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How do I install the Instant Messaging application IP Messenger?

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I've recently downloaded g2ipmsg (IP Messenger for Ubuntu 11.10).
However - this comes not as an installable package as previous ubuntu versions.

Thus I think I need to compile it. This application needs gtk so I've installed libgtk2.0-dev using Synaptic Package Manager.

Now when I run ./configure command it gives me the following error.

checking for APPLET... configure: error: Package requirements (libpanelapplet-2.0) were >not met:

No package 'libpanelapplet-2.0' found



Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you

installed software in a non-standard prefix.



Alternatively, you may set the environment variables APPLET_CFLAGS and

APPLET_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config

man page for more details.

Where can I find the path for PKG_CONFIG_PATH?

This is what I have done so far:

I've installed libxml-parser-perl, libgnomeui-dev, gettext, intltool according to the post
Installing IP messenger on Ubuntu linux but could not find the package libpanel-applet2-dev.

Then I even tried to install libpanelappletmm-2.6-dev and libpanelappletmm-2.6-1c2 but could not find this packages

but still get the same error

configure: error: Package requirements (libpanelapplet-2.0) were not met

There are lot of problems with g2ipmsg in ubuntu, specially there are lot of problems during file transfer.

Instead of installing Ip messanger using wine or g2ipmsg use Iptux.

Its perfectly compatible with Ip Messanger.

Installing Iptux
sudo apt-get install iptux

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answered 3 Years ago elecerna · Accepted Answer

The package g2ipmsg is available in the repositories - v0.9.6 for all versions of ubuntu except for oneiric. Thus to install in versions prior to oneiric or for 12.04 and above:

g2ipmsg

However its not available in Oneiric (11.10) because it doesnt compile under oneiric due to the changes to Gnome-Panel and the dependency on the gnome-2 applet libraries.

You could compile and install to produce this result in gnome-classic (no-effects)

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Note - when the application starts - it starts minimised to the gnome-panel. For some reason, in Unity, this application does not appear - probably the minimised application is not directly visible in the Unity panel.

To get the application to work under Unity you need to enable the old sys-tray:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"

Then logout and login before searching for g2ipmsg in Dash

I've compiled and added this to my PPA. If you wish to compile this yourself, then instructions are below.

Install from PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/g2ipmsg

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install g2ipmsg

to run g2ipmsg

If you are using the Gnome-Classic interface, then G2ipmsg will be found in the Accessories menu option

If you are using Gnome-Shell then search in Activities for g2ipmsg and the application will start minimized in the system-tray notification area (bottom right) of the screen. You will need to move you mouse to that area to make the application icon visible. My recommendation would be to use the system-tray extension to make the application icon visible at all times in the top-right of the screen. See my link answer below for more information about these areas and how to install the extension

If you are using Unity/Unity 2D you will need to manually enable the system-tray area for the application to start in the top-right area of the screen next to the indicator area.

how to compile

Get the sources:



cd ~/Downloads

wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/g2ipmsg_0.9.6%2Bdfsg.orig.tar.gz

wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/g2ipmsg_0.9.6%2Bdfsg-1.1.diff.gz

Now install some prerequisites and libraries



sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts cdbs debhelper autotools-dev libgnomeui-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libxml-parser-perl libssl-dev

Then uncompress and patch the sources

 tar zxvf g2ipmsg_0.9.6+dfsg.orig.tar.gz

 gunzip g2ipmsg_0.9.6+dfsg-1.1.diff.gz

 patch -p0 < g2ipmsg_0.9.6+dfsg-1.1.diff

Compile to create deb packages



cd g2ipmsg-0.9.6+dfsg/

debuild -us -uc

Install the deb package



cd ..

sudo dpkg -i g2ipmsg_0.9.6+dfsg-1.1_i386.deb

Note - if you are compiling 64bit - then the package name will end in amd64.deb

Linked Question:

How to open aMSN that has been minimised to the tray?