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.

v2.14.13 :: 0/2 :: gentoo

Modified: Saturday 30 November 07:49
License: GPL-2
Keywords: amd64 arm arm64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86 ~alpha ~amd64-linux ~loong ~riscv ~x86-linux
USE flags: aqua dbus debug doc eds gadu gnutls groupwise gstreamer gtk gui idn meanwhile ncurses networkmanager nls perl pie prediction python sasl spell tcl test tk v4l 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
gui: Enable support for a graphical user 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
test: Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
tk: Add support for Tk GUI toolkit
v4l: Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or userspace libv4l libraries)
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_10: Build for Python 3.10 only
python3_11: Build for Python 3.11 only
python3_12: Build for Python 3.12 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 : Freethreading (no-GIL) version of Python programming language

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 / 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

media-plugins / gst-plugins-v4l2 : plugin for gstreamer

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