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ce515da4 | 1 | Gaim Plugin Installation |
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3 | Because of how Gaim works, special care is required when installing | |
4 | the Dolda Connect chat plugin for Gaim. The basic problem is the same | |
5 | as with the GNOME applet, in that the set of directories that Gaim | |
6 | searches for plugins usually does not include the directories into | |
7 | which Dolda Connect is installed. | |
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9 | However, the Gaim situation is even worse than that with GNOME, since | |
10 | Gaim cannot be configured to search additional directories. Therefore, | |
11 | the plugin file must be installed into one of the directories that | |
12 | Gaim does look in. | |
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14 | As of version 2.0.0-beta6 of Gaim, Gaim searches only two directories: | |
15 | The `lib/gaim' directory in its installation prefix (usually | |
16 | `/usr/lib/gaim'), and the $HOME/.gaim/plugins directory. | |
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18 | Therefore, there are only two things which can be done: | |
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20 | 1. Install Dolda Connect in /usr. As mentioned in INSTALL.applet, this | |
21 | is ugly and not recommended, but it does work and is easy. | |
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23 | 2. You must either copy, move, link or symlink the file | |
24 | libdolcon-gaim.so which Dolda Connect typically installs into | |
25 | /usr/local/lib/gaim into either ${gaim-prefix}/lib/gaim or | |
26 | $HOME/.gaim/plugins. For example, you can run the following command, | |
27 | which will work for most cases: | |
28 | ln -s /usr/local/lib/gaim/libdolcon-gaim.so $HOME/.gaim/plugins | |
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28f62c9c | 30 | About Pidgin |
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28f62c9c | 32 | Because of AOL, Gaim had to switch name to Pidgin in 2007, which has |
39d66815 | 33 | some effects on the above discussion. As of Dolda Connect 1.0, it is |
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34 | possible to compile the plugin for Pidgin as well as for Gaim. Most |
35 | things still apply as they are, but some care must be taken. If you | |
36 | decide to install the plugin in your home directory, the relevant | |
37 | directory is now called $HOME/.purple/plugins. Also, the name of the | |
38 | plugin is called libdolcon-purple.so, instead of libdolcon-gaim.so. | |
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39d66815 | 42 | This document was last updated 2007-10-15, reflecting release 1.0 of |
ce515da4 | 43 | Dolda Connect. |