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CVS is a way of storing and tracking changes in the code between releases. It

always has the latest code and bug fixes, but with releases coming every other week,

most people can wait for the release to get a given fix.

Here's step-by-step instructions for how to check out and build gaim from

CVS. Before you begin, make sure you have libtool, gettext, automake, and

autoconf installed. If you normally install gaim from RPM, make sure you also

have devel packages of glib 2.0 and gtk 2.0 (but glib and gtk 2.2 are recommended)

installed, as well as gcc and gmake. You also need, of course, cvs installed (version 1.11).

<b>Step 1. Check out the source</b>

Run the following commands in a directory that you have write access to (such

as your home directory):

cvs -d ':pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gaim' login

(Just hit enter for the password)<br />

cvs -z3 -d ':pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gaim'

checkout gaim

You should see it listing all the source files.

If you want to use gtk1.2, use the following command instead:

cvs -z3 -d ':pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/gaim' checkout -r gtk1-stable gaim

<b>Step 2. Build again</b>

Once you've checked gaim out of CVS, run the follwing commands:

<code>cd gaim</code><br />

<code>./autogen.sh</code><br />

If you see any errors here, you haven't installed everything you need.

autogen.sh will also run ./configure for you once it's created, if it's

created successfully. If you see any errors related to GLib or GTK, you

haven't installed the devel packages.

<code>gmake</code><br />

<code>gmake install</code>

<b>Step 3. Update gaim</b>

When there are changes to gaim's code, you'll want to update your local copy.

You don't have to remove the entire directory that you checked out and redo

the whole thing; instead, from inside the directory, run:

<code>cvs update -d</code><br />

<code>gmake</code><br />

<code>gmake install</code><br />

The update will merge all the changes into the current files, and then

gmake will rebuild gaim.

And that should be everything. Please note you need to use gmake; BSD make

will not work. Also, gmake is installed simply as 'make' on some systems -

if gmake isn't found, use make instead. Please be sure that you are using

the correct version before submitting bug reports - gaim is installed in

/usr/local/bin by default, and you may have an older copy in /usr/bin.

./configure should warn you if that is the case.

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We've also now got a mailing list set up that will notify you when new

commits are made. Join gaim-commits@lists.sourceforge.net by telling us

your email address at

<a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-commits">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-commits</a>. Then you'll know

when to update (and if you're particularly devilish enough, you can set up

a filter that will update and rebuild gaim when it receives such a

message).

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