August 26th, 2005

Google Talk on Linux

Linux, by Donncha.

Google Talk works fine with a Jabber compatible IM client such as GAIM but out of curiousity I tried to install the Windows client so I could use the voice function. Alas, my version of Wine isn’t up to the task. No matter what path I enter in the second dialog the INSTALL button is always greyed out! Others have had more luck installing, but the application doesn’t run yet. (Thanks Feedster!)


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    Did you try wine-safe? works for me…
    "N" at August 28, 2005 12:21 pm Reply

  2. I tried with new Wine-20050830. When I tried connecting, error message is “Authontication failed”
    mathew at August 31, 2005 7:38 pm Reply

  3. It installs on Ubuntu Hoary. Unfortunately Google Talk will only stay open for a few seconds before closing.
    macewan at September 3, 2005 12:37 pm Reply

  4. Tried it on Fedora Core 3. Like what macewan experienced, it stays open for few secs and then dies. no luck.
    shekhar at September 19, 2005 1:00 pm Reply

  5. In my case never dies, but server authontication fails. using SuSe 9.3 and wine 20050830 versions.
    mathew at September 22, 2005 4:55 pm Reply

  6. It works on Mandrake 2005 up to the login screen then it freezes on login :/
    michael at September 26, 2005 1:43 am Reply

  7. On Fedora Core 4 opens with the login screen the message Google Talk has encountered a interanal error and will now close and will close in a few secs
    Matthew at October 2, 2005 1:22 am Reply

  8. I can get it stay open but frozen using ‘wine-safe’ and I can get it to stay open for a few seconds and even connect if Im fast under Crossover Office (www.codeweavers.com) on their support system they claim that there upcomming version 5.0 “might” be able to do it.
    Chris at October 4, 2005 5:21 pm Reply

  9. Get googletalk.exe from a Windows user or box. You can run the program right from the exe that it installs.

    I’m not sure about registry keys and stuff, but you really don’t need the installer.
    Daniel Teichman at October 26, 2005 6:37 am Reply

  10. this is a gr8 work
    teja at March 11, 2006 6:49 pm Reply

  11. well i just tried to install the last version of google talk (1.0.92) with wine 0.9.11, and well, i succeeded ! (yes, the installation succeeded!) but when google talk tries to sign in, it fails..

    Well, that was a try,
    jeanmaxime at April 10, 2006 12:04 am Reply

  12. installer seems to work fine but then the program can’t authenticate to the server. also tried ripping the exe from a windows box and that didn’t authenticate either. better luck next time i guess.
    fatalerr at May 17, 2006 3:22 am Reply

  13. Try to use Tapioca (http://tapioca-voip.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Tapioca)
    Looks pretty good!!
    jvidal at July 20, 2006 6:10 pm Reply

  14. “Try to use Tapioca (http://tapioca-voip.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Tapioca)
    Looks pretty good!!”

    Well it works… sometimes and the sound Q is BAD.
    yop at July 21, 2006 5:13 pm Reply

  15. how to install googletalk n yahoo messeger on linux
    avi at August 16, 2006 8:12 pm Reply

  16. “how to install googletalk n yahoo messeger on linux”

    Install yahoo messenger available for Red Hat clients from yahoo home. It works for Ubuntu but has very limited features. Use gaim or gaim2. It is good.

    Seeing above trials with googletalk on linux I think there is no point in trying now ! Though I have tried it of course, but was just suggesting ;)

    Mowgli at August 31, 2006 7:13 am Reply

  17. http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Using_Google_Talk_with_GAIM

    this works for me.
    photoDude at October 6, 2006 11:47 pm Reply

  18. Does any one try to create google talk portable and than try to run it in wine?
    Here is link for you who do not know how to create portable programs.
    http://www.inethouse.info/user/spike17/2006/10/21/the_full_guide_to_make_portable_programs/

    Maybe won’t work but give it a try. :)

    leveex at October 27, 2006 5:57 pm Reply

  19. Google talk installs with wine but the application does not display any charachters or sign in, anyone tried cracking this problem?
    Ganesh Narayan at December 12, 2006 3:20 pm Reply

  20. Google talk installs with wine but the application does not display any charachters or sign in, anyone tried cracking this problem?

    system sayes ‘invaled disk’How to rectifi this probleam.
    Ramu at February 14, 2007 10:28 am Reply

  21. It is possible to use GAIM as various chat servers.
    Firos at February 14, 2007 11:08 am Reply

  22. Hi, guys.
    I think a better solution for now is Jabbin.
    http://www.jabbin.com/int/

    I am used to voice chat with my friends runing windows. Jabbin GoogleTalk works OK. Voice Q is not bad.

    I have tried Tapioca before, but Jabbin is much more maturer than Tapioca. It’s worth trying.

    :D

    Jabbin+aMsn is my solution for voice+video chat with windows user.
    solotim at February 20, 2007 2:37 am Reply

  23. I am facing problem to install yahoo msg in suse redhat 9.3.
    Any body plz suggest me
    Munesh at March 8, 2007 8:42 am Reply

  24. hello sir
    how i save and install yahoo messenger &google talk on linex (red hat)…………………………………………..
    sanjeet at March 15, 2007 12:35 pm Reply

  25. What about Tapioca?
    starcraft 2 at May 20, 2007 9:46 pm Reply

  26. did google talk run on linux
    ashwin at June 22, 2007 8:49 am Reply

  27. ya i connected google-talk using GAIM in Fedora Core 6.
    Protocol : XMPP
    screen name: ur userid without @gmail.com
    domain: gmail.com
    connect port: 5222
    connect server: talk.google.com

    if ur behind a http proxy, choose http proxy
    set host and port

    bye
    nishan at July 11, 2007 7:00 am Reply

  28. Are the pepl at Google def. So many user want to use Google talk on Linux, and it takes so long for the popular company to release a Linux Google talk client. Skype and Gizmo have linux versions, why not Google? Are you listening Google ?
    Sid at September 3, 2007 10:21 am Reply

  29. Google talk installs with wine but the application does not display any charachters or sign in, anyone tried cracking this problem?

    system sayes ‘invaled disk’How to rectifi this probleam.
    Diyton at September 16, 2007 8:04 pm Reply

  30. Jabbin looks pretty neat
    Wesley Tanaka at October 10, 2007 3:21 pm Reply

  31. is there any tool for online chating on linux like gtalk yahoo messenger rediff bol
    and msn
    pankaj gaur at November 26, 2007 8:43 pm Reply

  32. I found that it works great under Virtual box windows xp…. no matter what the linux version…
    Craig at November 28, 2007 5:12 am Reply

  33. google talk is working
    absolutely fine with
    the wine installation
    in fedora 8. easy to
    install and get all the
    features as of windows ..
    shail at January 12, 2008 8:56 am Reply

  34. I connected google-talk using Pidgin in Fedora Core 7.
    Protocol : XMPP
    screen name: ur userid without @gmail.com
    server: gmail.com
    Resource:Home
    Pessword:your password
    Alias:as you wish
    In advance tab
    click: Force old (port 5223)SSL check-box
    connect port: 443
    connect server: talk.google.com
    Proxy Type: Use GNOME proxy settings
    Shyam Hushangabadkar at February 21, 2008 7:43 am Reply

  35. I installed it in Mandriva. When I try to launch it using Wine (latest) it’s complaing about a dll missing/not registered correctly.

    Any thoughts?
    Linux Help at April 15, 2008 7:14 pm Reply

  36. here i have noticed that many of us has given solution regarding installing of gtalk in fedora. but what about red hat linux? can anyone help?
    Rahul Dev Sarmah at July 8, 2008 6:57 am Reply

  37. Why bother to install gtalk in wine? I find Empathy is an pretty good alternative to gtalk in linux.
    solotim at July 9, 2008 2:57 pm Reply

  38. solotim, matter is not to get a chatting facility in linux. i am already availing that. but i want to learn whether it is possible to install gtalk on linux or not and if possible, how……
    Rahul Dev Sarmah at July 10, 2008 6:41 am Reply

  39. Try empathy, its there in Hardy Heron repositories.

    empathy-megaphone-applet.

    It allows voice chat with gtalk users. Its a multi-protocol jabber im messaging suite.
    Pravin at July 10, 2008 1:51 pm Reply

  40. Here is a workaround for having voice chat with google talk users.

    http://sriramblox.blogspot.com/2008/08/making-voice-call-to-google-contact.html

    http://sriramblox.blogspot.com/2008/10/voice-chat-with-google-talk-user-using.html

    I hope this helps.
    Sri at October 28, 2008 10:14 pm Reply

  41. Here is another alternative: try gtalx.

    I am one of the developers, here is the webpage.
    http://sites.google.com/site/jozsefbekes/Home/gtalx

    Since not too many people use it, you can send questions to me (my email is in the contact us section of the above website) and I’ll try to help you if I can.
    Jozsi at December 12, 2008 5:24 pm Reply

  42. some other clients

    http://www.ceveni.com/2009/02/linux-im-clients-voice-chat-with-gtalk.html
    Pete at February 17, 2009 4:32 am Reply

  43. This is really great with pidgin !
    ust give your id and password
    Thats all

    but no voice feature !
    i am trying to do that
    once if i get it
    will let you know guys !
    kapardhi at March 19, 2009 5:45 pm Reply

  44. Hey
    This is ok !
    but
    is there any program which can run like native google talk on linux as in windows ?

    help me please
    thanks in advance
    kapardhi at March 30, 2009 5:33 pm Reply

  45. Why can’t you guys try sip-communicator , coccinella and many more are there . I love Sip communicator after using it .
    Try it out . After all its free :-)

    Hari K T at April 27, 2009 11:22 am Reply

  46. Recently i configured my system by adding a plugin you can see below link for instructions

    http://www.ceveni.com/2009/05/voice-chat-on-linux-with-yahoo-gtalk.html

    now i am able to voice chat with most of the friends on Gtalk, yahoo, MSN.
    natalia at May 30, 2009 8:43 pm Reply

  47. Hey guys.. u all shd probably chk dis out….

    http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html

    Thr r diffrnt versions of gtalk dt works on linux too…

    Find out wts best 4 u n dload it.. Hav a nice chat… :)

    N ya.. Luv all dose ppl hu luvs LINUX.. :)

    A5h!k... at October 9, 2009 2:50 pm Reply

    • @A5h!k…
      You may need to look it some more clearly :) . Which one supports Voice calls to other Google Talk users ?
      We are not looking for chat, but for voice :) .
      Hari K T at October 12, 2009 3:11 pm Reply
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