+Read the ChanServ notice? Read the Topic? Read the FAQ? +Still having problems getting SSL to work with Gaim? +read on, maybe you're in luck. but probably not. +
+ +Q: General Notes +A: Mozilla 1.5 will not provide all the pieces for NSPR & NSS due to breakage in +Mozilla that misses out some .h files (or something...). You might be able to +install mozilla-{nss,nspr}{,-devel} from 1.4, or install nss from source, in +parallel and link against those for Gaim. Or just use GnuTLS. ++OpenSSL is not an option for SSL support in Gaim because the OpenSSL license +(BSD-style) is not compatible with the Gaim license (GPL) +
+ +!SECTION Distribution Specifc Tips + +Q: Debian +A: Use the debs ++Some have reported success with GnuTLS from unstable, and compiling gaim from +source: +
++ <ntm> i changed the apt sources to include unstable releases + <ntm> apt-get install libgnutls7 + <ntm> apt-get install libgnutls7-dev + <ntm> that's it. ++
+Note: libgnutls & libgnutls-dev (from stable) are known NOT to work +
+ +Q: Fedora Core (1) +A: Use the gaim provided packages : +http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235 + +Q: Gentoo +A: Gentoo's ebuilds for Gaim should "Just Work". To install the latest Gaim +with SSL support: ++ emerge sync + emerge gaim ++
+The most recent Gaim version is usually not in Gentoo stable. To ensure you +are using the most recent release in Portage, use this command: +
++ ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge gaim ++
+If you are not using x86, replace "~x86" with your CPU type, such as "~ppc" or +"~sparc" +
++Portage will build and install the NSS and NSPR packages automatically if you +do not have them. Portage is not capable of using GnuTLS with Gaim currently. +
++In fact though, I have no idea why anyone would use Gentoo anyway. +
+ + +Q: Linux From Scratch +A: If you're crazy enough to actually use LFS surely you're crazy enough to +figure this out on your own? (or just see below on compiling from source) + + +Q: Mandrake (9.1) +A: Use the gaim provided packages : +http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235 + + +Q: Mandrake (9.2) +A: Use the gaim provided packages : +http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235 ++Older notes: +
++NOTE: Mandrake 9.2 includes tcl 8.4 which is known to cause problems with +gaim. tcl plugins will NOT work, but this isn't normally a problem. +
++There's a 3rd party RPM (built from the same .spec file as the ones on sf.net) +for Mandrake 9.2 here : http://gaim.jesuschrist.be/ (thanks to Alver on #gaim) +
++Or you can compile from source: +
++As always, make sure you have mozilla-nss, mozilla-nss-devel, mozilla-nspr and +mozilla-nspr-devel installed (and perl-devel if you want perl support): +
++urpmi libnspr4 libnss3 libnss3-devel libnspr4-devel perl-devel ++
+One user reported problems with permissions in the includes: +
++ <icicled> i found that if i changed the permissions of the private directory in + /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr it will compile perfectly + <faceprint> wow, that's sucky + <ChipX86> ew + <faceprint> you should definitely go scream bloody murder at mandrake + <icicled> ? + <icicled> not sure why they would have the private directory only readable by + root + <faceprint> that sounds like a serious bug in the mandrake package ++
+Hint: (as root) +
++ chmod 755 /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr/private + chmod 644 /usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr/private/* ++ + +Q: Red Hat Linux (8.0 or 9) +A: Use the gaim provided packages : +http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235 +
+Note: If you're using a Mozilla builds from here : + http://people.ecsc.co.uk/~matt/downloads/rpms/mozilla/1.4/RPMS/ +Then you will need to add /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 to /etc/ld.so.conf & run ldconfig as +root. Replace 1.4 with whichever version you have installed. +
+ +Q: Red Hat Linux (7.3) +A: There's a 3rd party RPM (built from the same .spec file as the ones on sf.net) +for Red Hat Linux 7.3 here : +http://www.uidzero.co.uk/rpms/rh73/ + +
+<semi-related note on this 3rd party rpm>
+ That RPM is built against gtk 2.0 as comes with Red Hat Linux 7.3, and buddy
+ list sorting is not possible with gtk 2.0. If you have Ximian Desktop
+ installed, then you have gtk 2.2 and should rebuild the .src.rpm (rpmbuild -bb
+ gaim-0.74-1rh73.src.rpm) to get buddy list sorting working.
Just compile from source (straight ./configure will work if you have all the
+ required dependencies and their associated -devel packages installed), Red Hat
+ Linux 7.3 does actually have all the necessary stuff.
+
+ If you want spell checking to work, install gtkspell & gtkspell-devel from
+
+ http://dag.wieers.com/apt/redhat/7.3/en/i386/RPMS.dag/
+ and compile from source (just installing this and using the RPM above will NOT
+ enable spellchecking)
+</semi-related note>
+
+The Gaim 0.74 package from Slackware does NOT work out of the box. I have not +tried, but adding /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 to /etc/ld.so.conf and running ldconfig +as root *might* fixinate it. +
++Or you can use the gaim source, with mozilla-1.4 installed (if you have another +version of mozilla, try replacing 1.4 with your version number): +
++./configure --with-nss-includes=/usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nss \ + --with-nspr-includes=/usr/include/mozilla-1.4/nspr \ + --with-nss-libs=/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 \ + --with-nspr-libs=/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 ++
+Also, you'll need to add /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig +as root +
+ +Q: SuSE (9.0) +A: There's a 3rd party RPM for SuSE 9.0 here : +http://www.usr-local-bin.org/gaim.php ++You may need to put /opt/mozilla/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf (and run ldconfig as +root) +
+ +Q: SuSE (8.2) +A: NOTE: usr-local-bin are now providing packages for SuSE 9.0 (see above) they +*might* work on SuSE 8.2, but no guarantees. ++You might also need to upgrade pango: + +http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/8.2-i386/RPMS.usr-local-bin/pango-1.2.5-SuSE.ulb.1.i586.rpm +
++You may need to put /opt/mozilla/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf (and run ldconfig as +root) +
+ + +Q: FreeBSD (5.1) +A: Compile from source. No SSL specific details available at the moment, but +these tips might help you in general: ++For i18n to work, you need to have gettext installed. It will probably stuff +itself in /usr/local, so you need to configure like this: +
++./configure --with-libintl-prefix=/usr/local ++
+Alternatively, if you only need to use English, you can disable i18n (and the +dependancy on gettext) by configuring like so: +
++./configure --disable-nls ++ +Q: OpenBSD (3.4) +A: Compile from source. No SSL specific details available at the moment, but +these tips might help you in general: +
+For i18n to work, you need to have gettext installed. It will probably stuff +itself in /usr/local, so you need to configure like this: +
++./configure --with-libintl-prefix=/usr/local ++
+Alternatively, if you only need to use English, you can disable i18n (and the +dependancy on gettext) by configuring like so: +
++./configure --disable-nls ++ +Q: Solaris (sparc) +A: See below on compiling from source + +Q: Mac OS X (10.3.1) +A: Information on setting up GnuTLS can be found at: +http://alphamonkey.org/view.php?type=notes&id=309 + +Q: Win32 +A: Use the gaim provided packages : +http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235 + + +Q: SCO (anything, anyversion) +A: You're kidding, right? this stuff is licensed under the GPL, and SCO don't +respect that. +
+If that isn't enough to get you to use a decent OS, consider this: +
"If Darl McBride was in charge, he'd probably make marriage unconstitutional + too, since clearly it de-emphasizes the commercial nature of normal human + interaction, and probably is a major impediment to the commercial growth of + prostitution." + -- Linus Torvalds, December 5th 2003. ++ + +
(Darl McBride is CEO of The SCO Group)
+ + +!SECTION Compiling from source + +Q: Note +A: I strongly recommend you use pre-packaged binaries where possible, however if you MUST +use source, these tips might help you. GnuTLS is the (developers) preferred +option, but I've witnessed more success with Mozilla NSS & NSPR + +Q: Mozilla NSS & NSPR +A: Mozilla NSS & NSPR can be found here:
+This older one has been referenced here for a while, but did not have much success with
+it:
+
+ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/security/nss-3.1.1-with-nspr-4.1-dbm.tar.gz
+
+--with-{nss,nspr}-includes should point to the directory with the .h files in (eg. nspr.h) +--with-{nss,nspr}-libs should point to the directory with the .so files in (eg. libnss3.so) +
++If you can't add to /etc/ld.so.conf (or your (*nix) OS doesn't have one) set +the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable instead, either before running gaim or +(for bourne shell & bash) on the gaim command line, eg. +csh: +
+ setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 ++sh/bash: +
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH ++or sh/bash: run gaim with this command: +
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla-1.4 gaim ++ + +Q: GnuTLS +A: Thanks to sofar on #gaim for this: +
+Here's a list in the proper order which you need to install/compile, the +versions and links I give compile normally on a reasonably clean system. +
++libgpg-error (needed by libgcrypt): + +ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-0.5.tar.gz +
++libgcrypt (needed by GnuTLS): + +ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.1.43.tar.gz +
++libtasn1 (needed by GnuTLS): + +ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/pub/gnutls/libtasn1/libtasn1-0.2.6.tar.gz +
++GnuTLS (needed by gaim): + +ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/pub/gnutls/attic/gnutls-0.9.91.tar.gz +
++libopenck is a PITA, don't use it, GnuTLS will break. Also version 0.9.92 of +GnuTLS doesn't compile because the maintainer forgot to add 1 file needed. 0.9.91 +works, so just do that. +
++You shouldn't need to pass any --with-xxx-libs/include to gaim since everything is +by default put in the normal include/lib dirs on my system. If you put any of the libs in +obscure places you are daft, just don't do that ;^). +
++sofar +
++For FreeBSD (and, it seems, OpenBSD) users: +
+ <synic> ok, gnutls 0.8.10 officially works on FreeBSD + <synic> and 0.8.6 doesn't :) ++Thanks synic. + + +Q: Non-root (mozilla-{nss,nspr} or GnuTLS already installed) +A: If you don't have root access on the system you're trying to install gaim +on, you need to configure gaim to install under your home directory. +
+eg: +
++./configure --prefix=/home/username ++
+If there are additional dependancies required that are not installed on +the system, you'll need to install those in a similar manner and pass the +correct locations to gaim's ./configure as shown in the next sections. +
+ +Q: Non-root including mozilla-{nss,nspr} +A: Download NSS & NSPR source from here: + ++Extract nss-3.8.tar.gz +
++cd nss-3.8/mozilla/security/nss +make nss_build_all +make install ++
+(on systems where make is not GNU make, use gmake) +
+
+mkdir -p /home/username/lib
+mkdir -p /home/username/include/nspr
+find ../../dist/*/lib -type l \
+ \( -name "*.so" -o -name "*.chk" \) \
+ -exec cp -L {} /home/username/lib \;
+cp -Lr ../../dist/public/* /home/username/include
+cp -Lr ../../dist/*/include/* /home/username/include/nspr
+
++Gaim: +
++./configure --prefix=/home/username \ + --with-nss-includes=/home/username/usr/include/nss \ + --with-nspr-includes=/home/username/usr/include/nspr \ + --with-nss-libs=/home/username/usr/lib \ + --with-nspr-libs=/home/username/usr/lib +make +make install ++
+You should now be able to use Gaim by running /home/username/bin/gaim
+In some cases, it might be necessary to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib
+before running Gaim
+
+libgpg-error: +
+./configure --prefix=/home/username +make +make install ++ +
+libgcrypt: +
+# fix the configure script! +perl -pi -e 's/ --prefix=\$gpg_error_config_prefix//' configure +./configure --prefix=/home/username --with-gpg-error-prefix=/home/username +make +make install ++ +
+gnutls: +
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib ./configure --prefix=/home/username --with-libgcrypt=/home/username +make +make install ++ +
+gaim: +
+./configure --prefix=/home/username --enable-gnutls=yes \ + --with-gnutls-libs=/home/username/lib \ + --with-gnutls-includes=/home/username/include +make +make install ++ +
+You should now be able to use Gaim by running /home/username/bin/gaim
+In some cases, it might be necessary to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/username/lib
+before running Gaim (this was not necessary on the tested system)
+
- See these notes on getting ssl to work with gaim. + See these notes on getting ssl to work with gaim.
Index: htdocs/gaim-ssl.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/gaim/web/htdocs/gaim-ssl.txt,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -u -r1.10 gaim-ssl.txt --- htdocs/gaim-ssl.txt 8 Dec 2003 03:20:04 -0000 1.10 +++ htdocs/gaim-ssl.txt 8 Dec 2003 14:42:16 -0000 @@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ install mozilla-{nss,nspr}{,-devel} from 1.4, or install nss from source, in parallel and link against those for Gaim. Or just use GnuTLS. +OpenSSL is not an option for SSL support in Gaim because the OpenSSL license +(BSD-style) is not compatible with the Gaim license (GPL) + SuSE (9.0) ========== - There's a 3rd party RPM for SuSE 9.0 here : http://www.usr-local-bin.org/gaim.php You may need to put /opt/mozilla/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf (and run ldconfig as @@ -142,6 +144,8 @@