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+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=pidgin
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7.11
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/$(PKG_NAME)
+PKG_MD5SUM:=07c2a2535b4d7436b5ec7685fe063fec
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
+
+define Package/libpurple
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  DEPENDS:=+libxml2 +libgnutls +libncursesw +glib2 $(ICONV_DEPENDS) $(INTL_DEPENDS)
+  TITLE:=libpurple is intended to be the core of an IM program
+  URL:=http://developer.pidgin.im
+endef
+
+define Package/libpurple/description
+	libpurple is intended to be the core of an IM program. When using libpurple, you'll basically be writing a UI for this core chunk of code.
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+	$(call Build/Configure/Default, \
+		--enable-shared \
+		--enable-static \
+		--disable-screensaver \
+		--disable-sm \
+		--disable-gtkspell \
+		--without-x \
+		--disable-gstreamer \
+		--disable-vv \
+		--disable-idn \
+		--disable-meanwhile \
+		--disable-avahi \
+		--disable-dbus \
+		--disable-perl \
+		--with-gnutls-libs=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib \
+		--with-gnutls-includes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include \
+		--with-ncurses-headers=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/ncursesw \
+		--disable-gtkui \
+		--disable-consoleui \
+		--disable-tcl \
+		--disable-tk \
+	)
+endef
+
+TARGET_LDFLAGS+=-Wl,-rpath-link=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib $(INTL_LDFLAGS)
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/libpurple
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libpurple/* \
+		$(1)/usr/include/libpurple
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib $(1)/usr/lib/purple-2 $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpurple.{la,a,so*} \
+		$(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/purple-2/* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/purple-2
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/purple.pc \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/aclocal
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal/purple.m4 \
+		$(1)/usr/share/aclocal
+endef
+
+define Package/libpurple/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib $(1)/usr/lib/purple-2
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpurple.so* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/purple-2/*.so* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/purple-2
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libpurple))