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| 1 This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support. | |
| 2 Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated. | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library | |
| 6 installed, including glib bindings. | |
| 7 | |
| 8 http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 2. Compile gaim | |
| 12 | |
| 13 ./configure --enable-dbus | |
| 14 make | |
| 15 make install | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim | |
| 19 | |
| 20 A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually | |
| 21 | |
| 22 /etc/dbus-1/session.conf | |
| 23 | |
| 24 B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section. This section | |
| 25 contains the directory that stores files describing services, | |
| 26 usually | |
| 27 | |
| 28 /usr/share/dbus-1/services | |
| 29 | |
| 30 C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory | |
| 31 | |
| 32 D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace | |
| 33 the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim | |
| 34 executable. | |
| 35 | |
| 36 | |
| 37 4. Start DBUS if you haven't done it already | |
| 38 | |
| 39 eval `dbus-launch --session` | |
| 40 export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID | |
| 41 | |
| 42 These commands will set the two above shell variables. These | |
| 43 variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs. | |
| 44 | |
| 45 | |
| 46 Now you can start gaim as usual. A new program, gaim-client can be | |
| 47 used to issue commands to a running gaim process | |
| 48 | |
| 49 gaim-client command1 command2 ... | |
| 50 | |
| 51 At the moment there are only three commands: ping, quit, and connect. | |
| 52 When you execute gaim-client, the dbus system will automatically start | |
| 53 a gaim process if one is not running already. |
