Net/OICQ version 1.0 This module implements OICQ protocol, used by the instant messaging service operated by Tencent Technology Limited, China. INSTALLATION In Version 0.8 and later, the encryption code is in a separate module named Crypt::OICQ. Please download and install Crypt::OICQ module first. If you have installed version 0.7 or earlier version of Net::OICQ, please uninstall the old version by running the following commands as root: find /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl -name OICQ -exec rm -r \{\} \; or find /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl -name OICQ -exec rm -r \{\} \; To install Net::OICQ module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make test su make install To install the console-only client type the following from the source directory: cp q /usr/local/bin/oicq chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/oicq You can name the client file to whatever you like. DEPENDENCIES This module requires Digest::MD5 perl module, which can be downloaded from CPAN if it is not already installed on your system. Net::OICQ also requires Crypt::OICQ, which used to be part of Net::OICQ and is a separate module since Version 0.8 of Net::OICQ. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FreeOICQ developers reverse-engineered Tencent's Win32 client code and published their source codes on the Internet. I would never be able to write Net::OICQ without access to FreeOICQ source codes. Chen Peng reverse-engineered the assembly codes created by FreeOICQ and kindly gave me his C source codes for the cipher used in OICQ. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (c) 2003 - 2006 Shufeng Tan. All rights reserved. This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)