Help File Library: Slackware: Licq Install Guide

1: Goto http://www.licq.org and download licq-0.70.1.tar.gz or whatever version you want (http://www.licq.org/download.html) from the downloads page.

You also should get the newest patch, licq-0.70a.diff (http://www.licq.org/licq-0.70.1a.diff).

2: Now you need the QT libraries. You NEED to have version 2.00, 2.01, or 2.02 (Thanks Nick McFaul). Make sure you don't have any other versions of QT installed first. If you do, remove them. Download QT 2.0.2 from ftp://ftp.troll.no/qt/source/qt-2.0.2.tar.gz. Unpack it to /usr/local either using Midnight Commander or from the command line.
EX: gunzip qt-2.00.tar.gz tar xf qt-2.00.tar

3: Now as root, make sure nothing is in ~/.profile (or ~/.bashrc) or /etc/profile (or /etc/bashrc) relating to QT. If there is nothing there from QT then edit /etc/profile, go to the very bottom and add this section:

# QT Settings

QTDIR=/usr/local/qt
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:$QTDIR/bin
if [ $MANPATH ]
then
MANPATH=$QTDIR/man:$MANPATH
else
MANPATH=$QTDIR/man
fi
if [ $LD_LIBRARY_PATH ]
then
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
else
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib
fi
LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
if [ $CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH ]
then
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$QTDIR/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
else
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$QTDIR/include
fi

export QTDIR PATH MANPATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH LIBRARY_PATH
export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH


Stop here. Now, type (as root):
mv qt-2.00 /usr/local/qt
Logout (type exit) and log back in
cd to /usr/local/qt and type ./configure -gif
make
Now this is going to take a LONG time. Took over an hour on my Pentium 200. After it is done.
Type ldconfig

4: Now we can install Licq. Unpack Licq wherever and move the .diff to the same dir. I usually use /usr/src/tars/
EX: mv licq-0.70.1* /usr/src/tars,gunzip licq-0.70.1.tar.gz,tar xf licq-0.70.1.tar
Now move the diff to the Licq directory.
mv licq-0.70.1a.diff licq-0.70.1
Cd to the licq-0.70.1 dir
type: patch -p1 < licq-0.70.1a.diff
It will patch. Now type ./configure
This will run a series of checks before we can compile. If it finished without any errors, type make. This will take a while. After it is done, type make install and Licq is done isntalling. Wait! We still have one more thing to do.

5: In the licq dir, cd to plugins/qt-gui-0.66.2.
Type ./configure
make then make install again.
If everything went right and I didn't forget something Licq should now work. Type licq to run it. You will now need to register you icq number. Click menu > User Functions > Register User. Congratulations! You now have licq up and running. But you want to convert you Windows ICQ list to Licq right?

Windows UIN List => Licq UIN List Conversion

6: Go to the Licq download page and scroll to the bottom. Look for the ICQ for Windows Converters. Download whichever one you need. 98 is if you used ICQ 98, 99a is if you used ICQ99a and 99b is if you used ICQ99b. Download it to your home directory.
Now mount your Windows partition and run the converter like this:
./licq.winconvert9?? "//Program Files/icq/Db99b/.dat
This will convert all you old windows contact list to Licq. Run Licq after this is done and click Menu > User Functions > Update All Users and your done! yay.