glfs/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml
Bruce Dubbs 27cf249ce5 Remove obsolete pidgin patch
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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 "14e0f5cfb2ed065e4dc80391a806ac76">
<!ENTITY pidgin-size "9.4 MB">
<!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "200 MB (with tests; add 91 MB for API docs)">
<!ENTITY pidgin-time "1.8 SBU (with tests; add 0.1 SBU for API docs)">
]>
<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>
&lfs79_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"/>
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
<para role="recommended">
<xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
<xref linkend="gstreamer10"/> (required for audio support), and
<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="avahi"/> (required for the Bonjour plugin),
<xref linkend="check"/> (only used during the test suite),
<xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
<xref linkend="dbus"/>,
<xref linkend="GConf"/>,
<xref linkend="libidn"/> (required, if you wish to run the test suite),
<xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>,
<xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
plugin),
<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
<xref linkend="tcl"/>,
<xref linkend="tk"/>,
<ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/evolution-data-server/">
Evolution Data Server</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>
(required for video and voice support),
<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://libgadu.net/">libgadu</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>
(required for Sametime protocol support),
<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>, and
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
module),
</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (runtime)</bridgehead>
<para role="optional">
<xref linkend="xdg-utils"/>
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">
User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Pidgin</title>
<para>
If you wish to run the test suite, make sure that <xref
linkend="libidn"/> is installed and remove the switch
<quote>--disable-idn</quote>. Compile <application>Pidgin</application>
by running the following commands:
</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--with-gstreamer=1.0 \
--disable-avahi \
--disable-gtkspell \
--disable-meanwhile \
--disable-idn \
--disable-nm \
--disable-vv \
--disable-tcl &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>
Remember the remarks before <command>configure</command>. 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 -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &amp;&amp;
cp -v 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 -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &amp;&amp;
cp -v doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para>
<option>--with-gstreamer=1.0</option>: Remove this switch
and add <option>--disable-gstreamer</option>
if you've not installed <xref linkend="gstreamer10"/>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-avahi</option>: Remove this switch if you've
installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-gtkspell</option>: Spellchecking. Remove this switch if
you've installed
<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-meanwhile</option>: Remove this switch if you've
installed <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-idn</option>: Remove this switch if you've installed
<xref linkend="libidn"/>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-nm</option>: Remove this switch if you've installed
<xref linkend="NetworkManager"/>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-vv</option>: Video and voice. Remove this switch if
you've installed
<ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Farstream">
Farstream (Version 0.1)</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-tcl</option>: Remove this switch if you've installed
<xref linkend="tcl"/>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--enable-cyrus-sasl</option>: Use this switch if you've installed
<xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/> and wish to build
<application>Pidgin</application> with SASL support.
</para>
<para>
<option>--disable-gnutls</option>: Use this switch if you've got both
<xref linkend="gnutls"/> and <xref linkend="nss"/> installed, but want
to use <xref linkend="nss"/> for the SSL support.
</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-*">~/.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
</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="finch">
<term><command>finch</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a text-based instant messaging client.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
<primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pidgin-prog">
<term><command>pidgin</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a <application>GTK+</application> 2 instant messaging client.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
<primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="purple-client-example">
<term><command>purple-client-example</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is an example that demonstrate how to use libpurple-client
to communicate with purple.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin purple-client-example">
<primary sortas="b-purple-client-example">purple-client-example</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="purple-remote">
<term><command>purple-remote</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
send remote commands to Pidgin/Finch.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin purple-remote">
<primary sortas="b-purple-remote">purple-remote</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="purple-send">
<term><command>purple-send</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send">
<primary sortas="b-purple-send">purple-send</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="purple-send-async">
<term><command>purple-send-async</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
calls purple API functions using DBus. As opposed to
<command>purple-send</command>, it does not print the return value.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin purple-send-async">
<primary sortas="b-purple-send-async">purple-send-async</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="purple-url-handler">
<term><command>purple-url-handler</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a python script to handle URL with purple.
</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin purple-url-handler">
<primary sortas="b-purple-url-handler">purple-url-handler</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>