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Installing Kopete on default OS |
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
 This guide will show you how to install Kopete Instant Messenger onto the default OS. It requires some text file editing and also downloading of a couple of debian packages, but they are versions specifically built for Xandros. But by the end of it, you'll have a much more functional Instant Messenger than Pidgin which is installed by default. Webcam functionality is as yet untested, but will be checked soon, so check back to this guide for further info about the webcam.
Requirements: - kopete, download here.
- ortp, download here.
- Extra Debian & Xandros repositories configured.
To begin, you will need to open a terminal, and backup some files. Type/paste these following commands to do so. sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/available /var/lib/dpkg/available.bkup sudo cp /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/status.bkup - Edit dpkg files. "sudo kate /var/lib/dpkg/available" and then find the section that starts with "Package: libqt3-mt". From the "Replaces" and "Conflicts" lines of that section, remove the reference to "libqt3c102-mt" (Note: those lines have several entries each seperated by a comma, so make sure when you remove "libqt3c102-mt" that you leave the correct amount of commas). After removing those, copy the entire "Package: libqt3-mt" section (ie. up until the next package definition) and then paste it at the end of the file, then rename the first line from "Package: libqt3-mt" to "Package: libqt3c102-mt". Also make sure that there is a blank space after the last line of the file.
- Repeat same as step 1, but this time in the file /var/lib/dpkg/status
- Install the 2 debian packages downloaded above, ortp should be install first, then Kopete. I'd advise installing from command line, not from File Manager, just in case you get some errors. (You can install them like this from command line "sudo dpkg -i ortp_0.7.1-1_i386.deb" and then "sudo dpkg -i kopete_0.12.1-1_i386.deb"). At this point you may get some dependancy problems, and it may tell you to type "apt-get -f install", do so and all should be fine.
- And now Kopete should be installed. Since my system has had some tweaking, it may not work as simply on yours, and you'll probably at least need the extra Xandros and Debian repositories setup.
- (Optional) Setup an icon in AsusLauncher by downloading this icon pack and unzipping it into your "/opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher" directory and then use Launch Tools to create an icon for it.
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References: jefficus from forum.eeeuser.com for detailing the work around for the broken requirement of libqt3c102-mt.
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