chat/finch - The NetBSD Packages Collection

Multi-protocol console instant messaging client

Finch is a command line instant messaging program for Windows, Linux,
BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using Jabber/XMPP,
Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime,
SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.

Build dependencies

devel/glib2-tools devel/libtool-base pkgtools/mktools textproc/intltool devel/gmake lang/perl5 devel/pkgconf pkgtools/cwrappers

Runtime dependencies

devel/glib2 multimedia/gst-plugins1-base multimedia/gstreamer1 devel/libgnt devel/libidn chat/libpurple chat/libpurple textproc/libxml2 devel/ncurses devel/glib2 multimedia/gst-plugins1-base multimedia/gstreamer1 devel/libgnt devel/libidn chat/libpurple textproc/libxml2 devel/ncurses

Binary packages

OSArchitectureVersion
NetBSD 10.0aarch64finch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64finch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64ebfinch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 10.0alphafinch-2.14.12nb3.tgz
NetBSD 10.0alphafinch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 10.0alphafinch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv6hffinch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hffinch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hffinch-2.14.12nb3.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hffinch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 10.0i386finch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 10.0i386finch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 10.0powerpcfinch-2.14.12nb2.tgz
NetBSD 10.0powerpcfinch-2.14.12nb3.tgz
NetBSD 10.0powerpcfinch-2.14.12nb3.tgz
NetBSD 10.0sparc64finch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 10.0x86_64finch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 10.0x86_64finch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv6hffinch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hffinch-2.14.12nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hffinch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 9.0i386finch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 9.0i386finch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcfinch-2.14.12nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcfinch-2.14.12nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0x86_64finch-2.14.13.tgz
NetBSD 9.0x86_64finch-2.14.12nb5.tgz
NetBSD 9.3x86_64finch-2.14.13.tgz

Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.

Available build options

debug
Enable debugging facilities in the package.

Known vulnerabilities

The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.

Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.


Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.