get the source from
> > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openq/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Peter
> > > > > >
> > > > > > no deb' avail', so i tried compiling from souve gotten from
> > > > > > sourceforge. i get:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > checking for gaim... Package gaim was not found in the pkg-config
> > > > > > search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing
> > > > > > `gaim.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package
> > > > > > 'gaim' found configure: error: Library requirements (gaim) not
> > > > > > met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
> > > > > > if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can
> > > > > > find them.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > in path variable i have:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > kloro@debian:~/zips/openq/openq-0.3.2$ echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> > > > > > /home/kloro/zips/pidgin/pidgin-2.2.0/
> > > > > > kloro@debian:~/zips/openq/openq-0.3.2$
> > > > > >
> > > > > > couldn't find any gaim.pc on my sys',
> > > > > > only /home/kloro/zips/pidgin/pidgin-2.2.0/gaim.pc.in
> > > > > >
> > > > > > thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > tom
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have the appropriate dev packages installed (e.g. gaim-dev)?
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > didn't, but i installed gaim-dev and was able to configure. now i
> > > > have a problem with 'make'. did you see my last email "trying to
> > > > create openq plugin for gaim from source but can't do 'make'"? it has
> > > > the error messages.
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
> > > > tom
> > >
> > > The line
> > >
> > > qq.h:71: error: field 'dest_sin' has incomplete type
> > >
> > > is your problem.
> > >
> > > See http://www.binrev.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t24872.html for
> > > more info, it is not a lot of help but it might point you in the right
> > > direction.
> > >
> > > Peter
> >
> > like the site example, i'm missing 'internal.h'. the suggested fix is to
> > install gaim-dev, but it's installed on my system.
> >
> > tom
>
> One quick thought, I notice there is a RPM package of the QQ plugin
> for Gaim, have thought about using 'alien' to install the RPM?
> http://packages.debian.org/etch/alien
>
> to use 'alien' cd the directory you downloaded the RPM and issue a
> command along the lines of
>
> alien -i *.rpm
>
> as ever it is probably worth reading the man page for the full range
> of options before use.
>
> Peter
Peter,
when i try to do the alien route, i get
debian:/home/kloro/zips/openqRH# alien -i *rpm
mkdir: cannot create directory `gaim-openq-0.3.2/usr': File exists
mv: cannot move `gaim-openq-0.3.2/usr' to a subdirectory of itself,
`gaim-openq-0.3.2//usr/local/usr'
dpkg: error processing gaim-openq_0.3.2-2.2_i386.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/gaim/libqq.so', which is also in package gaim
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
gaim-openq_0.3.2-2.2_i386.deb
debian:/home/kloro/zips/openqRH#
debian:/home/kloro/zips/openqRH#
tom
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