1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!-- <!ENTITY gaim-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gaim/gaim-1.5.0.tar.bz2"> -->
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8 | <!ENTITY gaim-download-http "http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/BLFS/svn/g/gaim-1.5.0.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY gaim-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY gaim-md5sum "9205321ac11fad271c90f2f0d7c5e7ce">
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11 | <!ENTITY gaim-size "6.0 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY gaim-buildsize "179 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY gaim-time "1.2 SBU">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="gaim" xreflabel="Gaim-&gaim-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="gaim.html"?>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1info>
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20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>Gaim-&gaim-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="gaim">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-Gaim">Gaim</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to Gaim</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para><application>Gaim</application> is an instant messaging client that
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34 | can connect with a wide range of networks including AIM, ICQ, MSN, Jabber,
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35 | IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, Zephyr and Yahoo!. Note that the package has been
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36 | renamed to <application>Pidgin</application>, and can be found at
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37 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin"/>.</para>
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38 |
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39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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41 | <listitem>
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42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gaim-download-http;"/></para>
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43 | </listitem>
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gaim-download-ftp;"/></para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gaim-md5sum;</para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Download size: &gaim-size;</para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gaim-buildsize;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>Estimated build time: &gaim-time;</para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | </itemizedlist>
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60 |
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61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Gaim Dependencies</bridgehead>
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62 |
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63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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64 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/></para>
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65 |
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66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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67 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libao"/>,
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68 | <ulink url="http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink> (requires
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69 | <ulink url="http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/">libgpg-error</ulink>
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70 | then <ulink url="http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/">libgcrypt</ulink>),
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71 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
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72 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
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73 | <xref linkend="tk"/>,
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74 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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75 | <xref linkend="audiofile"/>,
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76 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="nas"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, and
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79 | <ulink url="http://www.avahi.org">Avahi</ulink>
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80 |
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81 | </para>
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82 |
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83 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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84 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gaim"/></para>
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85 |
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86 | </sect2>
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87 |
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88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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89 | <title>Installation of Gaim</title>
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90 |
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91 | <para>To connect with MSN you will need to compile
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92 | <application>Gaim</application> with SSL support. For this you will need to
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93 | have already installed <application>libgpg-error</application>,
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94 | <application>libgcrypt</application>
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95 | and <application>GnuTLS</application> compiled in that order. Use of the
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96 | <application>Mozilla</application> SSL library is deprecated.</para>
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97 |
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98 | <para>To compile <application>Gaim</application> with audio support, first
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99 | install <xref linkend="libao"/>.</para>
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100 |
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101 | <para>Compile <application>Gaim</application> by running the following
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102 | commands:</para>
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103 |
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104 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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105 | make</userinput></screen>
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106 |
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107 | <!-- <para>If you want to compile <application>Gaim</application> with support
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108 | for <xref linkend="nas"/>, configure it like this:</para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/X11R6/include" ./configure -prefix=/usr \
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111 | -enable-nas &&
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112 | make</userinput></screen> -->
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113 |
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114 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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115 |
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116 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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117 |
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118 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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119 |
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120 | </sect2>
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121 |
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122 | <!-- <sect2 role="commands">
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123 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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124 |
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125 | <para><command>CPPFLAGS=...-enable-nas</command>: To avoid a compilation
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126 | error the <filename>configure</filename> script needs to be told to look
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127 | for the <application>NAS</application> header files in /usr/X11R6/include.
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128 | </para>
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129 |
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130 | </sect2> -->
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131 |
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132 | <sect2 role="content">
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133 | <title>Contents</title>
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134 |
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135 | <segmentedlist>
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136 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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137 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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138 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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139 |
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140 | <seglistitem>
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141 | <seg>gaim and gaim-remote</seg>
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142 | <seg>libgaim-remote.so</seg>
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143 | <seg>/usr/include/gaim, /usr/lib/gaim, /usr/share/pixmaps/gaim, and
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144 | /usr/share/sounds/gaim</seg>
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145 | </seglistitem>
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146 | </segmentedlist>
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147 |
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148 | <variablelist>
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149 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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150 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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151 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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152 |
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153 | <varlistentry id="gaim-prog">
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154 | <term><command>gaim</command></term>
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155 | <listitem>
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156 | <para> is an instant messaging client</para>
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157 | <indexterm zone="gaim gaim-prog">
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158 | <primary sortas="b-gaim">gaim</primary>
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159 | </indexterm>
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160 | </listitem>
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161 | </varlistentry>
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162 |
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163 | <varlistentry id="gaim-remote">
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164 | <term><command>gaim-remote</command></term>
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165 | <listitem>
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166 | <para> is a command-line interface for controlling an already running
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167 | instance of <command>gaim</command></para>
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168 | <indexterm zone="gaim gaim-remote">
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169 | <primary sortas="b-gaim-remote">gaim-remote</primary>
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170 | </indexterm>
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171 | </listitem>
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172 | </varlistentry>
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173 |
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174 | <varlistentry id="libgaim-remote">
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175 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgaim-remote.so</filename></term>
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176 | <listitem>
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177 | <para> contains functions that are used by gaim-remote</para>
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178 | <indexterm zone="gaim libgaim-remote">
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179 | <primary sortas="c-libgaim-remote">libgaim-remote.so</primary>
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180 | </indexterm>
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181 | </listitem>
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182 | </varlistentry>
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183 |
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184 | </variablelist>
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185 |
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186 | </sect2>
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187 |
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188 | </sect1>
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