Thanks a lot to all for your help. It finally worked! And it immediately connected to an ICQ server. Great! =) For sure I'll continue to use Linux, even if it's not really easy for a beginner. =)
Le ven 05/07/2002 � 09:15, Thomas Reitelbach a �crit : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 05 July 2002 00:58, Nicolas wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm a Linux newbie using Mandrake 8.2. I've been told on this forum I > > need the CVS version to connect to ICQ servers. Therefore, I downloaded > > the CVS version, and compiled for the first time a linux application. > > Unfortunately, I can't get it to work. After installing tons of > > compiling stuff, the "install make" command finally seemed to work. > > But, damn, where's the application on my hard drive? I noticed licq.exe > > in 2 folders: > > did you really see "licq.exe" ??? .exe is win32 executable binary format, has > nothing to do with linux, perhaps. > just keep in mind, linux binary applications normally don't have a > file-extension like on windows. so i think you found /usr/bin/licq and > /usr/local/bin/licq :) > > > If I run them in a console, the OLD version 1.0.4 always pops up! Should > > I have desinstalled the old version before installing the new one? > > yes, indeed. > now you have both versions of licq. when you only type "licq" in a console > window, linux will find one of them, in your case /usr/bin/licq, which is the > version 1.0.4 (installed by mandrake). > you should now go on and de-install the mandrake's version of licq. > try this: > > rpm -e licq-1.0.4 > > > I also noticed in the doc included in the CVS version this point: > > 4. Go to plugins/qt-gui and follow the directions there (doc/README) to > > install the Qt interface plugin (necessary). > > > > Where's that plugin??? Do I need to install it? It's already there (licq > > was installed during the Mandrake 8.2 installation) > > you will need this plugin, because it contains the graphical user interface :) > > here is my general installation/compile instructions for licq, right from the > beginning: > > 0. de-install old versions > 1. download licq-cvs and extract it > 2. change to licq-cvs folder (cd licq*) > 3. do "make -f Makefile.cvs" > 4. do "./configure" (notice the dot ! ) > 5. do "make" > 6. do "make install" > > 7. change to directory plugins/qt-gui (cd plugins/qt-gui) > 8. do "make -f Makefile.cvs" > 9. do "./configure --with-kde" > 10. do "make" > 11. do "make install" > > did this all work for you? fine :) > now licq should be installed in /usr/local/bin/licq > > start it :) > > > Thanks for the help. It's not really easy for me. As a newbie, I even > > had difficulties logging as root! (please don't laught! =) > > Everyone starts somewhere... > Welcome to linux :) > > Hope this helps a little > > bye, > Thomas > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9JUeT+83LmoKU5MARAuBpAKCRAVgTFuiBaZbem0unVYCz+iDh3gCgjYYc > QgpkiyMNOKOeCN+4d57upMA= > =P8qv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Licq-main mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/licq-main > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Bringing you mounds of caffeinated joy. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Licq-main mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/licq-main
