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These instructions assume that you already know how to build KDE stuff from source. It just provides a list of what you need to checkout and build, and how to run it.
These instructions assume that you already know how to build KDE stuff from source. Check the "[http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Build/KDE_Applications building KDE applications page]" for more help with that.  The rest of this page will just tell you what to build and where to get it from.


==Prerequisites==
==Prerequisites==


You will also need to install several cross-desktop Telepathy components. Packages of the following from your distribution should do fine.
You will need KDE 4.10 or 4.9. We do not require latest git KDE.
 
You will need to install several cross-desktop Telepathy components. Packages of the following from your distribution should do fine.
* telepathy-mission-control-5
* telepathy-mission-control-5
* telepathy-gabble (for Jabber support)
* telepathy-gabble for Jabber, GTalk and Facebook Chat support
* other Telepathy connection managers if you want to try out other protocols
* other Telepathy connection managers if you want to try out other protocols
** telepathy-haze for icq, msn, yahoo, aim and all the others that Pidgin/libpurple supports
** telepathy-rakia for sip
* telepathy-logger (for the contact list)
* kdepimlibs (devel packages; for kpeople)


Recently we started using some features of kdelibs 4.7.0, so you need at least '''KDE SC 4.7''' to compile and run KDE-Telepathy.


We're using some dbus service files and it has been proven that these needs to be in /usr/share/dbus-1/, otherwise you won't be able to connect, start a chat or do other stuff. So if you're using your own install prefix, '''please make sure you have copied/linked these files to /usr/share/dbus-1/* first''' before posting a bugreport. Thanks.
You will also need to follow the steps to [[Sysadmin/GitKdeOrgManual#Let_Git_rewrite_URL_prefixes|setup the kde: prefix in Git]], if you have not done so already.


You will also need to follow the steps 'Let Git rewrite URL prefixes' listed here, if you have not done so already.:
=== QtGstreamer ===
http://community.kde.org/Sysadmin/GitKdeOrgManual#Let_Git_rewrite_URL_prefixes
 
==The "usual cmake build method"==
 
To build all our stuff, you just need four commands (assuming you cd'd to the directory of the project):


In order to build the [[#Call window App|call window application]], you will need the [http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/modules/qt-gstreamer.html Qt bindings for GStreamer].  Your distribution will probably provide packages, or you can build from git:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
mkdir -p build && cd build
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/qt-gstreamer
</syntaxhighlight>
This creates a build directory and moves you into it.
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debugfull ..
</syntaxhighlight>
This starts the configuration phase of building, where all the needed libs are found etc. You can only continue to the next step if this one finishes successfully.
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
make -j3
</syntaxhighlight>
This triggers the build itself. You can replace the number after "-j" by how many cores your CPU has + 1, so if I have two cores, I'd use "-j3", if I have 12, I'd use "-j13". Again you can move to the next step only if this one finishes successfully.
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
sudo make install
</syntaxhighlight>
This installs the stuff into your system. You need your sudo password.
 
==TelepathyQt==
 
The prerequisite for all the Telepathy stuff to build is the TelepathyQt library. The source code for this is available [http://cgit.freedesktop.org/telepathy/telepathy-qt/ here]. Your distribution may package it, in which case you need version >= 0.9. Be careful not to confuse it with the telepathy-qt library which used to be in kdesupport SVN. This is *completely* different and in no way compatible.
 
If you are compiling Tp-Qt and get a warning about needing a newer glib, simply ignore it. Glib is only needed for some internal Tp-Qt tests.
 
If you are building your own copy of TelepathyQt, clone the git repository linked above and use the usual cmake method to build and install it.
 
== KDE Telepathy internals ==
Before the other components, you need to build a library carrying internal components. You can check it out with
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-common-internals
</syntaxhighlight>
 
== Scripted setup ==
You can find a script to clone and build the initial environment over [http://community.kde.org/Real-Time_Communication_and_Collaboration/Getting_Set_Up/Scripted here]
 
== Using kdesrc-build ==
To use kdesrc-build to build kde telepathy just add the following to your .kdesrc-buildrc file:
 
<nowiki>
module-set ktp
    use-modules ktp-common-internals ktp-accounts-kcm ktp-contact-list ktp-text-ui ktp-approver ktp-kded-module ktp-auth-handler ktp-presence-applet ktp-filetransfer-handler ktp-send-file
    repository kde-projects
end module-set
</nowiki>
 
Then do kdesrc-build ktp to build all of it, or kdesrc-build ktp-send-file to build just ktp-send-file for example.
 
==KTp Components==
 
===Telepathy Accounts KCM===
 
The next thing to get set up is the Telepathy Accounts KCM. This is the UI for account management.
 
[https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/ktp-accounts-kcm KDE Project Page]
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-accounts-kcm
</syntaxhighlight>
 
This can be compiled and installed by the usual KDE build procedure.
 
===Contact List App===
 
This application provides a traditional contact-list, similar to the one provided by Kopete.
 
[https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/ktp-contact-list KDE Project Page]
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-contact-list
</syntaxhighlight>
 
===Chat window App===
 
This application provides a text chat window.
 
[https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/ktp-text-ui KDE Project Page]
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-text-ui
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


===The approver===
=== Ubuntu build deps ===
 
This notifies you when an incoming message arrives and hangs in the system tray until you're ready to start a chat.


[https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/network/telepathy/telepathy-approver/ KDE Project Page]
While using some Ubuntu distributions you would like to have these packages installed (they are critical to build Ktp on your machine) from apt:


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-approver
sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz libfarstream-0.1-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libqt4-dev libtelepathy-farstream-0.4-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev pkg-config cmake debhelper kdelibs5-dev libtelepathy-logger-dev libtelepathy-logger-qt4-dev libtelepathy-qt4-dev pkg-kde-tools bison cmake flex libqt4-dev libqtgstreamer-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev libtelepathy-logger-dev libxml2-dev python python-dev libxml-parser-perl librpc-xml-perl libqjson-dev libqca2-dev libqca2-plugin-ossl kdepim-dev libqtwebkit-dev
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


===Workspace Integration Module===
=== Arch build deps ===
 
Sits in KDED and sets your presence automatically to 'Away' after certain amount of time, can set your presence to your current song from an mpris-enabled media player (Amarok and Clementine work great) and also contains an '''error handler''' which is very important if you want to be notified of errors
 
[https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/network/telepathy/telepathy-kded-module/ KDE Project Page]
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-kded-module
</syntaxhighlight>
 
===Auth handler===
 
Handles kwallet integration, and prompts/sends passwords to connection managers when requested.
 
[https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/ktp-auth-handler KDE Project Page]


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-auth-handler
sudo pacman -S perl-libwww perl-json perl-xml-parser boost
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


===Presence Plasmoid and Dataengine===
==Recommended installation==
 
This method is based on a scratch of David Edmundson which is located [http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=scratch%2Fdavidedmundson%2Fktp-bootstrap.git here]. You may pull it on your local machine and run '''install.sh'''. Before going forward, make sure that you have configured your Git configuration file for KDE prefix, if not follow [https://community.kde.org/Sysadmin/GitKdeOrgManual#Let_Git_rewrite_URL_prefixes this]:
This shows the online-ness of your accounts and allows to bring accounts online/offline
 
[https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/ktp-presence-applet KDE Project Page]


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
git clone kde:ktp-presence-applet
git clone git://anongit.kde.org/scratch/davidedmundson/ktp-bootstrap.git
cd ktp-bootstrap
sh install.sh
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


===The File Transfer Handler===


Does the actual transferring of files between two contacts. Displays progress via KJob
As soon as your installation has finished you can start Ktp by choosing '''Instant Messaging Contact List''' from the menu of your system. Alternatively, you may want to discover source yourself, e.g. if you are planning to contribute. Then, you can go path '''~/ktp/src/ktp-contact-list''' (git repository is already set there!)


[https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/ktp-filetransfer-handler KDE Project Page]
===Making Changes===


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
When you first open kdevelop for the first time select the CMakeLists file in ~/ktp/src/<project>/CMakeLists.txt when asked to specify the build directory select ~/ktp/build/<project>/ NOT the default option.
git clone kde:ktp-filetransfer-handler
</syntaxhighlight>


=== Dolphin Integration ===
This will mean kdevelop will use your existing install set up and environment and any installations will be kept local.


Allows you to start a file transfer via a handy shortcut in your file manager.
If you are ever prompted for your root password for installations you are doing something wrong.


[https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdereview/ktp-send-file KDE Project Page]
===Updating===


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
Run ./update-ktp from your ~/ktp directory.
git clone kde:ktp-send-file
</syntaxhighlight>
 
===QtGstreamer===


Not part of KDE Telepathy but needed to compile the call window app
For extra functionality and arguments please read http://kdesrc-build.kde.org/documentation/


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
== Using an existing kdesrc-build ==
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/qt-gstreamer
</syntaxhighlight>


===Call window App===
To use kdesrc-build to build KDE Telepathy type


This application provides a voice/video chat window (optional). Code is in git [https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/network/telepathy/ktp-call-ui here].
kdesrc-build extragear/telepathy


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
It may be desirable to also build TelepathyQt, which can be done by adding the following module
git clone kde:ktp-call-ui
</syntaxhighlight>


==Experimental Components not part of KTp (just yet)==
module telepathy-qt
    repository git://anongit.freedesktop.org/telepathy/telepathy-qt4
    branch master
end module


===Shared desktop ontologies===


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
Because we rely on dbus activation we need to make sure our files are in the XDG dbus paths /when dbus loads/.
git clone git://oscaf.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/oscaf/shared-desktop-ontologies
</syntaxhighlight>


===KDE Telepathy library : libktelepathy===
there are two ways to do this; either copy/link these dbus files to /usr/share/dbus-1/ or make sure XDG paths are set immediately at login, such as adding them in /etc/profile.d.


NOTE: git master probably won't compile.
==Troubleshooting==


Source code is [https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/network/telepathy/telepathy-kde/repository/ here].
If you have both qt4 and qt5 installed, you may need tell kdesrc-build to use qt4 by including the following in the relevant kdesrc-buildrc (global section):


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang="cmake">
git clone kde:telepathy-kde
cmake-options -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>


This can be compiled and installed by the usual KDE build procedure.
===Nepomuk Service===
NOTE: git master probably won't compile.


The Nepomuk service obsoletes the daemon and integrates Telepathy with Nepomuk, which is required by the Contact List application. Code is in git [https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/network/telepathy/telepathy-nepomuk-service here]
Similarly, if you have both Python 3 and Python 2 installed, you may need to point to the python2 path:


<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
<syntaxhighlight lang="cmake">
git clone kde:telepathy-nepomuk-service
cmake-options  -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python2
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>

Latest revision as of 17:53, 23 June 2014

These instructions assume that you already know how to build KDE stuff from source. Check the "building KDE applications page" for more help with that. The rest of this page will just tell you what to build and where to get it from.

Prerequisites

You will need KDE 4.10 or 4.9. We do not require latest git KDE.

You will need to install several cross-desktop Telepathy components. Packages of the following from your distribution should do fine.

  • telepathy-mission-control-5
  • telepathy-gabble for Jabber, GTalk and Facebook Chat support
  • other Telepathy connection managers if you want to try out other protocols
    • telepathy-haze for icq, msn, yahoo, aim and all the others that Pidgin/libpurple supports
    • telepathy-rakia for sip
  • telepathy-logger (for the contact list)
  • kdepimlibs (devel packages; for kpeople)


You will also need to follow the steps to setup the kde: prefix in Git, if you have not done so already.

QtGstreamer

In order to build the call window application, you will need the Qt bindings for GStreamer. Your distribution will probably provide packages, or you can build from git:

git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/qt-gstreamer

Ubuntu build deps

While using some Ubuntu distributions you would like to have these packages installed (they are critical to build Ktp on your machine) from apt:

sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz libfarstream-0.1-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libqt4-dev libtelepathy-farstream-0.4-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev pkg-config cmake debhelper kdelibs5-dev libtelepathy-logger-dev libtelepathy-logger-qt4-dev libtelepathy-qt4-dev pkg-kde-tools bison cmake flex libqt4-dev libqtgstreamer-dev libtelepathy-glib-dev libtelepathy-logger-dev libxml2-dev python python-dev libxml-parser-perl librpc-xml-perl libqjson-dev libqca2-dev libqca2-plugin-ossl kdepim-dev libqtwebkit-dev

Arch build deps

sudo pacman -S perl-libwww perl-json perl-xml-parser boost

Recommended installation

This method is based on a scratch of David Edmundson which is located here. You may pull it on your local machine and run install.sh. Before going forward, make sure that you have configured your Git configuration file for KDE prefix, if not follow this:

git clone git://anongit.kde.org/scratch/davidedmundson/ktp-bootstrap.git
cd ktp-bootstrap
sh install.sh


As soon as your installation has finished you can start Ktp by choosing Instant Messaging Contact List from the menu of your system. Alternatively, you may want to discover source yourself, e.g. if you are planning to contribute. Then, you can go path ~/ktp/src/ktp-contact-list (git repository is already set there!)

Making Changes

When you first open kdevelop for the first time select the CMakeLists file in ~/ktp/src/<project>/CMakeLists.txt when asked to specify the build directory select ~/ktp/build/<project>/ NOT the default option.

This will mean kdevelop will use your existing install set up and environment and any installations will be kept local.

If you are ever prompted for your root password for installations you are doing something wrong.

Updating

Run ./update-ktp from your ~/ktp directory.

For extra functionality and arguments please read http://kdesrc-build.kde.org/documentation/

Using an existing kdesrc-build

To use kdesrc-build to build KDE Telepathy type

kdesrc-build extragear/telepathy

It may be desirable to also build TelepathyQt, which can be done by adding the following module

module telepathy-qt
    repository git://anongit.freedesktop.org/telepathy/telepathy-qt4
    branch master
end module


Because we rely on dbus activation we need to make sure our files are in the XDG dbus paths /when dbus loads/.

there are two ways to do this; either copy/link these dbus files to /usr/share/dbus-1/ or make sure XDG paths are set immediately at login, such as adding them in /etc/profile.d.

Troubleshooting

If you have both qt4 and qt5 installed, you may need tell kdesrc-build to use qt4 by including the following in the relevant kdesrc-buildrc (global section):

cmake-options -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4


Similarly, if you have both Python 3 and Python 2 installed, you may need to point to the python2 path:

cmake-options  -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python2