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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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| 7 | <!ENTITY pidgin-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "476d808a268c693adcc8fc5c952dadd4">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY pidgin-size "8.3 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "302 MB (with tests and docs)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY pidgin-time "0.6 SBU (using parallelism=4; with tests and docs)">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="pidgin" xreflabel="Pidgin-&pidgin-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="pidgin.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 20 | </sect1info>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <title>Pidgin-&pidgin-version;</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="pidgin">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="a-Pidgin">Pidgin</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 29 | <title>Introduction to Pidgin</title>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>
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| 32 | <application>Pidgin</application> is a Gtk+ 2 instant messaging client
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| 33 | that can connect with a wide range of networks including Bonjour, ICQ,
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| 34 | GroupWise, Jabber/XMPP, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.
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| 35 | </para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | &lfs110a_checked;
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>
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| 43 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/>
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;
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| 54 | </para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download size: &pidgin-size;
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| 59 | </para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;
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| 64 | </para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;
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| 69 | </para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | </itemizedlist>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 75 | <listitem>
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| 76 | <para>
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| 77 | Required patch:
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| 78 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/pidgin-&pidgin-version;-fix_time_conv-1.patch"/>
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| 79 | </para>
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| 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | </itemizedlist>
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| 82 |
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 87 | <para role="required">
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| 88 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
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| 89 | </para>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 92 | <para role="recommended">
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| 93 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/> (required for audio support), and
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| 95 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
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| 96 | <xref role="nodep" linkend="nss"/>
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <!--
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| 100 | <para>
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| 101 | SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel Groupwise and
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| 102 | Google Talk protocol plugins. <application>GnuTLS</application> is the
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| 103 | preferred method (the Mozilla NSS API is more likely to change and this
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| 104 | can cause problems).
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 | -->
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 109 | <para role="optional">
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| 110 | <xref linkend="avahi"/> (required for the Bonjour plugin),
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| 111 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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| 112 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
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| 113 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 114 | <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
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| 115 | <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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| 116 | <xref linkend="graphviz"/>,
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| 117 | <xref linkend="libidn"/> (required, if you wish to run the test suite),
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| 118 | <xref linkend="libnsl"/>,
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| 119 | <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
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| 120 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
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| 121 | plugin),
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| 122 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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| 123 | <!-- <xref linkend="tcl"/>, -->
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| 124 | <xref linkend="tk"/>,
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| 125 | <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
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| 126 | Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>
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| 127 | (required for video and voice support),
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| 128 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
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| 129 | <ulink url="http://libgadu.net/">libgadu</ulink>,
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| 130 | <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
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| 131 | (required for Sametime protocol support),
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| 132 | <ulink url="https://www.mono-project.com/">Mono</ulink>,
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| 133 | <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/client.html">SILC Client</ulink>,
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| 134 | <ulink url="http://silcnet.org/client.html">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
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| 135 | <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">Zephyr</ulink>, and
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| 136 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
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| 137 | module)
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| 138 | </para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (runtime)</bridgehead>
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| 141 | <para role="optional">
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| 142 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="xdg-utils"/>
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| 143 | </para>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 146 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/>
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| 147 | </para>
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| 148 | </sect2>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 151 | <title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <para>
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| 154 | First, apply a patch that fixes time to string conversions:
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| 155 | </para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../pidgin-&pidgin-version;-fix_time_conv-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para>
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| 160 | Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
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| 161 | commands:
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| 162 | </para>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 165 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 166 | --with-gstreamer=1.0 \
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| 167 | --disable-avahi \
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| 168 | --disable-gtkspell \
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| 169 | --disable-meanwhile \
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| 170 | --disable-idn \
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| 171 | --disable-nm \
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| 172 | --disable-vv &&
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| 173 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <para>
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| 176 | If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
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| 177 | (<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
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| 178 | API documentation, issue:
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| 179 | </para>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <screen remap="doc"><userinput>make docs</userinput></screen>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <para>
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| 184 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <para>
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| 188 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 192 | mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &&
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| 193 | cp -v README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <para>
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| 196 | If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
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| 197 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 198 | </para>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <screen role="root"
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| 201 | remap="doc"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &&
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| 202 | cp -rv doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 205 | href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | </sect2>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 210 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>
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| 213 | <parameter>--with-gstreamer=1.0</parameter>: Remove this switch
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| 214 | and add <option>--disable-gstreamer</option>
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| 215 | if you've not installed <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/>.
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| 216 | </para>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <para>
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| 219 | <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
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| 220 | installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.
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| 221 | </para>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <para>
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| 224 | <parameter>--disable-gtkspell</parameter>: Remove this
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| 225 | switch if you've installed
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| 226 | <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink> and wish
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| 227 | to enable spellchecking support.
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| 228 | </para>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <para>
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| 231 | <parameter>--disable-meanwhile</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
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| 232 | installed <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.
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| 233 | </para>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <para>
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| 236 | <parameter>--disable-idn</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
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| 237 | installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <para>
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| 241 | <parameter>--disable-nm</parameter>: Remove this switch if you've
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| 242 | installed <xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
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| 243 | </para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <para>
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| 246 | <parameter>--disable-vv</parameter>: Remove this
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| 247 | switch if you've installed
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| 248 | <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
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| 249 | Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink> and wish to enable voice and video
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| 250 | communication support. You should also remove the --disable-gstreamer
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| 251 | flag.
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| 252 | </para>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | <para>
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| 255 | <option>--enable-cyrus-sasl</option>: Use this switch if you've installed
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| 256 | <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/> and wish to build
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| 257 | <application>Pidgin</application> with SASL support.
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| 258 | </para>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <para>
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| 261 | <option>--disable-gnutls</option>: Use this switch if you've got both
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| 262 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> and <xref linkend="nss"/> installed, but want
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| 263 | to use <xref linkend="nss"/> for the SSL support.
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| 264 | </para>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | </sect2>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 269 | <title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <sect3 id="pidgin-config">
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| 272 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 273 | <para>
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| 274 | <filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
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| 275 | <filename>~/.gtkrc-2.0</filename>
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| 276 | </para>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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| 279 | <primary sortas="e-AA.purple-*">~/.purple/*</primary>
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| 280 | </indexterm>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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| 283 | <primary sortas="e-AA.gtkrc-20">~/.gtkrc-2.0</primary>
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| 284 | </indexterm>
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| 285 | </sect3>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <para>
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| 290 | Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various preference
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| 291 | settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create a
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| 292 | <filename>~/.gtkrc-2.0</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
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| 293 | settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other Gtk+ 2
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| 294 | applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-2.0</filename> file
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| 295 | was installed during the package installation and can be used as a
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| 296 | starting point or reference.
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| 297 | </para>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | </sect3>
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| 300 |
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| 301 | </sect2>
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| 302 |
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| 303 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 304 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <segmentedlist>
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| 307 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 308 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 309 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <seglistitem>
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| 312 | <seg>
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| 313 | pidgin, purple-client-example,
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| 314 | purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and
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| 315 | purple-url-handler
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| 316 | </seg>
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| 317 | <seg>
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| 318 | libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so
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| 319 | </seg>
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| 320 | <seg>
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| 321 | /usr/include/libpurple,
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| 322 | /usr/include/pidgin,
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| 323 | /usr/lib/pidgin,
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| 324 | /usr/lib/purple-2,
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| 325 | /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
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| 326 | /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
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| 327 | /usr/share/purple, and
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| 328 | /usr/share/sounds/purple
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| 329 | </seg>
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| 330 | </seglistitem>
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| 331 | </segmentedlist>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <variablelist>
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| 334 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 335 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 336 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
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| 339 | <term><command>pidgin</command></term>
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| 340 | <listitem>
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| 341 | <para>
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| 342 | is a <application>GTK+</application> 2 instant messaging client
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| 343 | </para>
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| 344 | <indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
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| 345 | <primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
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| 346 | </indexterm>
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| 347 | </listitem>
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| 348 | </varlistentry>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <varlistentry id="purple-client-example">
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| 351 | <term><command>purple-client-example</command></term>
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| 352 | <listitem>
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| 353 | <para>
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| 354 | is an example that demonstrates how to use the libpurple-client
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| 355 | library to communicate with purple
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| 356 | </para>
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| 357 | <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-client-example">
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| 358 | <primary sortas="b-purple-client-example">purple-client-example</primary>
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| 359 | </indexterm>
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| 360 | </listitem>
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| 361 | </varlistentry>
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| 362 |
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| 363 | <varlistentry id="purple-remote">
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| 364 | <term><command>purple-remote</command></term>
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| 365 | <listitem>
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| 366 | <para>
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| 367 | sends remote commands to Pidgin/Finch
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| 368 | </para>
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| 369 | <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-remote">
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| 370 | <primary sortas="b-purple-remote">purple-remote</primary>
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| 371 | </indexterm>
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| 372 | </listitem>
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| 373 | </varlistentry>
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| 374 |
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| 375 | <varlistentry id="purple-send">
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| 376 | <term><command>purple-send</command></term>
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| 377 | <listitem>
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| 378 | <para>
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| 379 | calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value
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| 380 | </para>
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| 381 | <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send">
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| 382 | <primary sortas="b-purple-send">purple-send</primary>
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| 383 | </indexterm>
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| 384 | </listitem>
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| 385 | </varlistentry>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <varlistentry id="purple-send-async">
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| 388 | <term><command>purple-send-async</command></term>
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| 389 | <listitem>
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| 390 | <para>
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| 391 | calls purple API functions using DBus. As opposed to
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| 392 | <command>purple-send</command>, it does not print the return value
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| 393 | </para>
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| 394 | <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send-async">
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| 395 | <primary sortas="b-purple-send-async">purple-send-async</primary>
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| 396 | </indexterm>
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| 397 | </listitem>
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| 398 | </varlistentry>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <varlistentry id="purple-url-handler">
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| 401 | <term><command>purple-url-handler</command></term>
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| 402 | <listitem>
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| 403 | <para>
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| 404 | is a python script to handle URLs with purple
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| 405 | </para>
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| 406 | <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-url-handler">
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| 407 | <primary sortas="b-purple-url-handler">purple-url-handler</primary>
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| 408 | </indexterm>
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| 409 | </listitem>
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| 410 | </varlistentry>
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| 411 |
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| 412 | </variablelist>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | </sect2>
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| 415 |
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| 416 | </sect1>
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