title: Guifications for SVN Gaim
link: http://jj.isgeek.net/2006/09/guifications-for-svn-gaim/
author: Jj
description: 
post_id: 202
date: 2006/09/24 12:31:40
created_gmt: 2006/09/24 17:31:40
comment_status: open
slug: guifications-for-svn-gaim

![Gaim logo](http://gaim.sourceforge.net/images/gaim-logo.png)I'm currently using Gaim from SVN. I wanted to use the Guifications plugin for the latest version. I ran into two problems:

#### Issue #1

The ./configure script coulnd't find my Gaim instalation.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
    
    
    
    
    checking for GAIM... configure: error: Package requirements (gaim) were not met:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    No package 'gaim' 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 GAIM_CFLAGS
    
    
    
    
    and GAIM_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
    
    
    
    
    See the pkg-config man page for more details.
    
    
    
    
    

Friends at #gaim told me that the gaim.pc file was in `/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/`, So I added that to the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` variable, and it worked :)

#### Issue #2

Once the plugin compiled, I got a message saying that there was no such methid called `gaim_url_fetc`. I figured since it was SVN... It wasn't gonna work.

I decided to look in the guifications Sourceforge Bug tracker and I found this bug:  
[[ 1563569 ] Guifications cannot start on gaim from repository](http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1563569&group_id=92888&atid=602352)

Luckily that bug came with a [patch](http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=92888&atid=602352&file_id=194723&aid=1563569)! which solved my problem :D