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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 "0aca7ac9818415761acddf69e890c131">
10 <!ENTITY pidgin-size "7.9 MB">
11 <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "294 MB (with tests and docs)">
12 <!ENTITY pidgin-time "0.6 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 &lfs112_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="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
112 Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>
113 (required for video and voice support),
114 <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
115 <ulink url="http://libgadu.net/">libgadu</ulink>,
116 <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
117 (required for Sametime protocol support),
118 <ulink url="https://www.mono-project.com/">Mono</ulink>,
119 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/client.html">SILC Client</ulink>,
120 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/client.html">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
121 <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">Zephyr</ulink>, and
122 <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
123 module)
124 </para>
125
126 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (runtime)</bridgehead>
127 <para role="optional">
128 <xref role="runtime" linkend="xdg-utils"/>
129 </para>
130
131 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
132 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/>
133 </para>
134 </sect2>
135
136 <sect2 role="installation">
137 <title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
138<!-- Seems to pass now (version 2.4.19)
139 <para>
140 First, fix a test that fails:
141 </para>
142
143<screen><userinput>sed '/09-13/s@^@//@' -i libpurple/tests/test_util.c</userinput></screen>
144-->
145 <para>
146 Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
147 commands:
148 </para>
149
150<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
151 --sysconfdir=/etc \
152 --with-gstreamer=1.0 \
153 --disable-avahi \
154 --disable-gtkspell \
155 --disable-meanwhile \
156 --disable-idn \
157 --disable-nm \
158 --disable-vv &amp;&amp;
159make</userinput></screen>
160
161 <para>
162 If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
163 (<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
164 API documentation, issue:
165 </para>
166
167<screen remap="doc"><userinput>make docs</userinput></screen>
168
169 <para>
170 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
171 </para>
172
173 <para>
174 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
175 </para>
176
177<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
178mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &amp;&amp;
179cp -v README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
180
181 <para>
182 If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
183 commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
184 </para>
185
186<screen role="root"
187 remap="doc"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &amp;&amp;
188cp -rv doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
189
190 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
191 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
192
193 </sect2>
194
195 <sect2 role="commands">
196 <title>Command Explanations</title>
197
198 <para>
199 <parameter>--with-gstreamer=1.0</parameter>: Remove this switch
200 and add <option>--disable-gstreamer</option>
201 if you've not installed <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/>.
202 </para>
203
204 <para>
205 <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
206 installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.
207 </para>
208
209 <para>
210 <parameter>--disable-gtkspell</parameter>: Remove this
211 switch if you've installed
212 <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink> and wish
213 to enable spellchecking support.
214 </para>
215
216 <para>
217 <parameter>--disable-meanwhile</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
218 installed <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.
219 </para>
220
221 <para>
222 <parameter>--disable-idn</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
223 installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.
224 </para>
225
226 <para>
227 <parameter>--disable-nm</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
228 installed <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
229 </para>
230
231 <para>
232 <parameter>--disable-vv</parameter>: Remove this
233 switch if you've installed
234 <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
235 Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink> and wish to enable voice and video
236 communication support. You should also remove the --disable-gstreamer
237 flag.
238 </para>
239
240 <para>
241 <option>--enable-cyrus-sasl</option>: Use this switch if you've installed
242 <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/> and wish to build
243 <application>Pidgin</application> with SASL support.
244 </para>
245
246 <para>
247 <option>--disable-gnutls</option>: Use this switch if you've got both
248 <xref linkend="gnutls"/> and <xref linkend="nss"/> installed, but want
249 to use <xref linkend="nss"/> for the SSL support.
250 </para>
251
252 </sect2>
253
254 <sect2 role="configuration">
255 <title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
256
257 <sect3 id="pidgin-config">
258 <title>Config Files</title>
259 <para>
260 <filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
261 <filename>~/.gtkrc-2.0</filename>
262 </para>
263
264 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
265 <primary sortas="e-AA.purple-*">~/.purple/*</primary>
266 </indexterm>
267
268 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
269 <primary sortas="e-AA.gtkrc-20">~/.gtkrc-2.0</primary>
270 </indexterm>
271 </sect3>
272
273 <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
274
275 <para>
276 Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various preference
277 settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create a
278 <filename>~/.gtkrc-2.0</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
279 settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other Gtk+ 2
280 applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-2.0</filename> file
281 was installed during the package installation and can be used as a
282 starting point or reference.
283 </para>
284
285 </sect3>
286
287 </sect2>
288
289 <sect2 role="content">
290 <title>Contents</title>
291
292 <segmentedlist>
293 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
294 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
295 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
296
297 <seglistitem>
298 <seg>
299 pidgin, purple-client-example,
300 purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and
301 purple-url-handler
302 </seg>
303 <seg>
304 libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so
305 </seg>
306 <seg>
307 /usr/include/libpurple,
308 /usr/include/pidgin,
309 /usr/lib/pidgin,
310 /usr/lib/purple-2,
311 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
312 /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
313 /usr/share/purple, and
314 /usr/share/sounds/purple
315 </seg>
316 </seglistitem>
317 </segmentedlist>
318
319 <variablelist>
320 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
321 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
322 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
323
324 <varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
325 <term><command>pidgin</command></term>
326 <listitem>
327 <para>
328 is a <application>GTK+</application> 2 instant messaging client
329 </para>
330 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
331 <primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
332 </indexterm>
333 </listitem>
334 </varlistentry>
335
336 <varlistentry id="purple-client-example">
337 <term><command>purple-client-example</command></term>
338 <listitem>
339 <para>
340 is an example that demonstrates how to use the libpurple-client
341 library to communicate with purple
342 </para>
343 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-client-example">
344 <primary sortas="b-purple-client-example">purple-client-example</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="purple-remote">
350 <term><command>purple-remote</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>
353 sends remote commands to Pidgin/Finch
354 </para>
355 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-remote">
356 <primary sortas="b-purple-remote">purple-remote</primary>
357 </indexterm>
358 </listitem>
359 </varlistentry>
360
361 <varlistentry id="purple-send">
362 <term><command>purple-send</command></term>
363 <listitem>
364 <para>
365 calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value
366 </para>
367 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send">
368 <primary sortas="b-purple-send">purple-send</primary>
369 </indexterm>
370 </listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry id="purple-send-async">
374 <term><command>purple-send-async</command></term>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>
377 calls purple API functions using DBus. As opposed to
378 <command>purple-send</command>, it does not print the return value
379 </para>
380 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send-async">
381 <primary sortas="b-purple-send-async">purple-send-async</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="purple-url-handler">
387 <term><command>purple-url-handler</command></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>
390 is a python script to handle URLs with purple
391 </para>
392 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-url-handler">
393 <primary sortas="b-purple-url-handler">purple-url-handler</primary>
394 </indexterm>
395 </listitem>
396 </varlistentry>
397
398 </variablelist>
399
400 </sect2>
401
402</sect1>
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