Configure Pidgin for Kontalk

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Prerequisite

To make Pidgin running on the Kontalk network you need the following prerequisites: a mobile with Kontalk Messenger installed and configured for sending messages[1]; Pidgin installed on your GNU/Linux machine[2]. If you don't have one or both of this prerequisites please refer to the following websites:

1. http://kontalk.org/
2. https://pidgin.im/

Kontalk keys and SSL tunnel bridge

Export the Kontalk keys. Open Kontalk messanger in your mobile then go to the Settings menu and chose Export your personal key. This will save in your sd card the file kontalk-keys.zip which will contains your personal key and the login certificates. Then transfer the file kontalk-keys.zip to you GNU/Linux box.

Start the SSL tunnel bridge. Create the folder "kontalk" in your home directory (it does not matter the name of the folder), extract from the file kontalk-keys.zip the files kontalk-login.crt and kontalk-login.key and place theme into the folder kontalk. Download the file ssl_bridge.py into the kontalk folder. Make the ssl_bridge.py script executable with:

chmod 755 ssl_bridge.py

Now that you have the files ssl_bridge.py, kontalk-login.crt and kontalk-login.key you are ready to run the SSL tunnel bridge with the following command:

./ssl_bridge.py -d -p 5224 --domain beta.kontalk.net -c kontalk-login.crt -k kontalk-login.key beta.kontalk.net:5222

Configure your Pidgin client

TODO

Compile the Pidgin plugins

Import you private key and configure the Kontalk plugin for Pidgin