Changes between Version 35 and Version 36 of Installing Pidgin

Timestamp:

Mar 22, 2008, 4:00:17 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

resiak

Comment:

Since I added a link to this page under the title "Building Pidgin", it would make some sense to have some instructions on, y'know, building it.

Installing Pidgin

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 == Compiling ==
+
+=== I have the source; how do I build this thing? ===
+Assuming you have all of the necessary libraries and their headers installed (see the next few questions), you compile libpurple, Pidgin and Finch just like most applications:
+
+{{{
+% tar xjvf pidgin-2.x.y.tar.bz2
+% cd pidgin-2.x.y
+% ./configure && make && sudo make install
+}}}
+
+This will install libpurple, Pidgin and Finch to `/usr/local`.  If you want to install it elsewhere, pass `--prefix=/some/other/prefix` to `./configure`.  (You really ''don't'' want to install it to `/usr`.)  See `./configure --help` for other options you can change at compile-time.
+
+If you got the source tree from our Monotone database ([wiki:"Installing Pidgin#WhydoyoualwayssaynottouseMTN" which you probably shouldn't have]), you'll need to run `./autogen.sh` instead of `./configure` the first time around.
 
 === Why can't I compile Pidgin? ===