%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Folks-&folks-version; Folks Introduction to Folks The Folks package is a library that aggregates people from multiple sources (eg, Telepathy connection managers and eventually evolution data server, Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts. &lfs70_built; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &folks-md5sum; Download size: &folks-size; Estimated disk space required: &folks-buildsize; Estimated build time: &folks-time; Folks Dependencies Required , , and Optional and valadoc (Required for generating the documentation) User Notes: Installation of Folks Install Folks by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations --enable-vala: This parameter enables building from the Vala sources. --enable-docs: This parameter enables documentation generation. Contents Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directories folks-import libfolks-backend-key-file.so,libfolks-backend-telepathy.so, libfolks-telepathy.so, and libfolks.so /usr/{include/folks,lib/folks/22/backends/{key-file, telepathy}} Short Descriptions folks-import is a tool to import meta-contact data from Pidgin. folks-import libfolks-backend-telepathy.so contains functions for the Telepathy backend. libfolks-backend-telepathy.so libfolks-telepathy.so contains Telepathy-specific implementations of the libfolks classes. libfolks-telepathy.so libfolks.so contains the folks API functions. libfolks.so