source: gnome/add/gnomemeeting.xml@ ce39b28

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

<!ENTITY gnomemeeting-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnomemeeting/1.0/gnomemeeting-&gnomemeeting-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnomemeeting-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnomemeeting/1.0/gnomemeeting-&gnomemeeting-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY gnomemeeting-size "2.9 MB">
<!ENTITY gnomemeeting-buildsize "47 MB">
<!ENTITY gnomemeeting-time "1.06 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="gnomemeeting" xreflabel="GnomeMeeting-&gnomemeeting-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gnomemeeting.html"?>
<title>GnomeMeeting-&gnomemeeting-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>GnomeMeeting</application></title>

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gnomemeeting-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gnomemeeting-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gnomemeeting-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&gnomemeeting-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gnomemeeting-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
                                                                                
<sect3><title><application>GnomeMeeting</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
<xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/openh323">PWLib-1.6.5 (compiled with OpenLDAP support)</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/openh323">OpenH323-1.13.4</ulink>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="SDL"/>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>GnomeMeeting</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=`pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0` \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --localstatedir=/var/lib &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This switch
puts configuration files in <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var/lib</parameter>: This switch
puts <application>ScrollKeeper</application> files in <filename
class="directory">/var/lib/scrollkeeper</filename>
instead of <filename class="directory">$GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>GnomeMeeting</application> package contains
<command>gnomemeeting</command> and
<command>gnomemeeting-config-tool</command>.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gnomemeeting</title>
<para><command>gnomemeeting</command> is a H.323 Voip, Telephony and
Video Conferencing application which uses the H.323
protocol.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>