Latest version of Gajim is 0.15.3
If your distribution doesn't have the latest version you are advised to use the autopackage or the source tarball
Debian GNU/Linux
If you use Debian unstable do apt-get install gajimA daily package from mercurial is also built. To use it, remove gajim (apt-get remove gajim), add this line to your /etc/apt/source.list:
deb ftp://ftp.gajim.org/debian unstable main
and install it by doing apt-get install gajim-nightly. You can get the GPG key of this package by installing gajim-dev-keyring package from the same repository. Just do apt-get install gajim-dev-keyring.
Slackware
You can get the Slackware package of Gajim here.Ubuntu
If you use Ubuntu universe repository do apt-get install gajimIf you want newer version of Gajim, you can also use this PPA
Fedora
Just yum install gajimGentoo
Just emerge gajimArchlinux
Just pacman -S gajimSUSE
One click install for openSuSE 11.1, 11.2, 11.3For other versions, get it here
PLD
Just poldek -U gajimSourceMage
Just cast gajimMandriva
Just urpmi gajimZenwalk
Just netpkg gajimAgiliaLinux (MOPSLinux)
Just mpkg-install gajimFreeBSD
Gajim is available in FreeBSD via FreeBSD ports. Just cd /usr/ports/net/gajim/ && make install clean. Find out more.Autopackage
Soon available here.Windows installer
There is a Gajim installer.
Source
The tarball version of Gajim is here. For information on how to build Gajim, see the README (in English).
If you want to use the last unstable development version, then you should checkout the mercurial repository.
Mercurial
The mercurial repository is available at this address: http://hg.gajim.org/gajim and viewable here.
Under GNU/Linux
In order to download Gajim sources, here is what you have to do: You first have to install mercurial (apt-get install mercurial under Debian)Then in a console, enter the following commands:
hg clone http://hg.gajim.org/gajim gajim
Install dependencies, and build Gajim. Please see the
README (English) for details.
You can run Gajim by typing the following:
cd gajim and then ./launch.sh
Once you have the repository, you can update it periodically so it matches the latest version from the main repository with the following command:
hg pull && hg update
Under Windows
You first have to install mercurial for windows. In order to do that, download the binary hereOnce mercurial is installed, the commands are the same with those under GNU/Linux. Only difference is instead of launch.sh you run launch.bat. Enter them in an MS-DOS command line and you're done.
To run Gajim, you need external libraries. You can find a tutorial on the way to install them On the Wiki.