pidgin
GTK Instant Messenger client
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.
homepage ↗ sourceforge: pidgin
Available in
| Overlay | Newest | Ebuilds | Last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gentoo gitweb ↗ | 2.14.14-r3 | 2 | 13 h | details › |
| JRG GitHub ↗ | 2.14.14_p1-r1 | 2 | 9 mo | details › |
Versions & arches
| Version | Overlay | amd64 | arm64 | x86 | ppc64 | riscv | alpha | arm | loong | ppc | sparc | Committed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14.14_p1-r1 ≈ | JRG | amd64 untested | arm64 untested | x86 untested | ppc64 untested | riscv untested | alpha untested | arm untested | loong untested | ppc untested | sparc untested | 14 mo | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2.14.14-r3 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 stable | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm testing | loong testing | ppc stable | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2.14.14-r2 | gentoo | amd64 stable | arm64 stable | x86 stable | ppc64 stable | riscv testing | alpha testing | arm stable | loong testing | ppc stable | sparc testing | — | view · download · history ↗ |
| 2.14.13_p1-r1 ≈ | JRG | amd64 untested | arm64 untested | x86 untested | ppc64 untested | riscv untested | alpha untested | arm untested | loong untested | ppc untested | sparc untested | 15 mo | view · download · history ↗ |
Use flags of 2.14.14_p1-r1
- 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
- +gui Enable support for a graphical user interface
- idn Enable support for Internationalized Domain Names
- sounds-only
- 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
- 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)