Welcome and thanks for trying out Gajim.

Runtime Requirements:
python2.4 (python2.3 should work too)
pygtk2.6 (pytgtk 2.4 should work too)
python-libglade
gtkspell and aspell-LANG (where lang is your locale eg. en, fr etc)

Compile-time Requirements:
python-dev
libgtk2.0-dev
libxss-dev (for idle module)
libgtkspell-dev (for gtkspell module)

Optionally:
GnomePythonExtras 2.10 or above (so you can avoid compliling trayicon and gtkspell)
possible package name for your distro: python-gnome2-extras

INSTALL PROCEDURE
tar jxvf gajim-version.tar.bz2
cd gajim
make
make install # as superuser

RUN GAJIM
gajim

or if you didn't 'make install' you can also run from gajim folder with
./launch.sh


If you want to see the xml stanzas and/or help us debugging 
you're advised to enable verbose via advanced configuration window.
If you don't want to make this permanent, execute gajim with --verbose


Enjoy!

(C) 2005
The Gajim Team
http://gajim.org


PS.
sounds and stellar iconstyle taken from Psi
some emoticons taken from Psi
the basic emoticons taken from Gossip
gossip iconstyle taken from Imendio Gossip
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