Author: andy
Date: 2011-12-07 15:28:56 -0700 (Wed, 07 Dec 2011)
New Revision: 9082
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml
Log:
Updated Pidgin to 2.10.0
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2011-12-07 18:46:35 UTC (rev 9081)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2011-12-07 22:28:56 UTC (rev 9082)
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@
<!ENTITY thunderbird-version "8.0">
<!ENTITY pan-version "0.133">
<!ENTITY balsa-version "2.3.22">
-<!ENTITY pidgin-version "2.1.0">
+<!ENTITY pidgin-version "2.10.0">
<!ENTITY xchat-version "2.8.4">
<!-- Part XII -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2011-12-07 18:46:35 UTC
(rev 9081)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2011-12-07 22:28:56 UTC
(rev 9082)
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@
<para>[ken] - Updated to ImageMagick-6.7.3-10.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>[abenton] - Updated to Bluefish to 2.2.0.</para>
+ <para>[abenton] - Updated Bluefish to 2.2.0.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[abenton] - Updated Pidgin to 2.10.0.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml 2011-12-07 18:46:35 UTC (rev 9081)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/other/pidgin.xml 2011-12-07 22:28:56 UTC (rev 9082)
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
<!ENTITY pidgin-download-http
"&sourceforge-repo;/pidgin/pidgin-&pidgin-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY pidgin-download-ftp " ">
- <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "83f44bf9c076595967f7374c50250176">
- <!ENTITY pidgin-size "7.7 MB">
- <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "172 MB (additinoal 106 MB for API
documentation)">
- <!ENTITY pidgin-time "2.5 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY pidgin-md5sum "e1453c9093c4f32beec19abd14069a3f">
+ <!ENTITY pidgin-size "9.5 MB">
+ <!ENTITY pidgin-buildsize "244 MB (additinoal 106 MB for API
documentation)">
+ <!ENTITY pidgin-time "1.9 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="pidgin" xreflabel="Pidgin-&pidgin-version;">
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Pidgin</title>
- <para><application>Pidgin</application> is an 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>
+ <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>
+ &lfs70_checked;
+
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
@@ -58,67 +61,47 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Pidgin Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
- <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
- <xref linkend="libxml2"/>, and
- <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>
+ <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
+ <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/>. <application>Gtk+-2</application> is
+ required to build <application>Pidgin</application>, however, if you
+ configure <application>Pidgin</application> with the option
+ <option>--disable-gtkui</option>, it is possible to compile the command
+ line <command>finch</command> program without
+ <application>Gtk+-2</application> installed.</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for SSL Support</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gnutls"/> or <xref
linkend="nss"/></para>
+ <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gnutls"/> or
+ <xref linkend="nss"/></para>
- <para>SSL support is required for MSN Messenger and Google Talk.
- <application>GnuTLS</application> is the preferred method. Note that one of
- <xref linkend="firefox"/>,
- <xref linkend="thunderbird"/>,
- <xref linkend="seamonkey"/>, or
- <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/";>Mozilla</ulink>
- can be used instead of NSS.</para>
+ <para>SSL support is required for the MSN Messenger 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 GUI Tools</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gtk2"/>
- (required to build the GUI interface),
- <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/";>Gtkspell</ulink>
- (for spell-check support and only used if
<application>Gtk+</application> is installed),
- <xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>
- (to check for idleness and only used if <application>Gtk+</application>
is installed),
- <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>
- (only used if <application>Gtk+</application> is installed), and
- <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
- (used for session management support)</para>
-
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><xref linkend="intltool"/>,
- <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
- <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/> (requires <xref linkend="python"/> also),
+ <para role="optional"><xref linkend="xscreensaver"/>,
+ <ulink url="http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/";>Gtkspell</ulink>,
+ <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>, <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
+ <xref linkend="intltool"/>, <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
+ <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>, <xref linkend="libidn"/>,
<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>,
- <xref linkend="gstreamer"/>
- (required for audio support),
- <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>
- (required for Evolution integration),
- <xref linkend="sqlite"/>
- (required for the Contact Availability Prediction plugin),
- <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>
- (required for Jabber support),
- <xref linkend="mitkrb"/>
- (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr module),
- <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
- (required for the Bonjour plugin),
+ <xref linkend="gstreamer"/> (required for audio support),
+ <xref linkend="evolution-data-server"/>,
+ <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (required for the Contact Availability Prediction
+ plugin), <xref linkend="cyrus-sasl"/>,
+ <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (required for Kerberos support in the Zephyr
+ module), <xref linkend="avahi"/>, (required for the Bonjour plugin),
<ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/";>Meanwhile</ulink>
- (required for Sametime protocol support),
- <ulink
url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/";>NetworkManager</ulink>
- (<ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/NetworkManager/">download</ulink> and
- requires that <application>D-Bus</application> is installed),
- <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/check";>check</ulink>
- (only used during the test suite), and
- Gadu-Gadu external libraries (cannot find a URL)</para>
+ (required for Sametime protocol support), <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/";>NetworkManager</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://toxygen.net/libgadu/";>libgadu</ulink>,
+ <ulink
+
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/farstream/releases/farsight2/";>Farsight2</ulink>,
+ <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/check";>check</ulink> (only
+ used during the test suite) and <xref linkend="tcl"/></para>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for Programming Language
Support</bridgehead>
- <para role="optional"><ulink
url="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page";>Mono</ulink>
- (experimental),
- <xref linkend="tcl"/>, and
- <xref linkend="tk"/></para>
-
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/pidgin"/></para>
@@ -130,53 +113,80 @@
<para>Compile <application>Pidgin</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
- --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas \
- --disable-gtkui &&
+<screen><userinput>LIBS="-lm -lX11" ./configure --prefix=/usr
--disable-screensaver --disable-idn \
+ --disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi --disable-nm --disable-tcl --disable-vv \
+ --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas &&
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>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note
- that the end result of the suite indicates an error. This error is only
- due to some locale translation issues and not the actual tests. The
- actual result of the tests are displayed about half way through the
- tests and should indicate that they passed.</para>
+ <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
- <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
+ <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+ user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
-install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &&
-install -v -m644 README* doc/*.txt doc/gtkrc-2.0 \
- /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;</userinput></screen>
+mkdir /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version; &&
+cp 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>install -v -m755 -d
/usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &&
-install -v -m644 doc/html/* \
-
/usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir
/usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api &&
+cp doc/html/* /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;/api</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
-
<para><parameter>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</parameter>:
+ <para><parameter>LIBS="-lm -lX11"</parameter>: This avoids
+ problems linking with <command>ld</command> from
+ <application>binutils-2.22</application>. This parameter is not needed with
+ earlier versions of <application>binutils</application>. If you
+ haven't installed <application>libX11</application> and are just
+ compiling <command>finch</command>, remove the "-lX11"
+ part.</para>
+
+ <para>
+
<option>--with-gconf-schema-file-dir=&gnome-etc-dir;/gconf/schemas</option>:
This parameter is used so that the <application>GConf</application> schema
files are installed into the existing database. If
<application>GConf</application> is not installed, the parameter does not
affect the build or installation of the package.</para>
- <para><parameter>--disable-gtkui</parameter>: This parameter is used if
- <application>GTK+</application> is not installed. The build will only
- produce the <command>finch</command> program, which is a text-based
- (<application>Ncurses</application>) only version. Remove this parameter
- if you have <application>GTK+</application> installed to build the GUI
- <command>pidgin</command> program.</para>
+ <para><option>--disable-screensaver</option>: Remove this option if
+ you've installed <application>libXscrnsaver</application>.</para>
+ <para><option>--disable-idn</option>: Remove this option if you've
+ installed <xref linkend="libidn"/>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>--disable-meanwhile</option>: Remove this option if
+ you've installed
+ <ulink url="http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net/";>Meanwhile</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>--disable-avahi</option>: Remove this option if you've
+ installed <xref linkend="avahi"/>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>--disable-nm</option>: Remove this option if you've
+ installed <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/";>NetworkManager</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para><option>--disable-tcl</option>: Remove this option if you've
+ installed <xref linkend="tcl"/>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>--disable-vv</option>: Disable video and voice. Remove this
+ option if you've installed <ulink
+
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/farstream/releases/farsight2/";>Farsight2</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para><option>--disable-gtkui</option>: use this option if you've not
+ installed <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and you just want the
+ <application>Ncurses</application> based <command>finch</command>
+ program.</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
@@ -200,11 +210,11 @@
<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 settings that
- affect the <application>Pidgin</application> application. 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>
+ 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>
@@ -224,10 +234,11 @@
<seg>libgnt.so, libpurple.so, and libpurple-client.so along with
numerous plugin and support modules located in various subdirectories
of /usr/lib.</seg>
- <seg>/usr/include/{finch,gnt,libpurple,pidgin},
- /usr/lib/{finch,gnt,pidgin,purple-2},
- /usr/share/doc/pidgin-&pidgin-version;, /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin, and
- /usr/share/sounds/pidgin</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>
@@ -236,49 +247,28 @@
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
- <varlistentry id="finch">
- <term><command>finch</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>is a text-based (<application>Ncurses</application>) 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 an instant messaging client based on the
- <application>Gtk+</application> GUI toolkit.</para>
+ <application>Gtk+-2</application> GUI toolkit.</para>
<indexterm zone="pidgin pidgin-prog">
<primary sortas="b-pidgin">pidgin</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="purple-remote">
- <term><command>purple-remote</command></term>
+ <varlistentry id="finch">
+ <term><command>finch</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para> is a command-line interface for controlling an already running
- instance of <command>pidgin</command></para>
- <indexterm zone="pidgin purple-remote">
- <primary sortas="b-purple-remote">purple-remote</primary>
+ <para>is a text-based (<application>Ncurses</application>) instant
+ messaging client.</para>
+ <indexterm zone="pidgin finch">
+ <primary sortas="b-finch">finch</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <!-- <varlistentry id="libpidgin-remote">
- <term><filename
class='libraryfile'>libpidgin-remote.so</filename></term>
- <listitem>
- <para> contains functions that are used by pidgin-remote</para>
- <indexterm zone="pidgin libpidgin-remote">
- <primary sortas="c-libpidgin-remote">libpidgin-remote.so</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry> -->
-
</variablelist>
</sect2>
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