micq - a portable ICQ Console Client $Id$ current Version: 0.4.9 ==================================== a) about mICQ mICQ is a very portable ICQ Console Client originally written by "Matthew D. Smith". mICQ is known to compile on many systems, including (but not limited to) Linux, BSD, BeOS, Windows and Amiga. When the Author passed away 2001-01-05, some of us Users overtook the "leadership" of the project and its now actively developed by some of us freaks. For some time, Rico Gloeckner maintained the code. He also set up the mailinglist and hosts www.micq.org. Right now, Rüdiger Kuhlmann maintains the code. All code to implement the new v8 ICQ protocol is from him. b) Mailinglist They are hosted by . Currently you: post micq-list@micq.org subscribe, unsubscribe, help http://micq.org/mailman/listinfo/micq-list An Archive might be found at: c) Download Primary Mirror http://www.micq.org/ CVS (do that only if you know what cvs is): cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@micq.ukeer.de:/usr/local/cvsroot co micq [hit enter] (=empty Password) To prepare the maintainer generated files: $ ./prepare This will run aclocal, autoheader, automake -a and autoconf. It requires autoconf 2.50. d) Compile $ ./configure --help Please read the help carefully. Particulary, if you are not "root", please watch the --prefix Parameter. $ ./configure $ make $ su # make install e) Usage just type 'micq' It will ask you for an UID (if you have none, just type '0') and a Password. h) Docs You'll find original docs in the doc/ subdirectory. This also contains a dump of http://maipm.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de/~kuhlmann/ICQ/ , which features a database of the ICQ protocl. i) NOTE! mICQ is in a Phase of being re-organized, thus things may change very fast. When in Doubt, have a Look at http://micq.org/ or email mc@verdinet.de or... However, look out for announcements on Freshmeat.net. We will see how the Future of mICQ looks. - Rico Gloeckner 2000-05-23