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

[Torrey McMahon]

Well...thats odd but not a subject for the OTR list. :)

Gilles Gravier wrote:
> The problem with removing the package is that you lose the desktop 
> icons / menus / associations ...
>
> If you overwrite... all things remain the same. :)
>
> Gilles.
>
> Torrey McMahon wrote:
>> 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.