Pidgin – Netsoul for *unix 32/64 Bits
Netsoul is a IM protocol use in Epitech, Epita, without Netsoul the student can’t access to the networks resources.
So when I’ve install my Arch Linux 64bits, I had a little problem, the Pidgin plugin for Netsoul found here didn’t work.
On the Sourceforge project page we can see how to solved this problem.
Before starting you should install Pidgin on your computer.
On FreeBSD :
# cd /usr/ports/net-im/pidgin
#make
# make install clean
Or
# pkg_add -r pidgin
On ArchLinux :
$ yaourt -S pidgin
Or
# pacman -S pidgin
Download the plugin source on Sourceforge : http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gaim-netsoul/gaim-netsoul/0.2.2/gaim-netsoul-0.2.2.tar.gz
Decompress source :
tar zxvf gaim-netsoul-0.2.2.tar.gz
If you have a 64Bits version you need to modify a line in ns_utils.c(change emacs by your favorite text editor. i.e : nano, vi, gedit…)
cd gaim-netsoul-0.2.2/src/
emacs +243 ns_utils.c
Change
unsigned len;
By
size_t len;
Now you have just to compiling the source.
cd ../
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
make clean
Restart pidgin, normally you have the Netsoul protocol in the list.
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