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gtalx: Howto Gtalk in ubuntu ( google talk )

Did you fail to use “gtalk in ubuntu” …

Now you can chat and talk to your gmail buddies in ubuntu…

1. check for gtk2.0 and qt4


$ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libogg-dev libtheora-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libsdl-dev libavcodec-dev libswscale-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libexpat-dev libraw1394-dev libvorbis-dev
$ sudo apt-get install libgsm1-dev  libspeexdsp-dev libmediastreamer0-dev libortp-dev

2. Remove ‘pulse audio sound server’
Open synaptic package manager and remove pulse audio
3. “Download gtalx” from here

Dowload it here

4. Extract the file….

$ tar -zxvf 0.0.4.tar.gz
5. Get into the directory….

$ cd 0.0.4

and then…

$ sudo chmod u+x make
$ ./make

$ sudo ./make install


6. Enjoy…..

Please comment about your installation(whether it was a success or not….)

Take gtalx from Applications > Internet > gtalx
Enter your gmail login information..and click connect…


After successful login your online gmail buddies will be listed…
Click the “Contact” button to “chat or call” that person..

Upon clicking the contact button you will be shown a screen like this….
If you need to chat..type your message and click “send”…
If you want to talk..click ‘call”….

Enjoy….It worked successfully for me…

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