Overview
I wanted to provide some brief instructions on installing the Blink SIP client on Linux since it is useful for running the Secure Calling Tutorial.
How to install Blink on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
Install some dependencies
- *Get latest Python 2.X
Setup repo from here: http://projects.ag-projects.com/projects/documentation/wiki/Repositories
In your terminal, run the following commands
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python-sipsimple python-gnutls python-eventlib python-application python-cjson python-eventlet python-qt4 python-twisted-core python-zope.interface
If you have issues see: http://sipsimpleclient.org/projects/sipsimpleclient/wiki/SipInstallation
Download and install Blink
- Download Blink source code from http://download.ag-projects.com/BlinkQt
- In your terminal, extract the tar.gz file contents to a folder and then cd to that folder in the terminal
Change directory into the Blink folder and run sudo python setup.py install
[email protected]:/usr/src/blink-0.6.0# sudo python setup.py install running install running build running build_py running build_scripts running install_lib running install_scripts changing mode of /usr/local/bin/blink to 755 running install_data running install_egg_info Removing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/blink-0.6.0.egg-info Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/blink-0.6.0.egg-info
Run Blink!
From the command line, run Blink by executing blink.
[email protected]:/usr/src/blink-0.6.0# blink using set_wakeup_fd "sni-qt/6493" WARN 08:11:15.444 void StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE
- Blink should launch and show up within your graphical desktop.