Make & Gaim Plugin: gaim-rhythmbox

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:49:46 -0500
Hakim Singhji <hzs202 at nyu.edu> wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Peter Garrett wrote:
> > 
> > I would guess you need to install gaim-dev.
> I did and it worked... thanks.
> 
> > By the way, sudo is not required for  ./configure, or "make" - only for
> > "make install". Another hint - install the "checkinstall" utility, and run
> > "sudo checkinstall" instead of "make install"
> So here is the status of this projects... I was able to perform
> ./configure. Worked fine to my knowledge, ran "make". Then installed
> "checkinstall", which worked as well. Checkinstall confirmed
> installation also, however when I open gaim tool -> preferences ->
> plugins I cannot find the plugin that I just installed.
> 
> I have restarted the application and the machine. Gaim does not see
> it... what is going on? Do I need to create a soft link to a library
> file or something?

I've never done this, but the Gaim FAQ has a section on compiling plugins.
See:

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/faq.php#q95


Peter

-- 
Unix is hard to learn. The process of learning it is one of multiple small
epiphanies. -- Neal Stephenson