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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 "8287400c4e5663e0e7844e868d5152af">
10 <!ENTITY pidgin-size "8.8 MB">
11 <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "230 MB (with tests)">
12 <!ENTITY pidgin-time "1.5 SBU (with tests)">
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>
33 <application>Pidgin</application> is a Gtk+ 2 instant messaging client
34 that can connect with a wide range of networks including AIM, ICQ,
35 GroupWise, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Zephyr and Yahoo!
36 </para>
37
38 &lfs81_checked;
39
40 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
41 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
42 <listitem>
43 <para>
44 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/>
45 </para>
46 </listitem>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>
49 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/>
50 </para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>
54 Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;
55 </para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Download size: &pidgin-size;
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>
69 Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;
70 </para>
71 </listitem>
72 </itemizedlist>
73
74 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
75
76 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
77 <para role="required">
78 <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
79 </para>
80
81 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
82 <para role="recommended">
83 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
84 <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/> (required for audio support), and
85 <xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
86 <xref linkend="nss"/>
87 </para>
88
89 <para>
90 SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel Groupwise and
91 Google Talk protocol plugins. <application>GnuTLS</application> is the
92 preferred method (the Mozilla NSS API is more likely to change and this
93 can cause problems).
94 </para>
95
96 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
97 <para role="optional">
98 <xref linkend="avahi"/> (required for the Bonjour plugin),
99 <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
100 <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
101 <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
102 <xref linkend="libidn"/> (required, if you wish to run the test suite),
103 <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
104 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
105 plugin),
106 <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
107 <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
108 <xref linkend="tk"/>,
109 <phrase revision="sysv"><ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/evolution-data-server/">
110 Evolution Data Server</ulink></phrase>
111 <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/></phrase>,
112 <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
113 Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>
114 (required for video and voice support),
115 <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
116 <ulink url="http://libgadu.net/">libgadu</ulink>,
117 <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
118 (required for Sametime protocol support),
119 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Client</ulink>,
120 <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">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
139 <para>
140 If you wish to run the test suite, make sure that <xref
141 linkend="libidn"/> is installed and remove the switch
142 <quote>--disable-idn</quote>. Compile <application>Pidgin</application>
143 by running the following commands:
144 </para>
145
146<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
147 --sysconfdir=/etc \
148 --with-gstreamer=1.0 \
149 --disable-avahi \
150 --disable-gtkspell \
151 --disable-meanwhile \
152 --disable-idn \
153 --disable-nm \
154 --disable-vv \
155 --disable-tcl &amp;&amp;
156make</userinput></screen>
157
158 <para>
159 If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
160 (<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
161 API documentation, issue: <command>make docs</command>.
162 </para>
163
164 <para>
165 Remember the remarks before <command>configure</command>. To test the
166 results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
167 </para>
168
169 <para>
170 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
171 </para>
172
173<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
174mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &amp;&amp;
175cp -v README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
176
177 <para>
178 If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
179 commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
180 </para>
181
182<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &amp;&amp;
183cp -v doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
184
185 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
186 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
187
188 </sect2>
189
190 <sect2 role="commands">
191 <title>Command Explanations</title>
192
193 <para>
194 <parameter>--with-gstreamer=1.0</parameter>: Remove this switch
195 and add <option>--disable-gstreamer</option>
196 if you've not installed <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/>.
197 </para>
198
199 <para>
200 <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
201 installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.
202 </para>
203
204 <para>
205 <parameter>--disable-gtkspell</parameter>: Spellchecking. Remove this
206 switch if you've installed
207 <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>.
208 </para>
209
210 <para>
211 <parameter>--disable-meanwhile</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
212 installed <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.
213 </para>
214
215 <para>
216 <parameter>--disable-idn</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
217 installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.
218 </para>
219
220 <para>
221 <parameter>--disable-nm</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
222 installed <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
223 </para>
224
225 <para>
226 <parameter>--disable-vv</parameter>: Video and voice. Remove this
227 switch if you've installed
228 <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
229 Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>.
230 </para>
231
232 <para>
233 <parameter>--disable-tcl</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
234 installed <xref linkend="tcl"/>.
235 </para>
236
237 <para>
238 <option>--enable-cyrus-sasl</option>: Use this switch if you've installed
239 <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/> and wish to build
240 <application>Pidgin</application> with SASL support.
241 </para>
242
243 <para>
244 <option>--disable-gnutls</option>: Use this switch if you've got both
245 <xref linkend="gnutls"/> and <xref linkend="nss"/> installed, but want
246 to use <xref linkend="nss"/> for the SSL support.
247 </para>
248
249 </sect2>
250
251 <sect2 role="configuration">
252 <title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
253
254 <sect3 id="pidgin-config">
255 <title>Config Files</title>
256 <para>
257 <filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
258 <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename>
259 </para>
260
261 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
262 <primary sortas="e-AA.purple-*">~/.purple/*</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264
265 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
266 <primary sortas="e-AA.gtkrc-02">~/.gtkrc-02</primary>
267 </indexterm>
268 </sect3>
269
270 <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
271
272 <para>
273 Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various preference
274 settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create a
275 <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
276 settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other Gtk+ 2
277 applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-02</filename> file
278 was installed during the package installation and can be used as a
279 starting point or reference.
280 </para>
281
282 </sect3>
283
284 </sect2>
285
286 <sect2 role="content">
287 <title>Contents</title>
288
289 <segmentedlist>
290 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
291 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
292 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
293
294 <seglistitem>
295 <seg>
296 finch, pidgin, purple-client-example,
297 purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and
298 purple-url-handler
299 </seg>
300 <seg>
301 libgnt.so, libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so
302 </seg>
303 <seg>
304 /usr/include/finch,
305 /usr/include/gnt,
306 /usr/include/libpurple,
307 /usr/include/pidgin,
308 /usr/lib/finch,
309 /usr/lib/gnt,
310 /usr/lib/pidgin,
311 /usr/lib/purple-2,
312 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
313 /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
314 /usr/share/purple, and
315 /usr/share/sounds/purple
316 </seg>
317 </seglistitem>
318 </segmentedlist>
319
320 <variablelist>
321 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
322 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
323 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
324
325 <varlistentry id="finch">
326 <term><command>finch</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>
329 is a text-based instant messaging client.
330 </para>
331 <indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
332 <primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
333 </indexterm>
334 </listitem>
335 </varlistentry>
336
337 <varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
338 <term><command>pidgin</command></term>
339 <listitem>
340 <para>
341 is a <application>GTK+</application> 2 instant messaging client.
342 </para>
343 <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
344 <primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 <varlistentry id="purple-client-example">
350 <term><command>purple-client-example</command></term>
351 <listitem>
352 <para>
353 is an example that demonstrate how to use libpurple-client
354 to communicate with purple.
355 </para>
356 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-client-example">
357 <primary sortas="b-purple-client-example">purple-client-example</primary>
358 </indexterm>
359 </listitem>
360 </varlistentry>
361
362 <varlistentry id="purple-remote">
363 <term><command>purple-remote</command></term>
364 <listitem>
365 <para>
366 send remote commands to Pidgin/Finch.
367 </para>
368 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-remote">
369 <primary sortas="b-purple-remote">purple-remote</primary>
370 </indexterm>
371 </listitem>
372 </varlistentry>
373
374 <varlistentry id="purple-send">
375 <term><command>purple-send</command></term>
376 <listitem>
377 <para>
378 calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value.
379 </para>
380 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send">
381 <primary sortas="b-purple-send">purple-send</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="purple-send-async">
387 <term><command>purple-send-async</command></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>
390 calls purple API functions using DBus. As opposed to
391 <command>purple-send</command>, it does not print the return value.
392 </para>
393 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send-async">
394 <primary sortas="b-purple-send-async">purple-send-async</primary>
395 </indexterm>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398
399 <varlistentry id="purple-url-handler">
400 <term><command>purple-url-handler</command></term>
401 <listitem>
402 <para>
403 is a python script to handle URL with purple.
404 </para>
405 <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-url-handler">
406 <primary sortas="b-purple-url-handler">purple-url-handler</primary>
407 </indexterm>
408 </listitem>
409 </varlistentry>
410
411 </variablelist>
412
413 </sect2>
414
415</sect1>
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