[d8b2c89e] | 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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[c627795] | 7 | <!ENTITY pidgin-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
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[d8b2c89e] | 8 | <!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
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[ec84afc2] | 9 | <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "10a4a69d077893f6dd3438cd8af94e81">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY pidgin-size "9.7 MB">
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[3284a283] | 11 | <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "238 MB (additional 2MB for the tests and
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[ec84afc2] | 12 | 90 MB for API docs)">
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[3284a283] | 13 | <!ENTITY pidgin-time "1.7 SBU (additional 0.1 SBU for API docs)">
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[d8b2c89e] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="pidgin" xreflabel="Pidgin-&pidgin-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="pidgin.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>Pidgin-&pidgin-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="pidgin">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Pidgin">Pidgin</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 Pidgin</title>
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| 32 |
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[6e31dd9] | 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Pidgin</application> is a Gtk+ 2 instant messaging client
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| 35 | that can connect with a wide range of networks including AIM, ICQ,
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| 36 | GroupWise, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Zephyr and Yahoo!
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| 37 | </para>
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[dc1cfc46] | 38 |
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[11a83b18] | 39 | &lfs74_checked;
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[d8b2c89e] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &pidgin-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[6e31dd9] | 78 | <para role="required">
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| 79 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
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| 80 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 84 | <para role="recommended">
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[a20b14d6] | 85 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/> and
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[6e31dd9] | 86 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
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| 87 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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| 88 | </para>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>
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| 91 | SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel Groupwise and
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| 92 | Google Talk protocol plugins. <application>GnuTLS</application> is the
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[c627795] | 93 | preferred method (the Mozilla NSS API is more likely to change and this
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[6e31dd9] | 94 | can cause problems).
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| 95 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 96 |
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| 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[6e31dd9] | 98 | <para role="optional">
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[c627795] | 99 | <xref linkend="avahi"/> (required for the Bonjour plugin),
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| 100 | <xref linkend="check"/> (only used during the test suite),
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| 101 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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[665ac79f] | 103 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/evolution-data-server/">
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| 104 | Evolution Data Server</ulink>,
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[a20b14d6] | 105 | <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
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| 106 | Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>
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| 107 | (required for video and voice support),
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[c627795] | 108 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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| 109 | <xref linkend="gstreamer"/> (required for audio support),
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[6e31dd9] | 110 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
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| 111 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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| 112 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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[a754ee2b] | 113 | <ulink url="http://libgadu.net/">libgadu</ulink>,
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[c627795] | 114 | <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
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| 115 | (required for Sametime protocol support),
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| 116 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
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| 117 | module),
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| 118 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
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[6e31dd9] | 119 | <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Client</ulink>,
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| 120 | <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
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[c627795] | 121 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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[6e31dd9] | 122 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
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| 123 | plugin),
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[11a83b18] | 124 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>, and
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[c627795] | 125 | <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">Zephyr</ulink>
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[6e31dd9] | 126 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 127 |
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[6e31dd9] | 128 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 129 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/>
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| 130 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 131 | </sect2>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 134 | <title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
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| 135 |
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[6e31dd9] | 136 | <para>
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| 137 | Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
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| 138 | commands:
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| 139 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 140 |
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[c627795] | 141 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[1b7cd05] | 142 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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[c627795] | 143 | --disable-avahi \
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| 144 | --disable-dbus \
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| 145 | --disable-gtkspell \
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| 146 | --disable-gstreamer \
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| 147 | --disable-meanwhile \
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| 148 | --disable-idn \
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| 149 | --disable-nm \
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| 150 | --disable-vv \
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| 151 | --disable-tcl &&
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[d8b2c89e] | 152 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 153 |
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[6e31dd9] | 154 | <para>
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| 155 | If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
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| 156 | (<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
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| 157 | API documentation, issue: <command>make docs</command>
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| 158 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 159 |
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[c627795] | 160 | <para>
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| 161 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 162 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 163 |
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[6e31dd9] | 164 | <para>
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| 165 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 166 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 167 |
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| 168 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[3ca4dbc] | 169 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &&
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| 170 | cp -v README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
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[d8b2c89e] | 171 |
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[6e31dd9] | 172 | <para>
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| 173 | If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
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| 174 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 175 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 176 |
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[3ca4dbc] | 177 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &&
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| 178 | cp -v doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
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| 179 |
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[3284a283] | 180 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 181 | href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
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| 182 |
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[d8b2c89e] | 183 | </sect2>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 186 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 187 |
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[6e31dd9] | 188 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 189 | <option>--disable-avahi</option>: Remove this switch if you've
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[c627795] | 190 | installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.
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[dc1cfc46] | 191 | </para>
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| 192 |
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[6e31dd9] | 193 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 194 | <option>--disable-dbus</option>: Remove this switch if you've installed
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[c627795] | 195 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>.
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[6e31dd9] | 196 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 197 |
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[6e31dd9] | 198 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 199 | <option>--disable-gtkspell</option>: Spellchecking. Remove this switch if
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[c627795] | 200 | you've installed
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| 201 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>.
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[6e31dd9] | 202 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 203 |
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[6e31dd9] | 204 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 205 | <option>--disable-gstreamer</option>: Sounds. Remove this switch if you've
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[6e31dd9] | 206 | installed <xref linkend="gstreamer"/>.
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| 207 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 208 |
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[6e31dd9] | 209 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 210 | <option>--disable-meanwhile</option>: Remove this switch if you've
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| 211 | installed <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.
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[6e31dd9] | 212 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 213 |
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[6e31dd9] | 214 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 215 | <option>--disable-idn</option>: Remove this switch if you've installed
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[c627795] | 216 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>.
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[6e31dd9] | 217 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 218 |
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[6e31dd9] | 219 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 220 | <option>--disable-nm</option>: Remove this switch if you've installed
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[c627795] | 221 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
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[6e31dd9] | 222 | </para>
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[dc1cfc46] | 223 |
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[6e31dd9] | 224 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 225 | <option>--disable-vv</option>: Video and voice. Remove this switch if
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| 226 | you've installed
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| 227 | <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
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| 228 | Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>.
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[6e31dd9] | 229 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 230 |
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[6e31dd9] | 231 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 232 | <option>--disable-tcl</option>: Remove this switch if you've installed
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[c627795] | 233 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>.
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[6e31dd9] | 234 | </para>
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[c627795] | 235 |
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[3ca4dbc] | 236 | <para>
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| 237 | <option>--enable-cyrus-sasl</option>: Use this switch if you've installed
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| 238 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/> and wish to build
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| 239 | <application>Pidgin</application> with SASL support.
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| 240 | </para>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <para>
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| 243 | <option>--disable-gnutls</option>: Use this switch if you've got both
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| 244 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> and <xref linkend="nss"/> installed, but want
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| 245 | to use <xref linkend="nss"/> for the SSL support.
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| 246 | </para>
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| 247 |
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[d8b2c89e] | 248 | </sect2>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 251 | <title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <sect3 id="pidgin-config">
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| 254 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[c627795] | 255 | <para>
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| 256 | <filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
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| 257 | <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename>
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| 258 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 259 |
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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[73dd9a12] | 261 | <primary sortas="e-AA.purple-*">~/.purple/*</primary>
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[d8b2c89e] | 262 | </indexterm>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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[73dd9a12] | 265 | <primary sortas="e-AA.gtkrc-02">~/.gtkrc-02</primary>
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[d8b2c89e] | 266 | </indexterm>
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| 267 | </sect3>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 270 |
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[6e31dd9] | 271 | <para>
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| 272 | Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various preference
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| 273 | settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create a
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| 274 | <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
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| 275 | settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other Gtk+ 2
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| 276 | applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-02</filename> file
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| 277 | was installed during the package installation and can be used as a
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| 278 | starting point or reference.
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| 279 | </para>
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[c627795] | 280 |
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[d8b2c89e] | 281 | </sect3>
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[c627795] | 282 |
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[d8b2c89e] | 283 | </sect2>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 286 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <segmentedlist>
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| 289 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 290 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 291 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <seglistitem>
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[6e31dd9] | 294 | <seg>
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[c627795] | 295 | finch, pidgin, purple-client-example,
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[11a83b18] | 296 | purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and
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[6e31dd9] | 297 | purple-url-handler
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| 298 | </seg>
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| 299 | <seg>
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[3284a283] | 300 | libgnt.so, libpurple.so, libpurple-client.so, and
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| 301 | plugins under /usr/lib/{finch,gnt,pidgin,purple-2}
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[6e31dd9] | 302 | </seg>
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| 303 | <seg>
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| 304 | /usr/include/finch,
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| 305 | /usr/include/gnt,
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| 306 | /usr/include/libpurple,
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| 307 | /usr/include/pidgin,
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| 308 | /usr/lib/finch,
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| 309 | /usr/lib/gnt,
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| 310 | /usr/lib/pidgin,
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| 311 | /usr/lib/purple-2,
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| 312 | /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
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| 313 | /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
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[11a83b18] | 314 | /usr/share/purple, and
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[6e31dd9] | 315 | /usr/share/sounds/purple
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| 316 | </seg>
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[d8b2c89e] | 317 | </seglistitem>
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| 318 | </segmentedlist>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <variablelist>
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| 321 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 322 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 323 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
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| 326 | <term><command>pidgin</command></term>
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| 327 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 328 | <para>
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[3ca4dbc] | 329 | is a <application>GTK+</application> 2 instant messaging client.
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[c627795] | 330 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 331 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
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| 332 | <primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
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| 333 | </indexterm>
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| 334 | </listitem>
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| 335 | </varlistentry>
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| 336 |
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[dc1cfc46] | 337 | <varlistentry id="finch">
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| 338 | <term><command>finch</command></term>
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[d8b2c89e] | 339 | <listitem>
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[c627795] | 340 | <para>
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| 341 | is a text-based instant messaging client.
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| 342 | </para>
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[dc1cfc46] | 343 | <indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
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| 344 | <primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
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[d8b2c89e] | 345 | </indexterm>
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| 346 | </listitem>
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| 347 | </varlistentry>
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[c627795] | 348 |
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[d8b2c89e] | 349 | </variablelist>
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[c627795] | 350 |
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[d8b2c89e] | 351 | </sect2>
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[c627795] | 352 |
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[d8b2c89e] | 353 | </sect1>
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