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1 icqlib v1.0.0
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2 Denis V. Dmitrienko <denis@null.net>
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3 Bill Soudan <soudan@kde.org>
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4
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5 DESCRIPTION
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6 -----------
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7 icqlib is the most feature complete, open source, library implementation
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8 of Mirabilis' ICQ protocol available on the Internet. icqlib currently
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9 supports approximately 90% of the ICQ UDP v5 protocol and 80% of the
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10 ICQ TCP v2 protocol, including new UIN registration, chat, and file
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11 transfer.
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13 Features:
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14 * written in C for portability - compiles on most Unices
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15 * supports multiple simultaneous connections to ICQ servers - more
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16 than one UIN can log in and receive events
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17 * SOCKS5 firewall support for both UDP and TCP protocols
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18 * event driven, non-blocking interface
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19 * supports Russian language - automatically performs conversion from
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20 Windows 1251 encoding to unix koi8 encoding
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22 DOWNLOAD
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23 --------
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24 Home page:
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25 http://kicq.sourceforge.net/icqlib.shtml
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26 Direct download:
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27 http://download.sourceforge.net/icqlib/icqlib-1.0.0.tar.gz
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28 ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/apps/network/icqlib-1.0.0.tar.gz
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30 INSTALL
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31 -------
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32 This is very basic:
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33 ./configure
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34 make
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35 su -c "make install"
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37 If you want to install in other place:
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38 ./configure --prefix=/place/to/install/icqlib
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39 make
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40 make install
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42 You should have permissions to write in /place/to/install/icqlib or should
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43 install it from root:
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44 su -c "make install"
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46 For more details read INSTALL file.
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48 BUGS
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49 ----
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50 If you find one that isn't listed, submit your bugreport here:
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51 http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=384
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52 And if you have a fix for it, so much the better! Submit your patch
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53 here:
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54 http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=384
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56 PARTICIPATION
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57 -------------
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58 You can participate in icqlib project in any way here:
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59 http://sourceforge.net/projects/icqlib
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60 Send your feature requests here:
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61 http://sourceforge.net/support/?group_id=384
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63 Please try to avoid abusing developers with direct email messages,
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64 especially if your question could be already answered somewhere in
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65 the project forums or mailing lists. Please use provided above web
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66 forms to submit your reports and requests. And of course, any kind of
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67 contributions and propositions are very appreciated and welcomed, and
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68 could be sent directly. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
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70 THANKS
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71 ------
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72 To
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73 - Matthew Smith, Magnus Ihse, Jeremy Wise, Henrik Isaksson and other
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74 people from ICQDev <icq-devel@lists.realminfo.com> and
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75 micq <micq@phantom.iquest.net> mailing lists for their contribution
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76 in icq protocol research
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77 - K Desktop Environment developers
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78 - icqlib and kicq users
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80 And finally
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81 - Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox and other Linux programmers for great OS
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83 --
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84 Enjoy!
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85 icqlib development team.