Download Ekiga
From Ekiga
This page allows you to download binary packages of Ekiga releases from your Unixes distributor (GNU/Linux, BSDs, OpenSolaris etc.) Note that there is a different page to download for Windows.
You can choose instead to download binary SVN snapshots, or sources and compile them.
This page is Work in progress.
Please choose your distribution below and follow the instructions.
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Packages installation
Ubuntu
9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
Current stable Ubuntu 9.04 now contains Ekiga 3.2.0 stripped with only free codecs (Theora & H261 for Video)
(lacking the audio codecs iLBC, CELT and the video codecs H.263, H.263+, MP4V-ES and H.264).
8.04 Hardy Heron (Long Time Support)
Ubuntu 8.04 ships with Ekiga version 2.0.12, please upgrade.
Debian
Lenny x86
Ekiga 3 is available in sid. It has been backported to lenny. To use it, become root and:
- Add the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://corvix.eu testing ekiga
- Install it
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install ekiga ekiga-callto
- To get rid of the warning about the key signature add the key
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 974E7D68 gpg -a --export 974E7D68 | sudo apt-key add -
Its fingerprint should be: 0189 4F9A 5CFD 0242 5BEA 39E6 37A4 6DF5 974E 7D68
Note: This package strictly depends on libedataserver1.2-9, but the current debian testing (Squeeze) uses a later version, so you may need to add the stable debian lines in your sources.list and keep the priority to testing in your apt preferences, then install the old dependency with:
apt-get install libedataserver1.2-9 -t stable
OpenSuse
10.3 i586
- Download the packages:
$ wget -r -l0 -A.rpm -nH --cut-dirs=5 "http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=opensuse/10.3_i586"
- Install the packages:
$ su - # rpm -Uvh pwlib-1.10.10-1.pm.1.i586.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-v4l2-1.10.10-1.pm.1.i586.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-avc-1.10.10-1.pm.1.i586.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-dc-1.10.10-1.pm.1.i586.rpm # rpm -Uvh opal-2.2.11-1.pm.1.i586.rpm # rpm -Uvh ekiga-2.0.11-1.pm.1.i586.rpm
10.3 AMD64
- Download the packages:
$ wget -r -l0 -A.rpm -nH --cut-dirs=5 "http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=opensuse/10.3_x86_64"
- Install the packages:
$ su - # rpm -Uvh pwlib-1.10.10-1.pm.1.x86_64.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-v4l2-1.10.10-1.pm.1.x86_64.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-avc-1.10.10-1.pm.1.x86_64.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-dc-1.10.10-1.pm.1.x86_64.rpm # rpm -Uvh opal-2.2.11-1.pm.1.x86_64.rpm # rpm -Uvh ekiga-2.0.11-1.pm.1.x86_64.rpm
10.3 PPC
- Download the packages:
$ wget -r -l0 -A.rpm -nH --cut-dirs=5 "http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=opensuse/10.3_ppc"
- Install the packages:
$ su - # rpm -Uvh pwlib-1.10.10-1.pm.1.ppc.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-v4l2-1.10.10-1.pm.1.ppc.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-avc-1.10.10-1.pm.1.ppc.rpm # rpm -Uvh pwlib-plugins-dc-1.10.10-1.pm.1.ppc.rpm # rpm -Uvh opal-2.2.11-1.pm.1.ppc.rpm # rpm -Uvh ekiga-2.0.12-1.pm.1.ppc.rpm
Gentoo
ebuild: Ekiga 2.0.12
Mandriva
2008 (2008.0) i586
- Enable backport media:
Start Mandriva Control Center (mcc) then choose "Software Management" and "Select from where software packages packages are downloaded" (or start edit-urpm-sources.pl ). Add the Main Backport repository.
If Main Backports is not listed, choose "Add" and choose "Official Sources" and "download mirror list from Internet" then choose closest mirror. Then enable Main Backport repository.
- Install ekiga:
In Rpmdrake (MCC / Software Management / Install new software), choose ekiga and install (or upgrade it).
Alternatively, as root, you can use
# urpmi ekiga
- We suggest you disable Main backport repository once installation is done.
2008 (2008.0) x86_64
- Enable backport media:
Start Mandriva Control Center (mcc) then choose "Software Management" and "Select from where software packages packages are downloaded" (or start edit-urpm-sources.pl ). Add the Main Backport repository.
If Main Backports is not listed, choose "Add" and choose "Official Sources" and "download mirror list from Internet" then choose closest mirror. Then enable Main Backport repository.
- Install ekiga:
In Rpmdrake (MCC / Software Management / Install new software), choose ekiga and install (or upgrade it).
Alternatively, as root, you can use
# urpmi ekiga
- We suggest you disable Main backport repository once installation is done.
Slackware
Slackbuild scripts for Ekiga, Opal and PTLib: http://slackware-hrvatska.org/slackbuilds/
Packages built with these scripts are tested on Slackware -current and 12.2.
(libsigc++ is also required)
NetBSD
Please use http://pkgsrc.se/net/ekiga and http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/net/ekiga/README.html.
OpenBSD
- install package:
OpenBSD 4.4
$ pkg_add -v ekiga-2.0.12p5.tgz
OpenBSD 4.5 (upcoming)
$ pkg_add -v ekiga-2.0.12p14.tgz
for all OpenBSDs
- or built it on your own:
$ cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome/ekiga $ make $ make install
http://openports.se/x11/gnome/ekiga latest port of ekiga (supplied by openbsd)
OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris Nevada: Please read those instructions first. Afterwards, download ekiga-3.0.0-snv-i386-pkg.gz. (Contributed by Elaine Xiong.)
Run Ekiga
Now, give it a try, open a Terminal and type:
$ ekiga
If you have an error about GConf, this will likely be solved by doing this: I have GConf errors when I start Ekiga. Then restart ekiga in a Terminal by typing: $ ekiga
- When starting Ekiga for the first time the Configuration Assistant will show automatically.
Compile Ekiga
Determining previously installed versions of Pwlib, Opal, & Ekiga
Some versions of Linux (like Ubuntu) install Ekiga automatically with Gnome Desktop as it is part of it. If you're sure Ekiga isn't installed yet, you may most likely skip this step and jump to Download section of this how-to.
If you or your distro have installed Ekiga before, you most likely already have a version of Pwlib & Opal installed. You must check to see what versions you have before downloading other versions. Unless you remove older versions before you start, there is a chance you'll create multiples versions of these libraries on your system, which will stop you from compiling Ekiga.
You can check your version of Ekiga from Ekiga's Help → About menu, or open a Terminal and at the prompt, type:
$ ekiga --version
This will show you the version of Ekiga if any properly installed on your system.
- The latest version of Ekiga (version 2.0.12) works with Pwlib 1.10.10 and Opal 2.2.11.
If your present versions of Pwlib and Opal differ from those, then it is recommended you uninstall before upgrading.
You may want to have a closer look to be sure there is no pwlib and opal in your system as those libraries can be used by other programs than Ekiga:
For pwlib, type:
$ whereis pwlib
For Opal, type:
$ whereis opal
For Ekiga, type:
$ whereis ekiga
- Alternatively, you can use find to get a list of a program's locations, searching in /usr is usualy a good start:
$ find /usr -name '*pwlib*' $ find /usr -name '*libpt*' $ find /usr -name '*opal*' $ find /usr -name '*ekiga*'
This will show you if Pwlib, Opal, & Ekiga has been installed.
Uninstall previously installed Ekiga
First, you should try your package manager which is distro dependant: Debian and Ubuntu use synaptic and apt,... and search for "pwlib" "libpt" "opal" "ekiga" in it. Then uninstall all libpt/pwlib/opal/ekiga packages (pwlib sometimes comes with plugins in separate packages and pwlib may be renamed "libpt", uninstall them all).
FIXME: list of package managers per distro
If Ekiga was intalled from sources, it is recommended you uninstall them by:
$ cd to appropriate directory (where you compiled Ekiga, then Opal and finaly pwlib)
and as root for each source:
# make uninstall
- Tip for Ubuntu users:
$ sudo make uninstall
