Qpe-gaim 1.5 Installed/works But Missing Menus

[tekisui]

I dunno why but if I do this:


# ipkg install dev-gaim -d home

then

# ipkg install qpe-gaim -d home

then

# ipkg-link mount /home/packages

Then I restart Opie via the Shutdown applet in the Settings tab. Everthing works, no errors. Go figure. Don't ask me what made me try the dev-gaim package. It was a shot in the dark and it appears to have fixed the errors, which it seems were ALL stemming from Gaim package mishaps. Thanks again everyone for your help. I think I've actually got it this time. Unless I have a problem with Python, since that's the only package I have left. :-p Thanks.

[EzerchE]

Step 1.

Before you start, add the following feed to your package manager:

http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/feed/release

Step 2.

Next, you must install libglib2.0, either from our feed or from your distribution's feed (such as OpenZaurus testing/unstable).

Step 3.

After that, you need the glibc unicode conversion modules, provided either in our gconv-tiny package in our feed, or the more complete gconv-modules package provided by the OpenZaurus feed. Note that without one of these packages, you will not be able to receive messages in OSCAR (AIM/ICQ), and possibly other protocols. This is important!

Step 4.

If you plan to install MSN or Jabber (libgaim-protocols, or libgaim-protocol-msn and/or libgaim-protocol-jabber), you need to install the SSL support. For this, you need libgaim-ssl, libgnutls7, libgcrypt, and zlib.

Step 5.

The next step is to download libgaim and either libgaim-protocols or one of the libgaim-protocol-* packages. libgaim-protocols provides AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, and Napster chat.

If you only plan to use a few protocols, and you wish to save space, you may want one of the libgaim-protocol-* packages, such as libgaim-protocol-oscar (for AIM/ICQ) or libgaim-protocol-jabber (for Jabber).

Step 6.

Once you have the previous packages installed, simply install qpe-gaim.

Once installed, you may choose to either create your accounts from the account editor, or import your settings from Gaim on your PC. To do this, create a directory named .gaim in your home directory (typically /root), or put it on a CF or SD card and create a symlink to it. As gaim downloads buddy icons automatically, and this can't be turned off for the time being, the latter option is preferred.

To import the accounts, copy the *.xml files from the .gaim directory in your home directory on your PC to that directory on your PDA. Note: You must have Gaim 0.65 or higher on the PC to do this.

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from: http://qpe-gaim.sourceforge.net/installing.php