mpapis / campfire-libpurple

A Campfire protocol plugin for libpurple (Pidgin)

Campfire plugin for Pidgin

WARNING: This software is untested and may not work.

If you’re still reading, then you take responsibility for what the software may do to your computer. (In other words, I probably can’t help you fix anything that blows up.)

If you’re still reading, then follow these instructions (for Linux Mint; other flavors of linux or distros…YMMV):

If you don’t already have them, install the standard compile and make packages for linux. (I forget what they are. Look them up.)

Install Purple

Install the development headers for libpurple (Ubuntu):

sudo apt-get install libpurple-dev

Download & Install

mkdir -p campfire-libpurple
cd campfire-libpurple
curl -L https://github.com/jrfoell/campfire-libpurple/archive/master.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip=1
make
sudo make install

Pidgin configuration

Restart Pidgin.

Now that it installed, here’s how to configure it for your account:

• Open “Manage Accounts”.
• Click “New…”
• Select the “Campfire” protocol.
• Enter your username and the hostname of your campfire server.
• Get an API key from the “my info” link on your campfire server’s web interface. (In short: use a web browser to get this info.)
• Enter the API key in the “Advanced” tab.
• Save the account.

Theoretically, you should now be able to chat on Campfire using Pidgin. Here’s how to join a room:

• In the Pidgin Buddy List, select menu item Buddies > “Join a chat…”
• Select the “Campfire” protocol from the dropdown list.
• Click “Room List” to get a list of rooms available on your Campfire server.
• Select the room you wish to join, then click “Join Room”. A new chat window should open up to that room.
• You may have to close the “Join a chat” dialog box.

Initial instructions from: http://opensourcemissions.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/how-to-install-the-campfire-plugin-for-pidgin-on-linux/