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]](../images/note.png)
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
|
purple-client-example |
is an example that demonstrates how to use the libpurple-client
library to communicate with purple
|
purple-remote |
sends remote commands to Pidgin/Finch
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purple-send |
calls purple API functions using DBus and prints the return value
|
purple-send-async |
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 |
is a python script to handle URLs with purple
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