Here is my experience building libjingle* in my ubuntu-linux 5.10. I spent nearly a day building it (including many u-turns). I am writing this how-to in the hope you will spend much less time. YMMV.
Contents:
* Hardware tried on:
* Installion
** Download
** Installing dependies using
*** Synaptic package manager
*** Direct compilation
* Installing lilbjingle
* Future Goodies