get error when I run nullclient

[A.TNG]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Stu Tomlinson <stu at nosnilmot.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 22:22 +0800, A.TNG wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I read source code of nullclient.c and try to write a protocol plugin
> > and write a IM client with libpurple. Then I met some problems. After
> > I compile the source code and run "./nullclient", I get following
> > message:
> >
> > jiyu at beijing-atng /cygdrive/d/im/pidgin/src/pidgin-2.4.2/libpurple/example
> > $ ./nullclient
> > libpurple initialized.
> > Select the protocol [0--1]:
> >
> > I don't know what does it mean about "Select the protocol" and I find
> > "[0--1]" is totally wrong. Since the source code is :
> >
> > printf("Select the protocol [0-%d]: ", i-1);
> >
> > Please pay attention to the "[0-%d]". Because I get "[0--1]", so the
> > value of "i" is 0.
>
> You need to run "make install" so that the protocol plugins are
> installed where nullclient is looking for them.
>
I have run "make install". But this error is still there. What can I
do? Any other hint?

I use Windows XP + cygwin to build pidgin with following steps:

cd <pidgin>/libpurple
make && make install

So, I don't compile finch and other irrelevant source code. Could this
be wrong?

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Best Regard,
Tang, Jiyu