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* Change our "GTK UI Library?" line that is printed at the end
of ./configure to say yes or no instead of GTK+ 2.x or None
* If --disable-gntgaim then show "no" next to the "Console UI?"
line that is printed at the end of ./configure
* Use AC_HELP_STRING for some of the ./configure --help strings
so that they're lined up correctly automatically
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net> |
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date | Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:15:19 +0000 |
parents | 2eca9ed49469 |
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This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support. Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated. 1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library installed, including glib bindings. http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus 2. Compile gaim ./configure --enable-dbus make make install 3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually /etc/dbus-1/session.conf B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section. This section contains the directory that stores files describing services, usually /usr/share/dbus-1/services C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim executable. 4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already eval `dbus-launch --session` export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID These commands will set the two above shell variables. These variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs. Start gaim as usual. To communicate with it, use "gaim-send". When you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim process if one is not running already.