I'm new to Linux so the whole installation process has me a little lost.
I'm trying to install some plug-ins for pidgin which are tar.bz2 files.
I right-clicked, chose "open in terminal" and tried "make all install" like the INSTALL file told me to do but I end up with a long list of errors.
Does the folder need to be in a certain directory?
Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
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Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
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Re: Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
any file that is of tar.bz2 type, needs to be extracted, compiled, then installed do you would do the following;
cd /the/folderthetar/isin
tar -zxvf name.tar
cd /intocreatedfolder
./configue (standard one, but looking over the read me will fill you in on the rest
make
sudo make install
cd /the/folderthetar/isin
tar -zxvf name.tar
cd /intocreatedfolder
./configue (standard one, but looking over the read me will fill you in on the rest
make
sudo make install
Re: Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
Thanks for the help.
When it comes to extracting the file in terminal, I used "tar -zxvf pidgin-fonomobutton-0.1.5.tar.bz2", and it returned with an error of:
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
So I just right-clicked the file and chose extract here.
I opened terminal from that folder and tried "./configure" and it tells me no such file or directory.
When it comes to extracting the file in terminal, I used "tar -zxvf pidgin-fonomobutton-0.1.5.tar.bz2", and it returned with an error of:
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
So I just right-clicked the file and chose extract here.
I opened terminal from that folder and tried "./configure" and it tells me no such file or directory.
Re: Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
do you have the link for the plug in in question?
also in the readme, does it mention anything about extracting it to the pidgin directory?
also in the readme, does it mention anything about extracting it to the pidgin directory?
Re: Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
ftp://ftp.grokthis.net/pub/fonomo/pidgin-fonomobutton-0.1.5.tar.bz2
I also navigated to the ftp site and noticed that there is a fonomobutton.so file in the 1.6 version that is not in the 1.5 if that helps any.
No, the read me doesn't say anything about extracting to the pidgin directory.
I also navigated to the ftp site and noticed that there is a fonomobutton.so file in the 1.6 version that is not in the 1.5 if that helps any.
No, the read me doesn't say anything about extracting to the pidgin directory.
Re: Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
- Installing on Linux -
Simply run, as root:
make all install
Or, if you do not have root access:
make all install-user
so
cd nameofdirectory
sudo make all install
it was in the install text
Simply run, as root:
make all install
Or, if you do not have root access:
make all install-user
so
cd nameofdirectory
sudo make all install
it was in the install text
Re: Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
I tried that and got this:
gcc -fPIC `pkg-config pidgin --cflags --libs` --shared -Wall -O2 fonomobutton.c -o fonomobutton.so
Package pidgin was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pidgin.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'pidgin' found
fonomobutton.c:25:18: error: glib.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:36:20: error: notify.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:37:20: error: plugin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:38:21: error: version.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:40:20: error: pidgin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:42:21: error: gtkconv.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:43:23: error: gtkplugin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:45:26: error: conversation.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:46:24: error: gtkconvwin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:48:23: error: gtkimhtml.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:55: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:87: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:132: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:152: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘plugin_load’
fonomobutton.c:175: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘plugin_unload’
fonomobutton.c:193: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘info’
fonomobutton.c:227: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:231: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’
fonomobutton.c: In function ‘PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN’:
fonomobutton.c:231: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input
make: *** [all] Error 1
gcc -fPIC `pkg-config pidgin --cflags --libs` --shared -Wall -O2 fonomobutton.c -o fonomobutton.so
Package pidgin was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pidgin.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'pidgin' found
fonomobutton.c:25:18: error: glib.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:36:20: error: notify.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:37:20: error: plugin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:38:21: error: version.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:40:20: error: pidgin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:42:21: error: gtkconv.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:43:23: error: gtkplugin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:45:26: error: conversation.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:46:24: error: gtkconvwin.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:48:23: error: gtkimhtml.h: No such file or directory
fonomobutton.c:55: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:87: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:132: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:152: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘plugin_load’
fonomobutton.c:175: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘plugin_unload’
fonomobutton.c:193: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘info’
fonomobutton.c:227: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
fonomobutton.c:231: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’
fonomobutton.c: In function ‘PURPLE_INIT_PLUGIN’:
fonomobutton.c:231: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input
make: *** [all] Error 1
Re: Installing Plug-ins for Pidgin
It's okay, thanks for the help anyway.
I figured out that you have to install pidgin-dev first to compile plug-ins.
That solved it.
I figured out that you have to install pidgin-dev first to compile plug-ins.
That solved it.