I have heard that Gaim 2.0 beta 3 has been improved a lots so I would like to try it out on my Ubuntu laptop. Anyway, I'm too lazy to compile it myself because I found a helpful thread. Well, it is still beta. Don't expect too much. After installing for a few hours, I have downgraded back to 1.5.0. Below is my procedures to install 2.0 beta 3 and to install 1.5 back then.

To install:

1. Add below lines to /etc/apt/sources.list.

   deb http://www.elisanet.fi/mlind/ubuntu dapper main
   

2. Update local cache

   sudo apt-get update
   

3. Install

   sudo apt-get install gaim
   

Now you will have the Gaim 2.0 beta 3. Now it's time to install 1.5 back.

1. Comment below lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.

   deb http://www.elisanet.fi/mlind/ubuntu dapper main
   

2. Update local cache

   sudo apt-get update
   

3. Remove

   sudo aptitude remove gaim
   

The magic is wonderful dependency of Ubuntu. Gaim is depended to ubuntu-desktop so aptitude tried to resolve dependency by installed gaim 1.5 instead.

Tags: gaim, ubuntu, aptitude