gaim again

tuxman · 2005-11-16 18:21:31

hi,
I'm posting about this issue for the second time because I'm puzzled.

I did a clean install of arch, made a system update, installed gaim at it wont work.
this happened to me twice before on 2 others previous installs of arch.
then, doing a system update and reinstalling gaim solved the problem.
this time it didnt and I rather not reinstall arch again cos I already installed open office.
so I checked the complain was missing libpango cairo and I reinstalled pango.

then, checking the forum, I did as suggested in another post, the following:

"pacman -Rs gaim"

Targets: gaim gtkspell gnutls libtasn1 opencdk

Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] y
removing gaim... done.
removing gtkspell... done.
removing gnutls... done.
removing libtasn1... done.
removing opencdk... done.

pacman -Sy gaim
:: Synchronizing package databases...
:: current is up to date
:: extra is up to date

Targets: opencdk-0.5.7-1 libtasn1-0.2.13-1 gnutls-1.2.5-1 gtkspell-2.0.10-1
gaim-1.5.0-1

Total Package Size: 5.7 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n] y

:: Retrieving packages from current...
opencdk-0.5.7-1 [################] 100% 144K 35.8K/s 00:00:04
libtasn1-0.2.13-1 [################] 100% 90K 23.2K/s 00:00:03
gnutls-1.2.5-1 [################] 100% 823K 98.3K/s 00:00:08
gtkspell-2.0.10-1 [################] 100% 24K 8.5K/s 00:00:02

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts... done.
installing opencdk... done.
installing libtasn1... done.
installing gnutls... done.
installing gtkspell... done.
installing gaim... done.

now, gaim works only for yahoo.
if I try gtalk it starts and then turn off, if I try msn, as before, it says it was disconnected.

what is the issue?
some library missing during the install? (I selected to install all packages)

I'd like to know how to solve the issue and, on the way, learn a bit more about arch.

thanks

Kern · 2005-11-16 23:05:08

i was just about to go through the regular "have you tried this" line of chat,
then i switched on gaim, updated today, and guess what ?

MSN = disconnected ...... both accounts. dammit.

The only thing i can think of is that i didnt do a complete pacman -Syu as some packages were reported as missing, thus fouling the full upgrade.

just did a few individual packages.
Will feedback on anything i find, as im gonna try to correct this asap.

Anyone else having similar issues ?

kern

JGC · 2005-11-16 23:22:12

Please switch to a different mirror, gnutls 1.2.5 is a bit outdated *hint*.
I think your problem is because gaim is compiled against a newer gnutls than you're running at this moment.

Kern · 2005-11-17 00:57:09

[root@localhost ~]# pacman -Qi gnutls
Name : gnutls
Version : 1.2.9-1

......

Kern · 2005-11-17 01:39:26

ok - think ive sorted it. (including the non resolving work for reference.)

completely removed gaim via pacman -R
removed local .gaim directory, after copying the settings out to another dir.
reinstalled via pacman and checked / updated all dependant packages.

no success.

removed all again, downloaded the tar.gz file from gaim site. installed.
Same problems.

checked for latest gnutls from gnutls site and its 1.3.0 . Downloaded, untar'd, ran configure .... and heres where i found the prob .... i think

configure: error:
***
*** libgcrypt was not found. You may want to get it from <snip>

[root@localhost gnutls-1.3.0]# pacman -S libgcrypt

Targets: libgcrypt-1.2.2-1
< installed ok>

ran (/usr/local/bin/) gaim --debug
from terminal

gaim now functions with MSN.

i'd appreciate feedback, tuxman, if just pacman -S libgcrypt sorts the problem from the stage you are at, without installing gaim from tgz files.

JGC, not sure if its a pacman / package dependancy issue but would be grateful of any further thoughts on the matter.

thx
kern

tuxman · 2005-11-17 05:38:47

I think I would have saved myself alot of troubles just by following the advice in the install CD and just install the Base system files and then do an upgrade and install whatever I needed.
I did so on another box and everything worked flawlessly.
Now, on the box where a did the previous install, i will try reinstalling the libraries as suggested and see if it works.
I think the download of the base install CD and/or the install of just the base system from the normal CD could not be enphasized enough.

thanks

tuxman · 2005-11-21 18:41:50

thanks Kern,
actually installing the library as you suggested solved the problem.
This Gaim error issue emerged only on Arch installs where I installed the whole set of packages.
On installs where I installed just the base system, as suggested, and then installed the packages I needed, everything worked fine on the spot.

Kern · 2005-11-21 22:43:43

tuxman, thanks for the feedback.
wonder if this is a dependency problem ? it only highlighted when it was installed from a tar.gz, not from pacman ....

anyways, nice to know ur sorted

Arch Linux

#1 2005-11-16 18:21:31

gaim again

#2 2005-11-16 23:05:08

Re: gaim again

#3 2005-11-16 23:22:12

Re: gaim again

#4 2005-11-17 00:57:09

Re: gaim again

#5 2005-11-17 01:39:26

Re: gaim again

#6 2005-11-17 05:38:47

Re: gaim again

#7 2005-11-21 18:41:50

Re: gaim again

#8 2005-11-21 22:43:43

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