net-im/pidgin Package Details

Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.

v2.14.1 :: 0/2 :: gentoo

Modified: Monday 15 February 02:41
License: GPL-2
Keywords: amd64 arm arm64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86 ~alpha ~amd64-linux ~ia64 ~x86-linux
USE flags: aqua dbus debug doc eds gadu gnutls groupwise gstreamer gtk idn meanwhile ncurses networkmanager nls perl pie prediction python sasl spell tcl tk xscreensaver zephyr zeroconf

General

aqua: Include support for the Mac OS X Aqua (Carbon/Cocoa) GUI
dbus: Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)
debug: Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
doc: Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
eds: Enable support for Evolution-Data-Server (EDS)
gadu: Enable Gadu Gadu protocol support
gnutls: Prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider (ineffective with USE=-ssl)
groupwise: Enable Novell Groupwise protocol support
gstreamer: Enables voice and video sessions
gtk: Builds Pidgin, the GTK+ interface
idn: Enable support for Internationalized Domain Names
meanwhile: Enable meanwhile support for Sametime protocol
ncurses: Build finch, console interface
networkmanager: Enable net-misc/networkmanager support
nls: Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
perl: Add optional support/bindings for the Perl language
pie: Build programs as Position Independent Executables (a security hardening technique)
prediction: Enable Contact Availability Prediction plugin
python: Build libgnt (GLib Ncurses Toolkit used by finch) with python scripting support
sasl: Add support for the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
spell: Add dictionary support
tcl: Add support the Tcl language
tk: Add support for Tk GUI toolkit
xscreensaver: Use X screensaver protocol extension to monitor idle/active status based on mouse/keyboard events
zephyr: Enable Zephyr protocol support
zeroconf: Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)

python_single_target

python3_7: Build for Python 3.7 only
python3_8: Build for Python 3.8 only
python3_9: Build for Python 3.9 only

app-text / gtkspell : Spell checking widget for GTK

dev-db / sqlite : SQL database engine

dev-lang / perl : Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language

dev-lang / python : An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

dev-lang / python-exec : Python script wrapper

dev-lang / tcl : Tool Command Language

dev-lang / tk : Tk Widget Set

dev-libs / cyrus-sasl : The Cyrus SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer)

dev-libs / dbus-glib : D-Bus bindings for glib

dev-libs / glib : The GLib library of C routines

dev-libs / libgnt : Pidgin's GLib Ncurses Toolkit

dev-libs / libxml2 : XML C parser and toolkit

dev-libs / nspr : Netscape Portable Runtime

dev-libs / nss : Mozilla's Network Security Services library that implements PKI support

dev-python / dbus-python : Python bindings for the D-Bus messagebus

dev-util / desktop-file-utils : Command line utilities to work with desktop menu entries

dev-util / intltool : Internationalization Tool Collection

gnome-extra / evolution-data-server : Evolution groupware backend

media-libs / gst-plugins-base : Basepack of plugins for gstreamer

media-libs / gstreamer : Open source multimedia framework

net-dns / avahi : System which facilitates service discovery on a local network

net-dns / libidn : Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) implementation

net-libs / farstream : Audio/video conferencing framework specifically designed for instant messengers

net-libs / gnutls : A secure communications library implementing the SSL, TLS and DTLS protocols

net-libs / libgadu : Client-side library for the Gadu-Gadu protocol

net-libs / meanwhile : Meanwhile (Sametime protocol) library

net-misc / networkmanager : A set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and straightforward

sys-apps / dbus : A message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to each other

sys-devel / gettext : GNU locale utilities

sys-libs / ncurses : console display library

x11-base / xorg-proto : X.Org combined protocol headers

x11-libs / gtk+ : Gimp ToolKit +

x11-libs / libSM : X.Org Session Management library

x11-libs / libXScrnSaver : X.Org XScrnSaver library

x11-libs / pango : Internationalized text layout and rendering library

x11-misc / shared-mime-info : The Shared MIME-info Database specification