[OTR-users] pidgin-otr-3.1.0 on Solaris 5.11 b69

Torrey McMahon tmcmahon2 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 7 23:17:22 EDT 2007


I wouldn't over write Sun's pidgin. Just pkgrm 
SUNWgnome-instant-messenger or what ever the name of the package too.

P.S. Giles and Lou - I also work for Sun. ;)

Gilles Gravier wrote:
> OK... So I understand where you come from... I think you are taking 
> the difficult route... since you are going to have --prefix=/usr which 
> means you overwrite Sun's pidgin with the latest pidgin (which is what 
> I do too)... you should have everything in /usr ... so not putting 
> libotr in /usr/local ...
>
> It makes everything easier aferwards... no need to run libtool on my 
> system.
>
> The only thing I see missing from the current build options you and I 
> use for pidgin is that you lose the keyring support that Solaris 
> builds in.
>
> I haven't looked into which options should be used to enabled keyring 
> support in the generic pidgin... have to ask about that one. :)
>
> Gilles.
>
> Lou Springer wrote:
>> Giles,
>>
>> OK, with a couple of minor adjustments, that worked:
>>
>> ./configure --with-libotr-prefix=/usr/local/lib 
>> --with-libotr-inc-prefix=/usr/local/include --prefix=/usr 
>> --disable-gevolution --disable-perl MAKE=gmake
>>
>> .. because of where libotr is installed and
>>
>> /var/apache2/build/libtool --finish /usr/local/lib/pidgin
>>
>> ... because of the following admonition spewed by "gmake install"
>>
>> libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish 
>> /usr/local/lib/pidgin'
>>
>> ... and /var/apache2/build was where I found a copy of "libtool". 
>> This last bit is probably terribly wrong somehow, but it appears to 
>> have worked.
>>
>> Any comments on any bear traps I may have laid for myself are 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lou
>>
>> P.S. Giles, I also am with Sun.
>>
>> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> For me it installs perfectly. I use :  ./configure --prefix=/usr 
>>> --disable-gevolution --disable-perl MAKE=gmake
>>>
>>> Then I gmake
>>>
>>> Then I sudo gmake install
>>>
>>> (ahem... I installed sudo too).
>>>
>>> Note : I work for Sun : Gilles.Gravier at Sun.com . And I'm running b69 
>>> x86 as well on a 64 bit Acer Ferrari 3400 laptop.
>>>
>>> Gilles.
>>>
>>> Lou Springer wrote:
>>>> I'm getting an error installing the "Off The Record" OTR version 
>>>> 3.1 plugin (pidgin-otr-3.1.0) on Solaris Nevada b69 x86 (SunOS 
>>>> solaris-devx 5.11 snv_69 i86pc i386 i86pc)
>>>>
>>>> make seems happy but make install returns:
>>>> /usr/bin/ginstall: cannot stat `./es.gmo': No such file or directory
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas where this is coming from? (es.gmo is not in 
>>>> /usr/local/share/locale or /usr/share/locale which is where I 
>>>> *think* it is looking for this.) The only thing I've found on 
>>>> Google is a reference to "gettext" but this is installed and seems 
>>>> to be working.
>>>>
>>>> Lou
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