Pidgin-2.10.0
Introduction to Pidgin
Pidgin 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!.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0
platform.
Package Information
Pidgin Dependencies
Required
gtk+-2.24.8 and XML::Parser-2.40. Gtk+-2 is required to build Pidgin, however, if you configure Pidgin with the option --disable-gtkui, it is possible to compile the
command line finch
program without Gtk+-2 installed.
Optional for SSL Support
GnuTLS-3.0.7 or NSS-3.13.1
SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Novel
Groupwise and Google Talk protocol plugins. GnuTLS is the preferred method (the Mozilla
nss API is more likely to change and this can cause problems).
Optional
XScreenSaver-5.15, Gtkspell, startup-notification-0.9, X Window
System, intltool-0.50.0, GConf-2.28.1,
D-Bus GLib Bindings-0.98, libidn-1.22, SILC Client, SILC Toolkit, zephyr,
GStreamer-0.10.25 (required for audio
support), Farsight2-0.0.12 (required for video
and voice support), Evolution Data
Server-2.30.2.1, SQLite-3.7.8 (required for the Contact
Availability Prediction plugin), Cyrus
SASL-2.1.23, MIT Kerberos V5-1.6 (required for
Kerberos support in the Zephyr module), avahi-0.6.25,
(required for the Bonjour plugin), Meanwhile (required for
Sametime protocol support), NetworkManager,
libgadu,
check (only used during
the test suite) and Tcl-8.5.10
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/pidgin
Installation of Pidgin
Compile Pidgin by running the
following commands:
LIBS="-lm -lX11" ./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=/etc/gnome/2.30.2/gconf/schemas &&
make
If you have Doxygen-1.7.5 installed (Graphviz-2.26.3 can be used also) and you
wish to create the API documentation, issue: make docs
To test the results, issue: make
check.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.10.0 &&
cp README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.10.0
If you created the API documentation, install it using the
following commands as the root
user:
mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.10.0/api &&
cp doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.10.0/api
Command Explanations
LIBS="-lm -lX11": This
avoids problems linking with ld from binutils-2.22. This parameter is not needed
with earlier versions of binutils.
If you haven't installed libX11
and are just compiling finch, remove the "-lX11" part.
--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2/gconf/schemas:
This parameter is used so that the GConf schema files are installed into the
existing database. If GConf is not
installed, the parameter does not affect the build or installation
of the package.
--disable-screensaver: Remove this
option if you installed libXscrnsaver before you installed
libXext.
--disable-meanwhile: Remove this option
if you've installed Meanwhile.
--disable-avahi: Remove this option if
you've installed avahi-0.6.25.
--disable-nm: Remove this option if
you've installed NetworkManager.
--disable-tcl: Remove this option if
you've installed Tcl-8.5.10.
--disable-nss --disable-gnutls: Remove these options if you've
installed GnuTLS-3.0.7.
--disable-idn: Remove this option if
you've installed libidn-1.22.
--disable-vv: Video and voice. Remove
this option if you've installed Farsight2-0.0.12.
--disable-gtkspell: Spellchecking.
Remove this option if you've installed Gtkspell.
--disable-gstreamer: Sounds. Remove
this option if you've installed GStreamer-0.10.25.
--disable-dbus: Remove this option if
you've installed D-BUS-1.4.16.
--disable-gtkui: Use this option if
you've not installed gtk+-2.24.8 and you just want the Ncurses based finch program.
Configuring Pidgin
Config Files
~/.purple/* and ~/.gtkrc-02
Configuration Information
Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various
preference settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can
create a ~/.gtkrc-02 file which can
store gtk+-2 theme settings that affect Pidgin and other gtk+-2 applications. Note
that an example gtkrc-02 file was
installed during the package installation and can be used as a
starting point or reference.
Contents
Installed Programs:
finch, pidgin, purple-client-example,
purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and
purple-url-handler
Installed Library:
libgnt.so, libpurple.so, and
libpurple-client.so along with numerous plugin and support
modules located in various subdirectories of /usr/lib.
Installed Directories:
/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-2.10.0, /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
/usr/share/purple and /usr/share/sounds/purple
Short Descriptions
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pidgin
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is an instant messaging client based on the Gtk+-2 GUI toolkit.
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finch
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is a text-based (Ncurses) instant messaging client.
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Last updated on 2011-12-08 15:12:44 +0000