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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 "&sourceforge-repo;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "f2b210f2562865d870f193ff1fe8ea75">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-size "9.5 MB">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "244 MB (additinoal 106 MB for API documentation)">
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<!ENTITY pidgin-time "1.9 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 a Gtk+-2 instant messaging
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client that can connect with a wide range of networks including AIM, ICQ,
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GroupWise, MSN, Jabber, IRC, Napster, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Zephyr and
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Yahoo!.</para>
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&lfs71_checked;
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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="gtk2"/> and
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<xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>. <application>Gtk+-2</application> is
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required to build <application>Pidgin</application>, however, if you
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configure <application>Pidgin</application> with the option
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<option>--disable-gtkui</option>, it is possible to compile the command
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line <command>finch</command> program without
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<application>Gtk+-2</application> installed.</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for SSL Support</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional"><xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
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<xref linkend="nss"/></para>
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<para>SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel
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Groupwise and Google Talk protocol plugins.
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<application>GnuTLS</application> is the preferred method (the Mozilla nss
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API is more likely to change and this can cause problems).</para>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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<para role="optional"><xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>,
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<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>,
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<xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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<xref linkend="intltool"/>, <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
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<xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>, <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
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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"/> (required for audio support),
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<xref linkend="farsight2"/> (required for video and voice support),
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<xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
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<xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
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plugin), <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
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<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
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module), <xref linkend="avahi"/>, (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), <ulink
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url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://toxygen.net/libgadu/">libgadu</ulink>,
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<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/check">check</ulink> (only
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used during the test suite) and <xref linkend="tcl"/></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 --disable-screensaver \
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--disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi --disable-nm --disable-tcl \
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--disable-nss --disable-gnutls --disable-idn --disable-vv \
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--disable-gtkspell --disable-gstreamer --disable-dbus \
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--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas &&
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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>.</para>
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<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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user:</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &&
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cp README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /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>mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &&
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cp doc/html/* /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>LIBS="-lm -lX11"</parameter>: This avoids
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problems linking with <command>ld</command> from
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<application>binutils-2.22</application>. This parameter is not needed with
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earlier versions of <application>binutils</application>. If you
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haven't installed <application>libX11</application> and are just
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compiling <command>finch</command>, remove the "-lX11"
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part.</para> -->
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<para>
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<option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/gconf/schemas</option>:
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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><option>--disable-screensaver</option>: Remove this option if
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you installed <application>libXscrnsaver</application> before you installed
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<application>libXext</application>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-meanwhile</option>: Remove this option if
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you've installed
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<ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/">Meanwhile</ulink>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-avahi</option>: Remove this option if you've
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installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-nm</option>: Remove this option if you've
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installed <ulink
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url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/">NetworkManager</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para><option>--disable-tcl</option>: Remove this option if you've
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installed <xref linkend="tcl"/>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-nss</option> <option>--disable-gnutls</option>:
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Remove these options if you've installed
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<xref linkend="gnutls"/>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-idn</option>: Remove this option if you've
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installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-vv</option>: Video and voice. Remove this
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option if you've installed <xref linkend="farsight2"/>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-gtkspell</option>: Spellchecking. Remove this
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option if you've installed
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<ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/">Gtkspell</ulink>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-gstreamer</option>: Sounds. Remove this option if
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you've installed <xref linkend="gstreamer"/>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-dbus</option>: Remove this option if you've
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installed <xref linkend="dbus"/>.</para>
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<para><option>--disable-gtkui</option>: Use this option if you've not
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installed <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and you just want the
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<application>Ncurses</application> based <command>finch</command>
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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 gtk+-2 theme
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settings that affect <application>Pidgin</application> and other gtk+-2
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applications. Note that an example <filename>gtkrc-02</filename> file was
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installed during the package installation and can be used as a starting
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point or 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, /usr/include/gnt, /usr/include/libpurple,
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/usr/include/pidgin, /usr/lib/finch, /usr/lib/gnt, /usr/lib/pidgin,
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/usr/lib/purple-2, /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;,
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/usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin, /usr/share/purple and
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/usr/share/sounds/purple</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="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+-2</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="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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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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