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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY pidgin-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "e1453c9093c4f32beec19abd14069a3f">
10 <!ENTITY pidgin-size "9.5 MB">
11 <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "244 MB (additinoal 106 MB for API documentation)">
12 <!ENTITY pidgin-time "1.9 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="pidgin" xreflabel="Pidgin-&pidgin-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="pidgin.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>Pidgin-&pidgin-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="pidgin">
26 <primary sortas="a-Pidgin">Pidgin</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to Pidgin</title>
31
32 <para><application>Pidgin</application> is a Gtk+-2 instant messaging
33 client that can connect with a wide range of networks including AIM, ICQ,
34 GroupWise, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Zephyr and
35 Yahoo!.</para>
36
37 &lfs70_checked;
38
39 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
40 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
41 <listitem>
42 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/></para>
43 </listitem>
44 <listitem>
45 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/></para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;</para>
49 </listitem>
50 <listitem>
51 <para>Download size: &pidgin-size;</para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;</para>
55 </listitem>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;</para>
58 </listitem>
59 </itemizedlist>
60
61 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
62
63 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
64 <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
65 <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>. <application>Gtk+-2</application> is
66 required to build <application>Pidgin</application>, however, if you
67 configure <application>Pidgin</application> with the option
68 <option>--disable-gtkui</option>, it is possible to compile the command
69 line <command>finch</command> program without
70 <application>Gtk+-2</application> installed.</para>
71
72 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for SSL Support</bridgehead>
73 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
74 <xref linkend="nss"/></para>
75
76 <para>SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel
77 Groupwise and Google Talk protocol plugins.
78 <application>GnuTLS</application> is the preferred method (the Mozilla nss
79 API is more likely to change and this can cause problems).</para>
80
81 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
82 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>,
83 <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
84 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
85 <xref linkend="intltool"/>, <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
86 <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>, <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
87 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Client</ulink>,
88 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
89 <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">zephyr</ulink>,
90 <xref linkend="gstreamer"/> (required for audio support),
91 <xref linkend="farsight2"/> (required for video and voice support),
92 <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
93 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
94 plugin), <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
95 <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
96 module), <xref linkend="avahi"/>, (required for the Bonjour plugin),
97 <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
98 (required for Sametime protocol support), <ulink
99 url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager</ulink>,
100 <ulink url="http://toxygen.net/libgadu/">libgadu</ulink>,
101 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/check">check</ulink> (only
102 used during the test suite) and <xref linkend="tcl"/></para>
103
104 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
105 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/></para>
106
107 </sect2>
108
109 <sect2 role="installation">
110 <title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
111
112 <para>Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
113 commands:</para>
114
115<screen><userinput>LIBS=&quot;-lm -lX11&quot; ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-screensaver \
116 --disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi --disable-nm --disable-tcl \
117 --disable-nss --disable-gnutls --disable-idn --disable-vv \
118 --disable-gtkspell --disable-gstreamer --disable-dbus \
119 --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas &amp;&amp;
120make</userinput></screen>
121
122 <para> If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
123 (<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
124 API documentation, issue: <command>make docs</command></para>
125
126 <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
127
128 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
129 user:</para>
130
131<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
132mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &amp;&amp;
133cp README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
134
135 <para>If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
136 commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
137
138<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &amp;&amp;
139cp doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
140
141 </sect2>
142
143 <sect2 role="commands">
144 <title>Command Explanations</title>
145
146 <para><parameter>LIBS=&quot;-lm -lX11&quot;</parameter>: This avoids
147 problems linking with <command>ld</command> from
148 <application>binutils-2.22</application>. This parameter is not needed with
149 earlier versions of <application>binutils</application>. If you
150 haven&apos;t installed <application>libX11</application> and are just
151 compiling <command>finch</command>, remove the &quot;-lX11&quot;
152 part.</para>
153
154 <para>
155 <option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</option>:
156 This parameter is used so that the <application>GConf</application> schema
157 files are installed into the existing database. If
158 <application>GConf</application> is not installed, the parameter does not
159 affect the build or installation of the package.</para>
160
161 <para><option>--disable-screensaver</option>: Remove this option if
162 you installed <application>libXscrnsaver</application> before you installed
163 <application>libXext</application>.</para>
164
165 <para><option>--disable-meanwhile</option>: Remove this option if
166 you&apos;ve installed
167 <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.</para>
168
169 <para><option>--disable-avahi</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
170 installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.</para>
171
172 <para><option>--disable-nm</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
173 installed <ulink
174 url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager</ulink>.
175 </para>
176
177 <para><option>--disable-tcl</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
178 installed <xref linkend="tcl"/>.</para>
179
180 <para><option>--disable-nss</option> <option>--disable-gnutls</option>:
181 Remove these options if you&apos;ve installed
182 <xref linkend="gnutls"/>.</para>
183
184 <para><option>--disable-idn</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
185 installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.</para>
186
187 <para><option>--disable-vv</option>: Video and voice. Remove this
188 option if you&apos;ve installed <xref linkend="farsight2"/>.</para>
189
190 <para><option>--disable-gtkspell</option>: Spellchecking. Remove this
191 option if you&apos;ve installed
192 <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>.</para>
193
194 <para><option>--disable-gstreamer</option>: Sounds. Remove this option if
195 you&apos;ve installed <xref linkend="gstreamer"/>.</para>
196
197 <para><option>--disable-dbus</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
198 installed <xref linkend="dbus"/>.</para>
199
200 <para><option>--disable-gtkui</option>: Use this option if you&apos;ve not
201 installed <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and you just want the
202 <application>Ncurses</application> based <command>finch</command>
203 program.</para>
204
205 </sect2>
206
207 <sect2 role="configuration">
208 <title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
209
210 <sect3 id="pidgin-config">
211 <title>Config Files</title>
212 <para><filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
213 <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename></para>
214
215 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
216 <primary sortas="e-AA-purple-star">~/.purple/*</primary>
217 </indexterm>
218
219 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
220 <primary sortas="e-AA-gtkrc-02">~/.gtkrc-02</primary>
221 </indexterm>
222 </sect3>
223
224 <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
225
226 <para>Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various
227 preference settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create
228 a <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
229 settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other gtk+-2
230 applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-02</filename> file was
231 installed during the package installation and can be used as a starting
232 point or reference.</para>
233
234 </sect3>
235
236 </sect2>
237
238 <sect2 role="content">
239 <title>Contents</title>
240
241 <segmentedlist>
242 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
243 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
244 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
245
246 <seglistitem>
247 <seg>finch, pidgin, purple-client-example, purple-remote, purple-send,
248 purple-send-async, and purple-url-handler</seg>
249 <seg>libgnt.so, libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so along with
250 numerous plugin and support modules located in various subdirectories
251 of /usr/lib.</seg>
252 <seg>/usr/include/finch, /usr/include/gnt, /usr/include/libpurple,
253 /usr/include/pidgin, /usr/lib/finch, /usr/lib/gnt, /usr/lib/pidgin,
254 /usr/lib/purple-2, /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
255 /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin, /usr/share/purple and
256 /usr/share/sounds/purple</seg>
257 </seglistitem>
258 </segmentedlist>
259
260 <variablelist>
261 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
262 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
263 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
264
265 <varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
266 <term><command>pidgin</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>is an instant messaging client based on the
269 <application>Gtk+-2</application> GUI toolkit.</para>
270 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
271 <primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="finch">
277 <term><command>finch</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>is a text-based (<application>Ncurses</application>) instant
280 messaging client.</para>
281 <indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
282 <primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 </variablelist>
288
289 </sect2>
290
291</sect1>
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