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hi all
again me and my installing problems...who will help me again

i want to install gaim for messenger
i have the package gaim-1.2.0.tar.gz
i have opened the archive and then i did command "configure"
first time the bash told me that i need a compiler for c++
i did resolved that problem thanks to mikshaw and then i restarted the configure command
next problem: :(  error with something that i need...
some pkg-config and GLib 2.0
i found those files and i tried to install them
the pkg-config did not send me any errors but when i try to install GLib an error apears and tell me that the pkg-config components are not found ???
:)
funny ha!

i need to mention that all the opperations i did were all in the /root directory
i need to make a special path?
how do i set the environment or whatever is needed for all this progs to run ok ?
???  did no one tried to install gain on damnsmall?
and if you know someone can you tell me how he did it?
please i need your advices or a step by step install for gaim....:D
:-)  what version of DSL are you using?

DSL has apps pre-installed which you can download... you don't have to install them yourself.

Click on MyDSL on the desktop, or right click, then go to Apps, tools, MyDSL browser.  Go to the Net section and gaim is listed under there.  Click on download and it will install it.

You don't mention how you are running DSL - if you don't want to re-download every time you reboot, save it somewhere and then click on it in emelfm and then click the MyDSL button.  (on the hdd or in the root of the USB drive if you always run it or under an optional directory if you want it available - it would then show up automatically on the menu when you reboot)
You may need to set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable to show the recently-installed "pkgconfig" directory.
It's best to do this from a startup script such as .bash_profile or /etc/profile, although you can do it temporarily with
"export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
issued from the same shell that launches the configure script.
try dowloading the dpkg  dsl file from where you got gcci. Install it and try again make sure you are in root shell. if the file is in /home/gaim then cd /home/gaim    when in directory ./configure  If it makes it through and produces a makefile type make then make install. You might need the dpkg .dsl to make this all work. Just a thought. Old proverb: he who teaches learns twice.   Marty

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