Installing Ekiga on Linux

Arch Linux

# pacman -S ekiga

Ekiga 3.2.7 lite version, without evolution and gnome support, is available in AUR.

Debian

The version available in debian can be found on debian repository. You can install it as any other debian package, with:

aptitude install ekiga

Fedora

Ekiga 3.2.7 is in Fedora updates-testing repositories.

Gentoo

NetBSD

Ekiga 3.2.6 is available at The NetBSD package collection, README.html.

OpenBSD

Install package:

OpenBSD 4.9

$ pkg_add -v ekiga-3.2.7p3.tgz

OpenBSD 4.8

$ pkg_add -v ekiga-3.2.7p0.tgz

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

OpenSUSE

Salix OS

Salix OS 13.37

Ekiga 3.2.7 is available in the official Salix OS repository

# slapt-get -i ekiga

You can also use GSlapt.

Users who are not interested in GConf support can:

• Build their own version of Ekiga from the provided SLKBUILD.
• Install Ekiga 3.3.2 from SlackBuilds.org with slapt-src:

# slapt-get -i slapt-src
# slapt-src -i ptlib opal ekiga

Slackware

Slackware 14.0

SlackBuild for Ekiga 3.9.90 and dependencies can be found at SlackBuilds.org.

Slackware 13.37

SlackBuild for Ekiga 3.3.2 and dependencies can be found at SlackBuilds.org.

Slackware 13.1

SlackBuild for Ekiga 3.2.6 and dependencies can be found at SlackBuilds.org.

Slackware 13.0

SlackBuild for Ekiga 3.2.6 and dependencies can be found at SlackBuilds.org.

Slackware 12.2

SlackBuild for Ekiga 3.2.4 and dependencies can be found at SlackBuilds.org.

Slackware 12.1

SlackBuild for Ekiga 2.0.12 and dependencies can be found at SlackBuilds.org.

Slackware 12.0

SlackBuild for Ekiga 2.0.11 and dependencies can be found at SlackBuilds.org.

• Follow the instructions at SlackBuild Usage HOWTO
• You may also want to use Sbopkg which is a client and a package browser of SBo.
  • Install Sbopkg and then enter the following command.

# sbopkg -i "ptlib opal ekiga"

Trisquel

Trisquel 4.0.1 "Taranis" (Long Term Support)

Ekiga 3.2.6 is available in the repository.

A testing version with a patch for some NAT traversal issues (fix STUN support for RTP streams) is available here.

You must choose 'Lucid' if you use Trisquel 4.0.1. This repository should work for Trisquel 4.0.1, as well as for Ubuntu 10.04.

Trisquel 3.5 "Awen" (Short Term Support)

Ekiga 3.2.6 is available in the repository.

A testing version with a patch for some NAT traversal issues (fix STUN support for RTP streams) is available here.

You must choose 'Karmic' if you use Trisquel 3.5. This repository should work for Trisquel 3.5, as well as for Ubuntu 9.10.

Trisquel 3.0 "Dwyn"

Latest Ekiga 3.2.6 is available here.

A testing version with a patch for some NAT traversal issues (fix STUN support for RTP streams) is available here.

You must choose 'Jaunty' if you use Trisquel 3.0. This repository should work for Trisquel 3.0, as well as for Ubuntu 9.04.

Trisquel 3.0 "Dwyn" is no longer supported, please upgrade.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

Ekiga 3.2.7 is available in the repository.

 sudo aptitude update; sudo aptitude install ekiga

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Ekiga 3.2.7 is available in the repository.

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx (Long Term Support)

Ekiga 3.2.6 is available in the repository.

A testing version with a patch for some NAT traversal issues (fix STUN support for RTP streams) is available here.

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is no longer supported, please upgrade.

Zenwalk

# netpkg ekiga

You can also use Xnetpkg.