Net-OICQ This module implements OICQ protocol, used by the instant messaging service operated by Tencent Technology Limited, China. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install To install the console-only client type the following from the source directory: cp q /usr/local/bin/qq chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/qq You can name the client file to whatever you like. NOTE 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 \{\} \; 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 made available his C source codes for the cipher used in OICQ. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007 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)