glfs/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml
Krejzi 5d6a6e6f1b pidgin 2.10.2 - fixes building with glib 2.32, haven't checked package deps correctly, I've built it sucessfully tough.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY pidgin-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "f2b210f2562865d870f193ff1fe8ea75">
<!ENTITY pidgin-size "9.5 MB">
<!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "244 MB (additinoal 106 MB for API documentation)">
<!ENTITY pidgin-time "1.9 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="pidgin" xreflabel="Pidgin-&pidgin-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="pidgin.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Pidgin-&pidgin-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="pidgin">
<primary sortas="a-Pidgin">Pidgin</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Pidgin</title>
<para><application>Pidgin</application> is a Gtk+-2 instant messaging
client that can connect with a wide range of networks including AIM, ICQ,
GroupWise, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Zephyr and
Yahoo!.</para>
&lfs71_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &pidgin-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
<xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>. <application>Gtk+-2</application> is
required to build <application>Pidgin</application>, however, if you
configure <application>Pidgin</application> with the option
<option>--disable-gtkui</option>, it is possible to compile the command
line <command>finch</command> program without
<application>Gtk+-2</application> installed.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for SSL Support</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
<xref linkend="nss"/></para>
<para>SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel
Groupwise and Google Talk protocol plugins.
<application>GnuTLS</application> is the preferred method (the Mozilla nss
API is more likely to change and this can cause problems).</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para role="optional"><xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>,
<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
<xref linkend="intltool"/>, <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
<xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>, <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
<ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Client</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">zephyr</ulink>,
<xref linkend="gstreamer"/> (required for audio support),
<xref linkend="farsight2"/> (required for video and voice support),
<xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
<xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
plugin), <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
module), <xref linkend="avahi"/>, (required for the Bonjour plugin),
<ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
(required for Sametime protocol support), <ulink
url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://toxygen.net/libgadu/">libgadu</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/check">check</ulink> (only
used during the test suite) and <xref linkend="tcl"/></para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
<para>Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-screensaver \
--disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi --disable-nm --disable-tcl \
--disable-nss --disable-gnutls --disable-idn --disable-vv \
--disable-gtkspell --disable-gstreamer --disable-dbus \
--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para> If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
(<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
API documentation, issue: <command>make docs</command></para>
<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &amp;&amp;
cp README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &amp;&amp;
cp doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<!-- <para><parameter>LIBS=&quot;-lm -lX11&quot;</parameter>: This avoids
problems linking with <command>ld</command> from
<application>binutils-2.22</application>. This parameter is not needed with
earlier versions of <application>binutils</application>. If you
haven&apos;t installed <application>libX11</application> and are just
compiling <command>finch</command>, remove the &quot;-lX11&quot;
part.</para> -->
<para>
<option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas</option>:
This parameter is used so that the <application>GConf</application> schema
files are installed into the existing database. If
<application>GConf</application> is not installed, the parameter does not
affect the build or installation of the package.</para>
<para><option>--disable-screensaver</option>: Remove this option if
you installed <application>libXscrnsaver</application> before you installed
<application>libXext</application>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-meanwhile</option>: Remove this option if
you&apos;ve installed
<ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-avahi</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-nm</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
installed <ulink
url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager</ulink>.
</para>
<para><option>--disable-tcl</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
installed <xref linkend="tcl"/>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-nss</option> <option>--disable-gnutls</option>:
Remove these options if you&apos;ve installed
<xref linkend="gnutls"/>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-idn</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-vv</option>: Video and voice. Remove this
option if you&apos;ve installed <xref linkend="farsight2"/>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-gtkspell</option>: Spellchecking. Remove this
option if you&apos;ve installed
<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-gstreamer</option>: Sounds. Remove this option if
you&apos;ve installed <xref linkend="gstreamer"/>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-dbus</option>: Remove this option if you&apos;ve
installed <xref linkend="dbus"/>.</para>
<para><option>--disable-gtkui</option>: Use this option if you&apos;ve not
installed <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and you just want the
<application>Ncurses</application> based <command>finch</command>
program.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
<sect3 id="pidgin-config">
<title>Config Files</title>
<para><filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
<filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename></para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
<primary sortas="e-AA-purple-star">~/.purple/*</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
<primary sortas="e-AA-gtkrc-02">~/.gtkrc-02</primary>
</indexterm>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various
preference settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create
a <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename> file which can store gtk+-2 theme
settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other gtk+-2
applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-02</filename> file was
installed during the package installation and can be used as a starting
point or reference.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>finch, pidgin, purple-client-example, purple-remote, purple-send,
purple-send-async, and purple-url-handler</seg>
<seg>libgnt.so, libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so along with
numerous plugin and support modules located in various subdirectories
of /usr/lib.</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/finch, /usr/include/gnt, /usr/include/libpurple,
/usr/include/pidgin, /usr/lib/finch, /usr/lib/gnt, /usr/lib/pidgin,
/usr/lib/purple-2, /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin, /usr/share/purple and
/usr/share/sounds/purple</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
<term><command>pidgin</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is an instant messaging client based on the
<application>Gtk+-2</application> GUI toolkit.</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
<primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="finch">
<term><command>finch</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a text-based (<application>Ncurses</application>) instant
messaging client.</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
<primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>