[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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[6e31dd9] | 7 | <!ENTITY pidgin-download-http
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| 8 | "&sourceforge-repo;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
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[d8b2c89e] | 9 | <!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
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[6e31dd9] | 10 | <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "264f9ae89742b8ee168306b85d2fb51e">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY pidgin-size "9.6 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "255 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY pidgin-time "2.3 SBU">
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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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[4c77a949] | 39 | &lfs71_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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| 44 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Download size: &pidgin-size;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;</para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | </itemizedlist>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[6e31dd9] | 66 | <para role="required">
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| 67 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
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| 68 | <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>
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| 69 | </para>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 72 | <para role="recommended">
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| 73 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
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| 74 | <xref linkend="nss"/>
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| 75 | </para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <para>
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| 78 | SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel Groupwise and
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| 79 | Google Talk protocol plugins. <application>GnuTLS</application> is the
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| 80 | preferred method (the Mozilla nss API is more likely to change and this
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| 81 | can cause problems).
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| 82 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[6e31dd9] | 85 | <para role="optional">
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| 86 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
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| 87 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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| 89 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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| 92 | <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Client</ulink>,
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| 93 | <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
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| 94 | <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">zephyr</ulink>,
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| 95 | <xref linkend="gstreamer"/> (required for audio support),
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| 96 | <xref linkend="farsight2"/> (required for video and voice support),
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| 97 | <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
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| 98 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
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| 99 | plugin),
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| 100 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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| 101 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
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| 102 | module),
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| 103 | <xref linkend="avahi"/>, (required for the Bonjour plugin),
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| 104 | <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
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| 105 | (required for Sametime protocol support),
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| 106 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
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| 107 | <ulink url="http://toxygen.net/libgadu/">libgadu</ulink>,
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| 108 | <xref linkend="check"/> (only used during the test suite) and
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| 109 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>
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| 110 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 111 |
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[6e31dd9] | 112 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 113 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/>
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| 114 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 118 | <title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
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| 119 |
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[6e31dd9] | 120 | <para>
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| 121 | Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
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| 122 | commands:
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| 123 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 124 |
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[90583d2] | 125 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi \
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| 126 | --disable-nm --disable-tcl --disable-idn --disable-gstreamer \
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| 127 | --disable-vv --disable-gtkspell --disable-dbus LIBS=-lX11 &&
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[d8b2c89e] | 128 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 129 |
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[6e31dd9] | 130 | <para>
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| 131 | If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
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| 132 | (<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
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| 133 | API documentation, issue: <command>make docs</command>
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| 134 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 135 |
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[dc1cfc46] | 136 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 137 |
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[6e31dd9] | 138 | <para>
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| 139 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 140 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 141 |
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| 142 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[dc1cfc46] | 143 | mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &&
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| 144 | cp README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
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[d8b2c89e] | 145 |
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[6e31dd9] | 146 | <para>
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| 147 | If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
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| 148 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 149 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 150 |
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[dc1cfc46] | 151 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &&
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| 152 | cp doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
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[d8b2c89e] | 153 | </sect2>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 156 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 157 |
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[dc1cfc46] | 158 | <para>
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[6e31dd9] | 159 | <option>--disable-meanwhile</option>: Remove this option if you've
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| 160 | installed <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
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| 161 | </para>
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[dc1cfc46] | 162 |
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[6e31dd9] | 163 | <para>
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| 164 | <option>--disable-avahi</option>: Remove this option if you've
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[dc1cfc46] | 165 | installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.</para>
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| 166 |
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[6e31dd9] | 167 | <para>
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| 168 | <option>--disable-nm</option>: Remove this option if you've installed
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| 169 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
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[dc1cfc46] | 170 | </para>
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| 171 |
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[6e31dd9] | 172 | <para>
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| 173 | <option>--disable-tcl</option>: Remove this option if you've installed
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| 174 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>.
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| 175 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 176 |
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[6e31dd9] | 177 | <para>
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| 178 | <option>--disable-idn</option>: Remove this option if you've installed
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| 179 | <xref linkend="libidn"/>.
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| 180 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 181 |
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[6e31dd9] | 182 | <para>
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| 183 | <option>--disable-gstreamer</option>: Sounds. Remove this option if you've
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| 184 | installed <xref linkend="gstreamer"/>.
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| 185 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 186 |
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[6e31dd9] | 187 | <para>
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| 188 | <option>--disable-vv</option>: Video and voice. Remove this option if
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| 189 | you've installed <xref linkend="farsight2"/>.
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| 190 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 191 |
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[6e31dd9] | 192 | <para>
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| 193 | <option>--disable-gtkspell</option>: Spellchecking. Remove this option if
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| 194 | you've installed
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| 195 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>.
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| 196 | </para>
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[62431cb3] | 197 |
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[6e31dd9] | 198 | <para>
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| 199 | <option>--disable-dbus</option>: Remove this option if you've installed
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| 200 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>.
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| 201 | </para>
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[dc1cfc46] | 202 |
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[6e31dd9] | 203 | <para>
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| 204 | <parameter>LIBS=-lX11</parameter>: This parameter needs to be passed to
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| 205 | configure to avoid a link time error with recent versions of binutils.
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| 206 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 207 |
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[6e31dd9] | 208 | <para>
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| 209 | <option>--disable-gtkui</option>: Use this option if you've not installed
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| 210 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and you just want the
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| 211 | <application>Ncurses</application> based <command>finch</command>
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| 212 | program.
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| 213 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 214 | </sect2>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 217 | <title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <sect3 id="pidgin-config">
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| 220 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 221 | <para><filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
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| 222 | <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename></para>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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| 225 | <primary sortas="e-AA-purple-star">~/.purple/*</primary>
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| 226 | </indexterm>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="e-AA-gtkrc-02">~/.gtkrc-02</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </sect3>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 234 |
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[6e31dd9] | 235 | <para>
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| 236 | Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various preference
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| 237 | settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create a
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| 238 | <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
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| 239 | settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other Gtk+ 2
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| 240 | applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-02</filename> file
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| 241 | was installed during the package installation and can be used as a
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| 242 | starting point or reference.
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| 243 | </para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 244 | </sect3>
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| 245 | </sect2>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 248 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <segmentedlist>
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| 251 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 252 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 253 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <seglistitem>
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[6e31dd9] | 256 | <seg>
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| 257 | finch,
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| 258 | pidgin,
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| 259 | purple-client-example,
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| 260 | purple-remote,
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| 261 | purple-send,
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| 262 | purple-send-async and
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| 263 | purple-url-handler
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| 264 | </seg>
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| 265 | <seg>
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| 266 | libgnt.so,
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| 267 | libpurple.so and
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| 268 | libpurple-client.so along with numerous plugin and support modules
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| 269 | located in /usr/lib/finch, /usr/lib/gnt, /usr/lib/pidgin and
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| 270 | /usr/lib/purple-2
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| 271 | </seg>
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| 272 | <seg>
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| 273 | /usr/include/finch,
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| 274 | /usr/include/gnt,
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| 275 | /usr/include/libpurple,
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| 276 | /usr/include/pidgin,
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| 277 | /usr/lib/finch,
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| 278 | /usr/lib/gnt,
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| 279 | /usr/lib/pidgin,
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| 280 | /usr/lib/purple-2,
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| 281 | /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
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| 282 | /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
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| 283 | /usr/share/purple and
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| 284 | /usr/share/sounds/purple
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| 285 | </seg>
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[d8b2c89e] | 286 | </seglistitem>
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| 287 | </segmentedlist>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <variablelist>
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| 290 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 291 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 292 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
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| 295 | <term><command>pidgin</command></term>
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| 296 | <listitem>
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[6e31dd9] | 297 | <para>is a Gtk+-2 instant messaging client</para>
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[d8b2c89e] | 298 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
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| 299 | <primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
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| 300 | </indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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| 303 |
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[dc1cfc46] | 304 | <varlistentry id="finch">
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| 305 | <term><command>finch</command></term>
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[d8b2c89e] | 306 | <listitem>
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[6e31dd9] | 307 | <para>is a text-based instant messaging client</para>
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[dc1cfc46] | 308 | <indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
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| 309 | <primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
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[d8b2c89e] | 310 | </indexterm>
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| 311 | </listitem>
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| 312 | </varlistentry>
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| 313 | </variablelist>
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| 314 | </sect2>
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| 315 | </sect1>
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