#Linux Mint 18.2 how to install gajim .16.9 so you can use OMEMO encryption:
sudo apt-get install python-axolotl python-nbxmpp
wget https://gajim.org/downloads/0.16/gajim-0.16.9.tar.gz
tar -zxvf gajim-0.16.9.tar.gz
cd gajim-0.16.9
./autogen.sh ;make;sudo make install



#if you get this error you need to get a newer python-nbxmpp from here:
gajim
Gajim needs python-nbxmpp >= 0.6.1 to run. Quiting...

wget -q https://gajim.org/gajim.key -O - | apt-key add -
#Add the repository:
sh -c "echo deb ftp://ftp.gajim.org/debian unstable main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gajim.list"
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-nbxmpp


If you get this error

./autogen.sh ;make;sudo make install
configure.ac:32: warning: macro 'AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library
configure.ac:1: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: "version-set-in-hgversion"
configure.ac:1: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: "version-set-in-hgversion"
configure.ac:1: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: "version-set-in-hgversion"
configure.ac:1: warning: AC_INIT: not a literal: "version-set-in-hgversion"
configure.ac:32: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'.  Stop.

solution:

sudo apt-get install -y libglib2.0-dev

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