Build your own version of Ekiga on Salix OS

This document is relevant for Salix OS 13.1.x users.

For users who don't want Ekiga to use GConf to store its settings, follow these steps:

Contents 1 Prerequisites 2 Download 3 Edit 4 Build the package 5 Install the package 6 Enjoy

Prerequisites

Open terminal (as root) and install the dependencies of Ekiga

root[~]# slapt-get -i ptlib opal

Exit terminal (as root)

root[~]# exit

Open a terminal and create a folder, in your home directory, with the name build_ekiga

$ mkdir build_ekiga
$ cd build_ekiga

Download

Download the slkbuild script directly from one of the following sources (Official Salix OS Repository)

$ wget http://salix.enialis.net/i486/13.1/source/xap/ekiga/SLKBUILD
$ wget http://download.salixos.org/x86_64/13.1/source/xap/ekiga/SLKBUILD

Note: slkbuild does not require specification of architecture, hence it won't matter which one of the above you'll download.

Edit

Open the SLKBUILD file with a text editor and insert the following line

         --disable-gconf \

between these lines

39.          --disable-avahi \
40.          --disable-eds \
41.          --disable-gdu \
42.          --disable-gnome \
43.          --disable-schemas-install \
44.          --disable-scrollkeeper \

for example (line #41)

39.          --disable-avahi \
40.          --disable-eds \
41.          --disable-gconf \
42.          --disable-gdu \
43.          --disable-gnome \
44.          --disable-schemas-install \
45.          --disable-scrollkeeper \

Save your changes.

Build the package

Open terminal (as root) and navigate to the folder build_ekiga

root[~]# cd build_ekiga
root[build_ekiga]#

Run the command slkbuild

root[build_ekiga]# slkbuild -X

The script will, automatically, download the source code of Ekiga and make a package (this process is going to take ~10 minutes or less)

Install the package

When the package building process is finished you should get these files

root[build_ekiga]# ls -1
SLKBUILD
build-ekiga-3.2.7-i486-1lm.log
ekiga-3.2.7-i486-1lm.md5
ekiga-3.2.7-i486-1lm.txz
ekiga-3.2.7.tar.bz2

Install the newly created .txz package by entering

root[build_ekiga]# installpkg ekiga-3.2.7-i486-1lm.txz

Installing package ekiga-3.2.7-i486-1lm...
| Ekiga (VoIP and video conferencing application)
| 
| Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source SoftPhone,
| Video Conferencing and Instant Messenger application over the
| Internet.
| 
| It supports HD sound quality and video up to DVD size and quality.
| 
| It is interoperable with many other standard compliant softwares,
| hardwares and service providers as it uses both the major
| telephony standards (SIP and H.323).
| 
| 

Exit terminal (as root)

root[build_ekiga]# exit

Enjoy

Open a terminal and type

$ ekiga

Setting will be stored to

~/.config/ekiga.conf