Pidgin-2.14.12
Introduction to Pidgin
Pidgin is a Gtk+ 2 instant
messaging client that can connect with a wide range of networks
including Bonjour, ICQ, GroupWise, Jabber/XMPP, IRC, Gadu-Gadu,
SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3
platform.
Package Information
Pidgin Dependencies
Required
GTK+-2.24.33
Recommended
libgcrypt-1.10.1, gstreamer-1.22.0 (required for audio
support), and GnuTLS-3.8.0 or nss-3.88.1
Optional
Avahi-0.8 (required for the Bonjour plugin),
Cyrus SASL-2.1.28, dbus-1.14.6,
Doxygen-1.9.6, evolution-data-server-3.46.4,
GConf-3.2.6, Graphviz-7.1.0, libidn-1.41
(required, if you wish to run the test suite), libnsl-2.0.0, NetworkManager-1.42.0, SQLite-3.40.1 (required for the Contact
Availability Prediction plugin), startup-notification-0.12,
Tk-8.6.13, Farstream
(required for video and voice support), Gtkspell, libgadu, libgnt, Meanwhile
(required for Sametime protocol support), Mono, SILC Client, SILC Toolkit, Zephyr, and
MIT Kerberos V5-1.20.1 (required for
Kerberos support in the Zephyr module)
Optional (runtime)
xdg-utils-1.1.3
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/pidgin
Installation of Pidgin
Compile Pidgin by running the
following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--with-gstreamer=1.0 \
--disable-avahi \
--disable-gtkspell \
--disable-meanwhile \
--disable-idn \
--disable-nm \
--disable-tk \
--disable-vv &&
make
If you have Doxygen-1.9.6 installed (Graphviz-7.1.0 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 -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.14.12 &&
cp -v README doc/gtkrc-2.0 /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.14.12
If you created the API documentation, install it using the
following commands as the root
user:
mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.14.12/api &&
cp -rv doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.14.12/api
Note
This package installs icon files into the /usr/share/icons/hicolor
hierarchy and desktop
files into the /usr/share/applications
hierarchy. You can
improve system performance and memory usage by updating
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme
and
/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
. To
perform the update you must have GTK+-2.24.33 or
GTK+-3.24.36 installed (for the icon cache)
and desktop-file-utils-0.26 (for
the desktop cache) and issue the following commands as the
root
user:
gtk-update-icon-cache -qtf /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
update-desktop-database -q
Command Explanations
--with-gstreamer=1.0
:
Remove this switch and add --disable-gstreamer
if you've not installed
gstreamer-1.22.0.
--disable-avahi
: Remove
this switch if you've installed Avahi-0.8.
--disable-gtkspell
: Remove
this switch if you've installed Gtkspell and wish to enable
spellchecking support.
--disable-meanwhile
: Remove
this switch if you've installed Meanwhile.
--disable-idn
: Remove this
switch if you've installed libidn-1.41.
--disable-tk
: Remove this
switch if you've installed Tk-8.6.13 and you wish
to use the TCL bindings.
--disable-nm
: Remove this
switch if you've installed NetworkManager-1.42.0.
--disable-vv
: Remove this
switch if you've installed Farstream
and wish to enable voice and video communication support. You
should also remove the --disable-gstreamer flag.
--enable-cyrus-sasl
: Use this switch if
you've installed Cyrus SASL-2.1.28 and wish to build
Pidgin with SASL support.
--disable-gnutls
: Use this switch if
you've got both GnuTLS-3.8.0 and nss-3.88.1 installed,
but want to use nss-3.88.1 for the SSL support.
Configuring Pidgin
Config Files
~/.purple/*
and ~/.gtkrc-2.0
Configuration Information
Most configuration can be accomplished by using the various
preference settings inside the programs. Additionally, you can
create a ~/.gtkrc-2.0
file which
can store gtk+-2 theme settings that affect Pidgin and other Gtk+ 2 applications. Note
that an example gtkrc-2.0
file was
installed during the package installation and can be used as a
starting point or reference.
Contents
Installed Programs:
pidgin, purple-client-example,
purple-remote, purple-send, purple-send-async, and
purple-url-handler
Installed Library:
libpurple.so, and
libpurple-client.so
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/libpurple,
/usr/include/pidgin, /usr/lib/pidgin, /usr/lib/purple-2,
/usr/share/doc/pidgin-2.14.12, /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin,
/usr/share/purple, and /usr/share/sounds/purple
Short Descriptions
pidgin
|
is a GTK+ 2 instant
messaging client
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purple-client-example
|
is an example that demonstrates how to use the
libpurple-client library to communicate with purple
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purple-remote
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sends remote commands to Pidgin/Finch
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purple-send
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calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the
return value
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purple-send-async
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calls purple API functions using DBus. As opposed to
purple-send, it does
not print the return value
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purple-url-handler
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is a python script to handle URLs with purple
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