I used that howto and didn't have any problems. I did a chmod 755 install.sh, then ./install.sh. If you still can't get the install.sh to run, then just manually run the commands. The install only runs these 2 RPM's:
rpm -Uvh pth-1.4.1-1rh71.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh e-smith-jabber-IM*.noarch.rpm
NOTE: This does not work for SSL connections. I don't know if Jon Blakely, did a ./configure --enable-ssl, when making this package. I tried to manually change the port from 5222 to 5223, but I could never get connected. Also, I played around a little with the yahoo transport, but couldn't get that to work either. I haven't looked into what else is needed in order to get the transports to work. If you get jabber installed and the transports working, please make sure you update this thread so I can learn how it needs to be done.
GL,
JB
