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Subject: Instant Messenger (CLI-based multi-protocol)

Hi,

I have been wanting to switch from a GUI "meta"-type chat (uses Yahoo, AIM, etc.) to terminal/CLI-based. I came across "centericq" (apparently it works with multiple protocols) though when trying to install it I get...

$ sudo make
===>  centericq-4.9.11p0 is marked as broken: requires update but new version has issues.

I'm not a computer guru... don't really know how to resolve that issue.

I'm running OpenBSD 4.1 and that install attempt was straight out of 4.1's unaltered ports tree.

( /usr/ports/net/centericq )

I'm wondering if I have somehow messed up my ports (not sure how, I set them up exactly as instructed) :( or perhaps the actual application in the 4.1 ports just comes like that, "broken". I hope not.
 
Is there a better program out there somewhere that is CLI-based for using chat with Yahoo, AIM, MSN, ICQ, IRC, and Jabber?

(Or is there a way to get "centericq" to install/work?)

Better yet... one with encryption options?

Thank you very much for your help!

Sean

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Hi Sean,

While thinking about your post, you could most likely install an
alternative icq client by either looking on some websites, or perhaps
by taking a peek at the FreeBSD ports collection (in the ``net-im ''category).

As an alternative, maybe you could try compiling ``ysm`` ? [1]

Regards,

Etienne

1. http://ysmv7.sourceforge.net/


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I'm using irssi (irc client) with bitlbee (IM to IRC gateway).
I'm VERY happy with it.

-ME

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Better I don't know, but Bitlbee [0] is an IRC to said IM networks
gateway. You connect to it using your favorite IRC client, lots of which
being console apps, like irssi [1], and it will in turn connect to all
the IM accounts you've set up and show your contacts as if they were in
an IRC chatroom, from which you can query them (or even talk to then
directly by prefixing the message by there nick and a colon).

[0] http://www.bitlbee.org/
[1] http://www.irssi.org/

-- 
Olivier Mehani <shtrom@ssji.net>
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