get error when I run nullclient

[Benjamin Arnaud]

Hey there,

- Create a "plugins" (or whatever you've specified in the source) directory 
in the null client folder.
- Copy paste all the protocols dlls (you can get them from the pidgin 
install folder).

Retry.

Mr Arnaud.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A.TNG" <tang.jiyu at gmail.com>
To: "Stu Tomlinson" <stu at nosnilmot.com>
Cc: <devel at pidgin.im>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: get error when I run nullclient


> 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?
>
> --------------------
> Best Regard,
> Tang, Jiyu
>
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