Purple, Pidgin and Finch========================See AUTHORS and COPYRIGHT for the list of contributors.libpurple is a library intended to be used by programmers seekingto write an IM client that connects to many IM networks. It supportsAIM, ICQ, XMPP, MSN and Yahoo!, among others.Pidgin is an graphical IM client written in C which uses the GTK+toolkit.Finch is a text-based IM client written in C which uses the ncursestoolkit.These programs are not endorsed by, nor affiliated with, AOL nor anyother company in any way.BUILD=====Read the 'INSTALL' file for more detailed directions.These programs use the standard ./configure ; make. You need to usegmake, BSD make probably won't work. Remember, run ./configure --helpto see what build options are available.In order to compile Pidgin you need to have GTK+ 2.0 installed (aswell as the development files!). The configure script will fail if youdon't. If you don't have GTK+ 2.0 installed, you should install itusing your distribution's package management tools.For sound support, you also need gstreamer 0.10 or higher. Forspellchecking support, you need libgtkspell (http://gtkspell.sf.net/).Your distro of choice probably already includes these, just be sure toinstall the development packages.RUN===You should run 'make install' as root to make sure plugins and other filesget installed into locations they want to be in. Once you've done that,you only need to run 'pidgin' or 'finch'.To get started, simply add a new account.If you come across a bug, please report it at: http://pidgin.imPLUGINS=======If you do not wish to enable the plugin support within Purple, run the./configure script with the --disable-plugins option and recompile yoursource code. This will prevent the ability to load plugins.'make install' puts the plugins in $PREFIX/lib/purple (PREFIX being whatyou specified when you ./configure'd - it defaults to /usr/local). Purplelooks for the plugins in that directory by default. Plugins can be installedper-user in ~/.purple/plugins as well. Pidgin and Finch also look in$PREFIX/lib/pidgin and $PREFIX/lib/finch for UI-specific, respectively.To build a plugin from a .c file, put it in the plugins/ directory inthe source and run 'make filename.so', e.g. if you have the .c file'kickass.c', put it in the plugins/ directory, and from that directory,run 'make kickass.so'.