Hi Danielle. I am trying the example given at your link. I have been able to get the "includes" done, however, I don't know how to figure out the libraries that need to be linked. Following is my terminal dump :: ################################################################################################################### [ajay@localhost telepathy]$ gcc -I/usr/include/telepathy-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 example.c /tmp/ccChAOII.o: In function `shorten_account_name': example.c:(.text+0xd): undefined reference to `tp_proxy_get_object_path' /tmp/ccChAOII.o: In function `_contact_presence_changed': example.c:(.text+0x24): undefined reference to `tp_contact_get_alias' example.c:(.text+0x4b): undefined reference to `g_log' example.c:(.text+0x5e): undefined reference to `g_type_check_instance_cast' example.c:(.text+0x6e): undefined reference to `g_object_get_data' example.c:(.text+0xb6): undefined reference to `tp_contact_get_alias' example.c:(.text+0xd6): undefined reference to `g_log' example.c:(.text+0xff): undefined reference to `tp_contact_get_alias' example.c:(.text+0x11f): undefined reference to `g_log' example.c:(.text+0x12c): undefined reference to `tp_contact_get_alias' example.c:(.text+0x14c): undefined reference to `g_log' /tmp/ccChAOII.o: In function `_got_contacts': example.c:(.text+0x18e): undefined reference to `g_log' example.c:(.text+0x1b6): undefined reference to `g_log' example.c:(.text+0x1d5): undefined reference to `tp_account_get_type' example.c:(.text+0x1e4): undefined reference to `g_type_check_instance_cast' example.c:(.text+0x1f1): undefined reference to `tp_contact_get_presence_message' example.c:(.text+0x1fe): undefined reference to `tp_contact_get_presence_status' example.c:(.text+0x20b): undefined reference to `tp_contact_get_presence_type' example.c:(.text+0x259): undefined reference to `g_signal_connect_data' /tmp/ccChAOII.o: In function `_got_connection': example.c:(.text+0x2bd): undefined reference to `g_key_file_has_key' example.c:(.text+0x2f5): undefined reference to `g_key_file_get_string_list' example.c:(.text+0x325): undefined reference to `g_log' example.c:(.text+0x33a): undefined reference to `g_type_check_instance_cast' example.c:(.text+0x380): undefined reference to `tp_connection_get_contacts_by_id' example.c:(.text+0x38b): undefined reference to `g_strfreev' /tmp/ccChAOII.o: In function `main': example.c:(.text+0x3a6): undefined reference to `g_type_init' example.c:(.text+0x3ab): undefined reference to `g_key_file_new' example.c:(.text+0x3d7): undefined reference to `g_key_file_load_from_file' example.c:(.text+0x402): undefined reference to `g_log' example.c:(.text+0x409): undefined reference to `connections_monitor_new' example.c:(.text+0x442): undefined reference to `g_signal_connect_data' example.c:(.text+0x456): undefined reference to `g_main_loop_new' example.c:(.text+0x466): undefined reference to `g_main_loop_run' example.c:(.text+0x472): undefined reference to `g_main_loop_unref' example.c:(.text+0x47e): undefined reference to `g_object_unref' example.c:(.text+0x48a): undefined reference to `g_key_file_free' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status ############################################################################################################# I notice one thing, that there are only "Makefile.am" present, no "configure" script that could convert "Makefile.am" into "Makefile" (as is the customary practice in open-source unix world). So, how could I build this, and have it working, so that I may finally delve into the awesome world of telepathy ("salut" in particular, intriques me) :) ? Regards, Ajay <div class="gmail_quote"> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Danielle Madeley <<a href="mailto:danielle.madeley@collabora.co.uk" target="_blank">danielle.madeley@collabora.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> Have a look at one of the presence examples in <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/telepathy/telepathy-doc/tree/docs/examples" target="_blank">http://cgit.freedesktop.org/telepathy/telepathy-doc/tree/docs/examples</a> perhaps glib_mc5_presence_app. <div><div class="h5"> On Sun, 2012-04-01 at 11:28 +0530, Ajay Garg wrote: > David, > > I am wanting to write a simplest of feature, wherein any newly > connected user to a network (say a WIFI network), is able to announce > her arrival to other users on the same (WIFI) network. > > I will be grateful, if I just get to know a very broad level of steps > required to do this; the coding-cum-implementation research will be > easily handled then by myself :) > > > Thanks and Regards, > Ajay > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Ajay Garg <<a href="mailto:ajaygargnsit@gmail.com">ajaygargnsit@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > Thanks Dave for the reply. > > > > I am grateful; and I am sorry for sounding stupid. > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Ajay > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:22 PM, David Edmundson > > <<a href="mailto:david@davidedmundson.co.uk">david@davidedmundson.co.uk</a>> wrote: > >> > >> Telepathy is an abstraction layer on top of all the protocols, if you > >> use telepathy as a client all the "xmpp-link-local" is abstracted away > >> from you. You don't need to write your own link-local client or > >> server. Your question doesn't make a lot of sense. > >> > >> The best place for sample code is the "examples" directory of > >> telepathy-glib, telepathy-qt depending on what toolkit you want to > >> use, but you also need to read some of the links on > >> <a href="http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/" target="_blank">http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/</a> I would recommend looking at > >> some of the presentations there to get an overview of the > >> architecture. > >> > >> Dave > > > > </div></div>> _______________________________________________ > telepathy mailing list > <a href="mailto:telepathy@lists.freedesktop.org">telepathy@lists.freedesktop.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/telepathy" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/telepathy</a> -- Danielle Madeley Senior Software Engineer, Collabora Ltd. <a href="http://www.collabora.co.uk" target="_blank">www.collabora.co.uk</a> </blockquote></div>