[OTR-users] dependancys

Paul Wouters paul at cypherpunks.ca
Mon Jan 29 11:31:44 EST 2007


On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Scott Martin wrote:

>  i am new to the whole realm of linux and am using centos ad my os it is a clone of redhat.i have been using gaim and otr for a while on the dreaded windows box with success, but i am running into dependency issues trying to install otr for gaim on my new os. can you help me with this and tell me what i need to install to get it operable .so far i have installed
> -zlib
> -libgcrypt error
> -libcript but i get an error saying i need libgcrypt error
> -gnupg
> -gmp
> -gettext
>
> as i have said i am new to linux and am in need of help am i installing in the wrong order?
> is there more i need to install and in what order

Grab the source rpm for gaim-otr from Fedora Extras. Then rpm -ihv it, then run
rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/gaim-otr

It will then tell you all your missing dependancies, and you can grab those source
rpms from fedora and install them similarly.

Paul



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