source: gnome/platform/folks.xml@ 1aa25ac

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

  <!ENTITY folks-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/folks/0.10/folks-&folks-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY folks-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/folks/0.10/folks-&folks-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY folks-md5sum        "c7134d50bba0775a9cabc6078ee19b50">
  <!ENTITY folks-size          "1.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY folks-buildsize     "162.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY folks-time          "3.3 SBU">
]>

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

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

  <title>Folks-&folks-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="folks">
    <primary sortas="a-Folks">Folks</primary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <para>
      <application>Folks</application> is a library that
      aggregates people from multiple sources (eg,
      <application>Telepathy</application> connection managers and
      eventually <application>Evolution Data Server</application>,
      Facebook, etc.) to create metacontacts.
    </para>

    &lfs76_checked;

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
      <xref linkend="libgee08"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
      <xref linkend="telepathy-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="python3"/>, and
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="tracker"/>,
      <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/libsocialweb/">libsocialweb</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="http://zeitgeist-project.com/">Zeitgeist</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/folks"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

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

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-fatal-warnings &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue <command>make -k check</command> from a local
      X session started with <command>dbus-launch</command>.
    </para>

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

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      <parameter>--disable-fatal-warnings</parameter>: This switch
      allows the package to build with latest versions of the
      dependencies.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-tracker-backend</option>: This switch enables
      building of the the <application>Tracker</application> backend.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-docs</option>: This switch enables
      documentation generation.
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          folks-import and folks-inspect
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libfolks-dummy.so, libfolks-eds.so, libfolks-libsocialweb.so,
          libfolks.so, libfolks-telepathy.so, and libfolks-tracker.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/folks and
          /usr/lib/folks
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="folks-import">
        <term><command>folks-import</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to import meta-contact information to libfolks.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="folks folks-import">
            <primary sortas="b-folks-import">folks-import</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="folks-inspect">
        <term><command>folks-inspect</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is used to inspect meta-contact information in libfolks.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="folks folks-inspect">
            <primary sortas="b-folks-inspect">folks-inspect</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfolks-eds">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfolks-eds.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains Evolution specific implementations of the libfolks classes.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="folks libfolks-eds">
            <primary sortas="c-libfolks-eds">libfolks-eds.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfolks-libsocialweb">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfolks-libsocialweb.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains libsocialweb specific implementations of the libfolks classes.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="folks libfolks-libsocialweb">
            <primary sortas="c-libfolks-libsocialweb">libfolks-libsocialweb.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfolks">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfolks.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>Folks</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="folks libfolks">
            <primary sortas="c-libfolks">libfolks.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfolks-telepathy">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfolks-telepathy.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains Telepathy specific implementations of the libfolks classes.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="folks libfolks-telepathy">
            <primary sortas="c-libfolks-telepathy">libfolks-telepathy.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfolks-tracker">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfolks-tracker.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains Tracker specific implementations of the libfolks classes.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="folks libfolks-tracker">
            <primary sortas="c-libfolks-tracker">libfolks-tracker.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>