Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Compiling current svn version on Debian lenny

["Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson gmail com>]

Hi Torsten,

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Torsten Schlabach <TSchlabach gmx net> wrote:
> Dear list!
>
>  I am currently trying to build the current SVN version of Ekiga on a Debian lenny (testing) system. The system is freshly installed, so it's today's package versions.
>
>  My strategy is to use packages where suitable. This worked up to the point where PWLib is needed. I was only able to find a very outdated version even in lenny and sid (1.x versus a recommended 2.1.xx).

pwlib has been replaced by ptlib. you can get all the latest and
greatest requirements of ptlib/opal from the svn at www.opalvoip.org

>  So I downloaded PWLib here:
>
>  http://www.voxgratia.org/downloads.html
>
>  and did
>
>  ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-plugins --disable-oss --enable-v4l2 && make && make install
>
>  as explained here:
>
>  http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=3&pos=0&faqpage=x114.html#AEN132
>
>  That worked. Just the built and installed version isn't recognized by Ekiga:

you should be fine once you get ptlib from svn. I find with the newer
ptlib/opal a ./configure without any args is usually more than enough

>  ...
>  checking for scrollkeeper-config... /usr/bin/scrollkeeper-config
>  checking for PWLib includes in /usr/include/...
>  checking for read in -lpt... no
>
>  Any ideas?
>
>  Are there any more detailed build instructions recorded anywhere except the five lines in section 4.2 of the doc. They do not exactly cover it ... I would be happy to share my notes, but I did not find any Wiki or any other place where I could put it.

Cheers,
Peter