source: gnome/add/ekiga.xml@ 11c10933

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY ekiga-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/ekiga/2.0/ekiga-&ekiga-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY ekiga-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/ekiga/2.0/ekiga-&ekiga-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY ekiga-md5sum        "6c7a01faef8203d6f0ba0dfe6188bb1a">
  <!ENTITY ekiga-size          "5.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY ekiga-buildsize     "70 MB">
  <!ENTITY ekiga-time          "0.9 SBU">
]>

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

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Ekiga-&ekiga-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ekiga">
    <primary sortas="a-Ekiga">Ekiga</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para><application>Ekiga</application> is an H.323 and SIP compatible
    videoconferencing and VOIP/IP-Telephony application that allows you to make
    audio and video calls to remote users with H.323 hardware or software (such
    as Microsoft Netmeeting) and SIP compatible software. It supports all
    modern videoconferencing features, such as registering to an ILS directory,
    gatekeeper support, making multi-user conference calls using an external
    MCU, using modern Quicknet telephony cards, and making PC-To-Phone calls.</para>

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
    <xref linkend="esound"/>,
    <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
    <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/pwlib/1.10/pwlib-1.10.7.tar.bz2">PWLib-1.10.7</ulink>
    (compiled with <xref linkend="openldap"/> support), and
    <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/opal/2.2/opal-2.2.8.tar.bz2">OPAL-2.2.8</ulink>
    (<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/openh323">home page for
    PWLib and OPAL</ulink>)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="intltool"/>,
    <xref linkend="gnome-doc-utils"/>,
    <xref linkend="sdl"/> (required for full-screen video), and
    <ulink url="http://www.avahi.org">Avahi</ulink></para>

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

  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=&gnome-etc-dir; \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib &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</userinput></screen>

    <para>Two <application>D-BUS</application> service scripts were installed
    in the previous step. If the <envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar> is anything other
    than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, as the
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user you should add the
    <filename class='directory'>$GNOME_PREFIX/share/dbus-1/services</filename>
    directory to the local session configuration as described in the
    <xref linkend="dbus"/> configuration section.</para>

  </sect2>

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

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gnome-prefix.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gnome-sysconfdir.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/scrollkeeper-dir.xml"/>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ekiga, ekiga-config-tool and ekiga-helper</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg><envar>$GNOME_PREFIX</envar>/share/{gnome/help/, omf/,
        pixmaps/, sounds/}ekiga</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="ekiga-prog">
        <term><command>ekiga</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a H.323 and SIP VOIP, telephony and video conferencing
          application which uses the H.323 and SIP protocols.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ekiga ekiga-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-ekiga">ekiga</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>