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Last change on this file since 023dffb was 3b61050, checked in by Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@…>, 17 months ago

pidgin needs farstream-0.2.x (current)

It needs 0.1 only if using gstreamer-0.10
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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-dl;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "cfcf2ab67717e7c2884e4399864b877a">
10 <!ENTITY pidgin-size "7.8 MB">
11 <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "270 MB (with tests and docs)">
12 <!ENTITY pidgin-time "0.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests and docs)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="pidgin" xreflabel="Pidgin-&pidgin-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="pidgin.html"?>
17
18
19 <title>Pidgin-&pidgin-version;</title>
20
21 <indexterm zone="pidgin">
22 <primary sortas="a-Pidgin">Pidgin</primary>
23 </indexterm>
24
25 <sect2 role="package">
26 <title>Introduction to Pidgin</title>
27
28 <para>
29 <application>Pidgin</application> is a Gtk+ 2 instant messaging client
30 that can connect with a wide range of networks including Bonjour, ICQ,
31 GroupWise, Jabber/XMPP, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.
32 </para>
33
34 &lfs113_checked;
35
36 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
37 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
38 <listitem>
39 <para>
40 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/>
41 </para>
42 </listitem>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download size: &pidgin-size;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 </itemizedlist>
69
70 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
71
72 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
73 <para role="required">
74 <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
75 </para>
76
77 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
78 <para role="recommended">
79 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
80 <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/> (required for audio support), and
81 <xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
82 <xref role="nodep" linkend="nss"/>
83 </para>
84
85 <!--
86 <para>
87 SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel Groupwise and
88 Google Talk protocol plugins. <application>GnuTLS</application> is the
89 preferred method (the Mozilla NSS API is more likely to change and this
90 can cause problems).
91 </para>
92 -->
93
94 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
95 <para role="optional">
96 <xref linkend="avahi"/> (required for the Bonjour plugin),
97 <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
98 <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
99 <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
100 <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
101 <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
102 <xref linkend="graphviz"/>,
103 <xref linkend="libidn"/> (required, if you wish to run the test suite),
104 <xref linkend="libnsl"/>,
105 <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
106 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
107 plugin),
108 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
109 <!-- <xref linkend="tcl"/>, -->
110 <xref linkend="tk"/>,
111 <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
112 Farstream</ulink>
113 (required for video and voice support),
114 <ulink url="https://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
115 <ulink url="https://libgadu.net/">libgadu</ulink>,
116 <ulink url="https://keep.imfreedom.org/libgnt/libgnt">libgnt</ulink>,
117 <ulink url="https://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
118 (required for Sametime protocol support),
119 <ulink url="https://www.mono-project.com/">Mono</ulink>,
120 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/client.html">SILC Client</ulink>,
121 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/client.html">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
122 <ulink url="https://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">Zephyr</ulink>, and
123 <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
124 module)
125 </para>
126
127 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (runtime)</bridgehead>
128 <para role="optional">
129 <xref role="runtime" linkend="xdg-utils"/>
130 </para>
131
132 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
133 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/>
134 </para>
135 </sect2>
136
137 <sect2 role="installation">
138 <title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
139<!-- Seems to pass now (version 2.4.19)
140 <para>
141 First, fix a test that fails:
142 </para>
143
144<screen><userinput>sed '/09-13/s@^@//@' -i libpurple/tests/test_util.c</userinput></screen>
145-->
146 <para>
147 Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
148 commands:
149 </para>
150
151<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
152 --sysconfdir=/etc \
153 --with-gstreamer=1.0 \
154 --disable-avahi \
155 --disable-gtkspell \
156 --disable-meanwhile \
157 --disable-idn \
158 --disable-nm \
159 --disable-tk \
160 --disable-vv &amp;&amp;
161make</userinput></screen>
162
163 <para>
164 If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
165 (<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
166 API documentation, issue:
167 </para>
168
169<screen remap="doc"><userinput>make docs</userinput></screen>
170
171 <para>
172 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
173 </para>
174
175 <para>
176 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
177 </para>
178
179<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
180mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &amp;&amp;
181cp -v README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
182
183 <para>
184 If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
185 commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
186 </para>
187
188<screen role="root"
189 remap="doc"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &amp;&amp;
190cp -rv doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
191
192 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
193 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
194
195 </sect2>
196
197 <sect2 role="commands">
198 <title>Command Explanations</title>
199
200 <para>
201 <parameter>--with-gstreamer=1.0</parameter>: Remove this switch
202 and add <option>--disable-gstreamer</option>
203 if you've not installed <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/>.
204 </para>
205
206 <para>
207 <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
208 installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.
209 </para>
210
211 <para>
212 <parameter>--disable-gtkspell</parameter>: Remove this
213 switch if you've installed
214 <ulink url="https://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink> and wish
215 to enable spellchecking support.
216 </para>
217
218 <para>
219 <parameter>--disable-meanwhile</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
220 installed <ulink url="https://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.
221 </para>
222
223 <para>
224 <parameter>--disable-idn</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
225 installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.
226 </para>
227
228 <para>
229 <parameter>--disable-tk</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
230 installed <xref linkend="tk"/> and you wish to use the TCL bindings.
231 </para>
232
233 <para>
234 <parameter>--disable-nm</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
235 installed <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
236 </para>
237
238 <para>
239 <parameter>--disable-vv</parameter>: Remove this
240 switch if you've installed
241 <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
242 Farstream</ulink> and wish to enable voice and video
243 communication support. You should also remove the --disable-gstreamer
244 flag.
245 </para>
246
247 <para>
248 <option>--enable-cyrus-sasl</option>: Use this switch if you've installed
249 <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/> and wish to build
250 <application>Pidgin</application> with SASL support.
251 </para>
252
253 <para>
254 <option>--disable-gnutls</option>: Use this switch if you've got both
255 <xref linkend="gnutls"/> and <xref linkend="nss"/> installed, but want
256 to use <xref linkend="nss"/> for the SSL support.
257 </para>
258
259 </sect2>
260
261 <sect2 role="configuration">
262 <title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
263
264 <sect3 id="pidgin-config">
265 <title>Config Files</title>
266 <para>
267 <filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
268 <filename>~/.gtkrc-2.0</filename>
269 </para>
270
271 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
272 <primary sortas="e-AA.purple-*">~/.purple/*</primary>
273 </indexterm>
274
275 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
276 <primary sortas="e-AA.gtkrc-20">~/.gtkrc-2.0</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278 </sect3>
279
280 <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
281
282 <para>
283 Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various preference
284 settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create a
285 <filename>~/.gtkrc-2.0</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
286 settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other Gtk+ 2
287 applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-2.0</filename> file
288 was installed during the package installation and can be used as a
289 starting point or reference.
290 </para>
291
292 </sect3>
293
294 </sect2>
295
296 <sect2 role="content">
297 <title>Contents</title>
298
299 <segmentedlist>
300 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
301 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
302 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
303
304 <seglistitem>
305 <seg>
306 pidgin, purple-client-example,
307 purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and
308 purple-url-handler
309 </seg>
310 <seg>
311 libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so
312 </seg>
313 <seg>
314 /usr/include/libpurple,
315 /usr/include/pidgin,
316 /usr/lib/pidgin,
317 /usr/lib/purple-2,
318 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
319 /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
320 /usr/share/purple, and
321 /usr/share/sounds/purple
322 </seg>
323 </seglistitem>
324 </segmentedlist>
325
326 <variablelist>
327 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
328 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
329 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
330
331 <varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
332 <term><command>pidgin</command></term>
333 <listitem>
334 <para>
335 is a <application>GTK+</application> 2 instant messaging client
336 </para>
337 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
338 <primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
339 </indexterm>
340 </listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342
343 <varlistentry id="purple-client-example">
344 <term><command>purple-client-example</command></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>
347 is an example that demonstrates how to use the libpurple-client
348 library to communicate with purple
349 </para>
350 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-client-example">
351 <primary sortas="b-purple-client-example">purple-client-example</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 <varlistentry id="purple-remote">
357 <term><command>purple-remote</command></term>
358 <listitem>
359 <para>
360 sends remote commands to Pidgin/Finch
361 </para>
362 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-remote">
363 <primary sortas="b-purple-remote">purple-remote</primary>
364 </indexterm>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367
368 <varlistentry id="purple-send">
369 <term><command>purple-send</command></term>
370 <listitem>
371 <para>
372 calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value
373 </para>
374 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send">
375 <primary sortas="b-purple-send">purple-send</primary>
376 </indexterm>
377 </listitem>
378 </varlistentry>
379
380 <varlistentry id="purple-send-async">
381 <term><command>purple-send-async</command></term>
382 <listitem>
383 <para>
384 calls purple API functions using DBus. As opposed to
385 <command>purple-send</command>, it does not print the return value
386 </para>
387 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send-async">
388 <primary sortas="b-purple-send-async">purple-send-async</primary>
389 </indexterm>
390 </listitem>
391 </varlistentry>
392
393 <varlistentry id="purple-url-handler">
394 <term><command>purple-url-handler</command></term>
395 <listitem>
396 <para>
397 is a python script to handle URLs with purple
398 </para>
399 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-url-handler">
400 <primary sortas="b-purple-url-handler">purple-url-handler</primary>
401 </indexterm>
402 </listitem>
403 </varlistentry>
404
405 </variablelist>
406
407 </sect2>
408
409</sect1>
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