GAIM Update

GAIM 1.1.4 is installed from SUSe Pro 9.3. HOwever, the latest version is
1.5.0. YAST isn't showing any available updates to GAIM. When I manually
downloaded an RPM, it said that libpspell-modules.so.1 and libpspell.so.4
are needed.

Anyone know where I can find the rpms for this, or whether its not a good
idea to update these libpspell modules? According to YAST, I already have
libpspell.so.15 as part of ASpell. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't so.15 a
higher version than so.4?

Any suggestions on the best route for updating GAIM to 1.5.0?

I found the same thing with Yast not offering the update, and every time
I go to manually install any Gaim version later than 1.1.4 - 1.3.1,
1.4.0 or 1.5.0 - from an RPM it gets SSL Not Found errors when it runs,
and I get nowhere and have to uninstall.

The RPM I used I got from
http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-...=Network/gaim/

I did not have any problem with a Libpspell dependency though, and I
don't have anything like that installed. The above RPM doesn't use
Libpspell at all.

Hah! I just tried installing the above RPM with Yast instead of Red
Carpet and it workes perfectly! There must be some installation stuff
Yast does that RC doesn't.
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Yup, Looks like it finally worked for me now too. I used the same rpm
package as you did but didn't get it going. I"m not sure what I did
differently this time.

There's got to be a better way of managing applications in the Linux world
if we're going to encourage the world to take on Linux and dump the err
umm... other OS.

> I found the same thing with Yast not offering the update, and every time
> I go to manually install any Gaim version later than 1.1.4 - 1.3.1,
> 1.4.0 or 1.5.0 - from an RPM it gets SSL Not Found errors when it runs,
> and I get nowhere and have to uninstall.
>
> The RPM I used I got from
> http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-...=Network/gaim/
>
> I did not have any problem with a Libpspell dependency though, and I
> don't have anything like that installed. The above RPM doesn't use
> Libpspell at all.
>
> Hah! I just tried installing the above RPM with Yast instead of Red
> Carpet and it workes perfectly! There must be some installation stuff
> Yast does that RC doesn't.
> --
> Andrew C Taubman
> Novell Support Forums Volunteer SysOp
> http://support.novell.com/forums
> (Sorry, support is not provided via e-mail)
>
> Opinions expressed above are not
> necessarily those of Novell Inc.

yyuko@yahoo.com wrote:

> Yup, Looks like it finally worked for me now too. I used the same rpm
> package as you did but didn't get it going. I"m not sure what I did
> differently this time.
>
> There's got to be a better way of managing applications in the Linux world
> if we're going to encourage the world to take on Linux and dump the err
> umm... other OS.

I'm using apt for SuSE. Works great, get updates very easily.

http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/

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Bob James
Pentar InfoSystems
http://www.pentarinfosystems.com

yyuko@yahoo.com wrote:

> Yup, Looks like it finally worked for me now too. I used the same rpm
> package as you did but didn't get it going. I"m not sure what I did
> differently this time.
>
> There's got to be a better way of managing applications in the Linux world
> if we're going to encourage the world to take on Linux and dump the err
> umm... other OS.
>
<snip>
There is the way to get newer versions adding as source in Yast --> Change
Source of Installation:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/
pub/suse/i386/supplementary/GNOME/update_for_9.3/yast-source

Server: ftp.suse.com
Path: pub/suse/i386/supplementary/GNOME/update_for_9.3/yast-source

It can be any server from list:
http://www.novell.com/
products/linuxprofessional/downloads/ftp/int_mirrors.html

This way is not officially supported, but I had no major problems.

For more options besides GNOME one can browse:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary

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Regards,
Rajko.