source: archive/xchat.xml@ 582f732

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xchat-download-http "http://www.xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-&xchat-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xchat-download-ftp  "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/xchat-&xchat-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xchat-md5sum        "6775c44f38e84d06c06c336b32c4a452">
  <!ENTITY xchat-size          "1.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY xchat-buildsize     "40 MB">
  <!ENTITY xchat-time          "0.4 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="xchat" xreflabel="XChat-&xchat-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xchat.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>XChat-&xchat-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xchat">
    <primary sortas="a-XChat">XChat</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to XChat</title>

    <para><application>XChat</application> is an IRC chat program.  It allows
    you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk
    publicly, have private one-on-one conversations, etc.  File transfers are
    also possible.</para>

    &lfs7a_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xchat-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xchat-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &xchat-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &xchat-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &xchat-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &xchat-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink url="&patch-root;/xchat-&xchat-version;-glib-2.31-1.patch"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XChat Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="gtk2"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="enchant"/> (runtime),
      <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
      <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
      <xref linkend="python2"/>, and
      <xref linkend="tcl"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xchat"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of XChat</title>

    <para>Install <application>XChat</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xchat-&xchat-version;-glib-2.31-1.patch &amp;&amp;

LIBS+="-lgmodule-2.0"         \
./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --enable-shm &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/xchat-&xchat-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644    README faq.html \
                    /usr/share/doc/xchat-&xchat-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--enable-shm</parameter>: This parameter is used to enable
    XShm for fast tinting.</para>

    <para><option>--enable-ipv6</option>: Enable IPv6 support in xchat.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xchat</seg>
        <seg>XChat binding modules</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/xchat and /usr/share/doc/xchat-&xchat-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="xchat-prog">
        <term><command>xchat</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a graphical Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xchat xchat-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-xchat">xchat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <!-- <varlistentry id="xchat-remote">
        <term><command>xchat-remote</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> is a program for remote access
          <application>XChat</application> using DBUS.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xchat xchat-remote">
            <primary sortas="b-xchat-remote">xchat-remote</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry> -->

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>