Welcome to Gajim

Runtime Requirements

• python3.5 or higher
• python3-gi
• python3-gi-cairo
• gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>=3.22)
• python3-nbxmpp
• python3-openssl (>=0.14)

Optional Runtime Requirements

• python3-keyring for saving your password to your system keyring
• python3-pil (pillow) for support of webp avatars
• python3-gnupg to enable GPG encryption
• For zeroconf (bonjour) you need python3-dbus
• gir1.2-gspell-1 and hunspell-LANG where lang is your locale eg. en, fr etc
• gir1.2-secret-1 for GNOME Keyring or KDE support as password storage
• D-Bus running to have gajim-remote working. Some distributions split dbus-x11, which is needed for dbus to work with Gajim. Version >= 0.80 is required.
• python3-dbus bindings (>=1.2.0)
• gir1.2-farstream-0.2, gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 and gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 for audio and video calls
• gir1.2-gupnpigd-1.0 for better NAT traversing
• gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 for network lose detection
• gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 for sharing your location
• python3-idna and python3-precis-i18n for correctly parsing JIDs

Compile-time Requirements

• python-setuptools

Installation Procedure

Packages

• Arch
• Debian (tested with Debian testing and unstable)

Snapshots

• Daily Linux
• Daily Windows

Linux

./setup.py install --root=/

or

pip install . (python-pip is required)

Mac

see Wiki

Developing

For developing you don't have to install Gajim.

After installing all dependencies execute

./launch.py

Flatpak

see README

Windows

see README

Miscellaneous

Debugging

Execute gajim with --verbose

Links

• FAQ
• Wiki

That is all, enjoy!

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