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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY pidgin-download-http "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "83f44bf9c076595967f7374c50250176">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-size "7.7 MB">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "172 MB (additinoal 106 MB for API documentation)">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-time "2.5 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="pidgin" xreflabel="Pidgin-&pidgin-version;">
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<?dbhtml filename="pidgin.html"?>
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<title>Pidgin-&pidgin-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="pidgin">
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<primary sortas="a-Pidgin">Pidgin</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title>Introduction to Pidgin</title>
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<para><application>Pidgin</application> is an instant messaging client that
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can connect with a wide range of networks including AIM, ICQ, GroupWise,
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MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Zephyr and Yahoo!.</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-http;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pidgin-download-ftp;"/></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download MD5 sum: &pidgin-md5sum;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Download size: &pidgin-size;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated disk space required: &pidgin-buildsize;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Estimated build time: &pidgin-time;</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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<para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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<xref linkend="libxml2"/>, and
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<xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for SSL Support</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional"><ulink url="http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink> (requires
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<xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>) or
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<xref linkend="nss"/></para>
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<para>SSL support is required for MSN and Google Talk support and
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<application>GnuTLS</application> is the preferred method. Note that one of
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<xref linkend="firefox"/>,
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<xref linkend="thunderbird"/>,
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<xref linkend="seamonkey"/>,or
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<ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/">Mozilla</ulink> can be used instead
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of NSS.</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional GUI Tools</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="gtk2"/>
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(required to build the GUI interface),
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<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>
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(for spell-check support and only used if <application>Gtk+</application> is installed),
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<xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>
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(to check for idleness and only used if <application>Gtk+</application> is installed),
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<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
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(only used if <application>Gtk+</application> is installed), and
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<xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
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(used for session management support)</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional">
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<xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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<xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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<xref linkend="dbus-glib"/> (requires
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<xref linkend="python"/> also),
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<ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Client</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://silcnet.org/software/">SILC Toolkit</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/stable/source/zephyr">zephyr</ulink>,
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<xref linkend="gstreamer"/>
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(required for audio support),
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<xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>
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(required for Evolution integration),
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<ulink url="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</ulink>
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(required for the Contact Availability Prediction plugin),
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<xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>
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(required for Jabber support),
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<xref linkend="mitkrb"/>
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(required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr module),
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<ulink url="http://www.avahi.org">Avahi</ulink>
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(required for the Bonjour plugin),
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<ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
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(required for Sametime protocol support),
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<ulink url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager</ulink>
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(<ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/NetworkManager/">download</ulink> and
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requires that <application>D-Bus</application> is installed),
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<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/check">check</ulink>
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(only used during the test suite), and
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Gadu-Gadu external libraries (cannot find a URL)</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Programming Language Support</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional"><ulink url="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page">Mono</ulink>
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(experimental),
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<xref linkend="tcl"/>, and
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<xref linkend="tk"/></para>
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<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
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<para>Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
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commands:</para>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas \
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--disable-gtkui &&
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make</userinput></screen>
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<para> If you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed
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(<xref linkend="graphviz"/> can be used also) and you wish to create the
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API documentation, issue: <command>make docs</command></para>
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<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note
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that the end result of the suite indicates an error. This error is only
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due to some locale translation issues and not the actual tests. The
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actual result of the tests are displayed about half way through the
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tests and should indicate that they passed.</para>
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<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &&
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install -v -m644 README* doc/*.txt doc/gtkrc-2.0 \
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/usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
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<para>If you created the API documentation, install it using the following
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commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &&
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install -v -m644 doc/html/* \
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/usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="commands">
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<title>Command Explanations</title>
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<para><parameter>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</parameter>:
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This parameter is used so that the <application>GConf</application> schema
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files are installed into the existing database. If
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<application>GConf</application> is not installed, the parameter does not
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affect the build or installation of the package.</para>
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<para><parameter>--disable-gtkui</parameter>: This parameter is used if
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<application>GTK+</application> is not installed. The build will only
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produce the <command>finch</command> program, which is a text-based
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(<application>Ncurses</application>) only version. Remove this parameter
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if you have <application>GTK+</application> installed to build the GUI
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<command>pidgin</command> program.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Pidgin</title>
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<sect3 id="pidgin-config">
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<title>Config Files</title>
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<para><filename>~/.purple/*</filename> and
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<filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename></para>
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<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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<primary sortas="e-AA-purple-star">~/.purple/*</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-config">
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<primary sortas="e-AA-gtkrc-02">~/.gtkrc-02</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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<para>Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various
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preference settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can create
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a <filename>~/.gtkrc-02</filename> file which can store settings that
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affect the <application>Pidgin</application> application. Note that an
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example <filename>gtkrc-02</filename> file was installed during the
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package installation and can be used as a starting point or
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reference.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="content">
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>finch, pidgin, purple-client-example, purple-remote, purple-send,
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purple-send-async, and purple-url-handler</seg>
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<seg>libgnt.so, libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so along with
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numerous plugin and support modules located in various subdirectories
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of /usr/lib.</seg>
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<seg>/usr/include/{finch,gnt,libpurple,pidgin},
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/usr/lib/{finch,gnt,pidgin,purple-2},
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/usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;, /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin, and
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/usr/share/sounds/pidgin</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="finch">
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<term><command>finch</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is a text-based (<application>Ncurses</application>) instant
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messaging client.</para>
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<indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
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<primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
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<term><command>pidgin</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>is an instant messaging client based on the
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<application>Gtk+</application> GUI toolkit.</para>
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<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
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<primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="purple-remote">
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<term><command>purple-remote</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para> is a command-line interface for controlling an already running
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instance of <command>pidgin</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="pidgin purple-remote">
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<primary sortas="b-purple-remote">purple-remote</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<!-- <varlistentry id="libpidgin-remote">
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<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpidgin-remote.so</filename></term>
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<listitem>
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<para> contains functions that are used by pidgin-remote</para>
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<indexterm zone="pidgin libpidgin-remote">
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<primary sortas="c-libpidgin-remote">libpidgin-remote.so</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry> -->
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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