Installing Gaim Plugins

[opensourceguy]

I have Gaim-1.0.3, and I want to install some plugins. On Gaim's FAQ page, it doesn't have enough information, and I am stumped. I have the De WYSIWYGification Plugin, along with the Gaim Encryption, Theme Switch, Extended Preferences, and Gaim-Meanwhile. Some of these are .c formats, like the De WYSIWYG Plugin, and the Theme Switch Plugin. How do I go about compiling these, and how to get Gaim to recognize it in it's Plugin List?

EDITED for better question asking.


-justin

[Dolda2000]

After googling around a bit, I still can't find anything about this "de wysiwyg" thingie. What is it?

[opensourceguy]

Here is the plugin link on SF

This is in the Gaim Tracker -> Plugins -> DeWYSIWYGification plugin.


-justin

[opensourceguy]

Also, I can't find where Gaim has installed itself. Every single documentation I see on it, says its /usr/local/lib, but yet I only see the gaim executable. I also edited my original post to ask a better question.


-justin

[Dolda2000]

Looking at the diff file, it seems that your cwd should be the base directory of the gaim source distribution, and then run "diff -p0 <dewysiwygification.diff". Then copy dewysiwygification into the plugins subdirectory and make.

[opensourceguy]

I'm still confused. Maybe this will help. In the extracted gaim-1.0.3 plugins directory, there is a makefile.am, and has this code:

DIST_SUBDIRS = docklet gevolution gaim-remote gestures perl ssl tcl ticker

if BUILD_GEVOLUTION
GEVOLUTION_DIR = gevolution
endif

if USE_PERL
PERL_DIR = perl
endif

if USE_TCL
TCL_DIR = tcl
endif

SUBDIRS = \
	docklet gaim-remote $(GEVOLUTION_DIR) gestures \
	$(PERL_DIR) $(TCL_DIR) ssl ticker

plugindir = $(libdir)/gaim

autorecon_la_LDFLAGS    = -module -avoid-version
extplacement_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version
history_la_LDFLAGS      = -module -avoid-version
iconaway_la_LDFLAGS     = -module -avoid-version
idle_la_LDFLAGS         = -module -avoid-version
notify_la_LDFLAGS       = -module -avoid-version
relnot_la_LDFLAGS       = -module -avoid-version
spellchk_la_LDFLAGS     = -module -avoid-version
statenotify_la_LDFLAGS  = -module -avoid-version
timestamp_la_LDFLAGS    = -module -avoid-version

if PLUGINS

plugin_LTLIBRARIES = \
	autorecon.la     \
	extplacement.la  \
	history.la       \
	iconaway.la      \
	idle.la          \
	notify.la        \
	relnot.la        \
	spellchk.la      \
	statenotify.la   \
	timestamp.la

autorecon_la_SOURCES    = autorecon.c
extplacement_la_SOURCES = extplacement.c
history_la_SOURCES      = history.c
iconaway_la_SOURCES     = iconaway.c
idle_la_SOURCES         = idle.c
notify_la_SOURCES       = notify.c
relnot_la_SOURCES       = relnot.c
spellchk_la_SOURCES     = spellchk.c
statenotify_la_SOURCES  = statenotify.c
timestamp_la_SOURCES    = timestamp.c

endif # PLUGINS

EXTRA_DIST = \
	ChangeLog HOWTO \
	ChangeLog.API \
	filectl.c \
	mailchk.c \
	pluginpref_example.c \
	raw.c \
	signals-test.c \
	simple.c \
	gaim.pl \
	fortuneprofile.pl \
	Makefile.mingw

AM_CPPFLAGS = \
	-DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\" \
	-DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" \
	-I$(top_srcdir)/src \
	$(DEBUG_CFLAGS) \
	$(GTK_CFLAGS) \
	$(PLUGIN_CFLAGS)

#
# This part allows people to build their own plugins in here.
# Yes, it's a mess.
#
SUFFIXES = .c .so
.c.so:
	$&#40;LIBTOOL&#41; --mode=compile $&#40;CC&#41; -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I$&#40;top_srcdir&#41; $&#40;AM_CPPFLAGS&#41; $&#40;CFLAGS&#41; -c $< -o tmp$@.lo $&#40;PLUGIN_CFLAGS&#41;
	$&#40;LIBTOOL&#41; --mode=link    $&#40;CC&#41; $&#40;CFLAGS&#41; -o libtmp$@.la -rpath $&#40;plugindir&#41; tmp$@.lo $&#40;LIBS&#41; $&#40;LDFLAGS&#41; -module -avoid-version $&#40;PLUGIN_LIBS&#41;
	@rm -f tmp$@.lo tmp$@.o libtmp$@.la
	@cp .libs/libtmp$@.so* $@
	@rm -f .libs/libtmp$@.*

Can I modify this to include the plugins I want installed?


-justin

[Dolda2000]

Yes, sure, you can apply the diff file manually if you feel that you want to. The very purpose of the patch command is to do that for you, though.

I see I wrote the wrong thing in my previous post though -- I wrote "diff -p0" instead of "patch -p0". Sorry if that confused you.

[opensourceguy]

Yep, that's what got me.

I had to manually edit the old make file, however I did it right, because I copied it right from "Kompare." I did all that, copied the .c file into the /plugins directory before doing the ./configure, make, and make install stuff. When doing the make, I noticed several errors for the plugin, such as a lack of pointer, and such. Which tells me this plugin isn't going to work with the current versions of Gaim. If anyone has this plugin with a current version, please tell me how you got it to work!


-justin