A few days ago, multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin (a.k.a Gaim) has been upgraded to version 2.2.0. The new version supports MySpaceIM protocol, includes XMPP enhancements and certificate management. As Ubuntu users, installing Pidgin is a breeze on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).
1. Run command in terminal, you can also use other text editor:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://repository.debuntu.org/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://repository.debuntu.org/ feisty multiverse
3. Get GPG key:
wget http://repository.debuntu.org/GPG-Key-chantra.txt -O- | sudo apt-key add -
4. Update:
sudo apt-get update
5. Install Pidgin:
sudo apt-get install pidgin
6. Install pidgin-libnotify plugin:
sudo apt-get install pidgin-libnotify
Now, you can run Pidgin from Applications → Internet → Pidgin Internet Messenger menu item.
19 responses so far ↓
1 Brad // Sep 17, 2007 at 1:42 pm
excellent stuff, though you should probably add
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
so that new users don’t have to worry about figuring out how to edit the sources.list file as well as not being able to save if they did.
2 toor // Sep 17, 2007 at 11:58 pm
@Brad: Thanks for your comment. I’ve updated this post.
3 Joshua // Sep 24, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Excellent tutorial; it helped me to upgrade to Pidgin on Ubuntu. I have one question, what is that theme you used in the screen-shots?
4 toor // Sep 24, 2007 at 4:49 pm
@Joshua: It’s Black.
5 Mark Blake // Oct 19, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Didnt work for me,
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
pidgin: Depends: libmeanwhile1 (>= 1.0.2) but it is not installable
Depends: libsilc-1.0-2 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
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7 Shaun // Oct 28, 2007 at 12:00 am
After installing pidgin-libnotify, don’t forget to enabled that plugin in Tools->Plugins
8 Shaleen // Nov 2, 2007 at 3:11 am
Hi, thanks first of all. Can i remove Gaim 2.0.4 Beta after installing Pidgin 2.2 safely.
9 Shaleen // Nov 2, 2007 at 3:41 am
Gr8 Gaim automatically upgraded to Pidgin. Thanks, no need to upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10 as of yet
10 howefield // Nov 17, 2007 at 9:27 am
Much appreciated, great tutorial.
11 Jared // Nov 25, 2007 at 4:24 pm
I hate to be offtopic, but what theme is that you are using?
12 passer by // Dec 9, 2007 at 2:15 am
I can really not thank u more!
13 Lunatic // May 29, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Great info. Thanks a lot.
14 Ray // Jul 6, 2008 at 5:40 pm
How to install Pidgin 2.4.3 in Linux Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn by compiling its source code(to compile Pidgin source code)
First, remove Gaim by MainMenu-> Add/Remove-> Gaim
Use synaptic to install the required packages…
search for libgtk2.0 -> to install libgtk2.0-0 and libgtk2.0-dev
search for gstreamer0.10 -> to install libgstreamer0.10-0 libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer0.10-plugins-good libgstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
libgstreamer0.10-plugins-bad libgstreamer0.10-plugins-ffmpeg
search for gtkspell -> to install libgtkspell0 and libgtkspell-dev
Open a terminal by MainMenu > Accessories > Terminal
Download pidgin-2.4.3.tar.bz2 from Pidgin website
Unzip/extract pidgin-2.4.3.tar.bz2 into a foler called pidgin-2.4.3 by
double clicking on tar.bz2 file-> click on Extract button-> Extract
Put that folder on your Desktop
Then type the commands (without “# “)
# cd Desktop/pidgin-2.4.3
# ./configure
Then if you encounter the following message…
quote “XScreenSaver extension development headers not found.
Use –disable-screensaver if you do not need XScreenSaver extension support, this is required for detecting idle time by mouse and keyboard usage.
” end of quote
Open Synaptic and search for “xscreensaver”
Then I found a package called “xscreensaver”, but it had no its dev file, so I had to skip that support by enter the following in the terminal…
# ./configure –disable-screensaver
Then if you encounter the following message…
quote “Startup notification development headers not found.
Use –disable-startup-notification if you do not need it.
” end of quote
Open Synaptic and search for “startup notification”
Install libstartup-notification0 and its dev file libstartup-notification0-dev
Then run the same command again …
# ./configure –disable-screensaver
Meanwhile development headers not found.
Use –disable-meanwhile if you do not need meanwhile (Sametime) support.
-> synaptic search: meanwhile -> install Meanwhile and its dev
avahi development headers not found.
Use –disable-avahi if you do not need avahi (Bonjour) support.
-> synaptic search: avahi bonjour
libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev for
Development headers for the Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility library
is not the one I need,
so I give up by adding “–disable-avahi” after ./configure
# ./configure –disable-screensaver –disable-avahi
D-Bus development headers not found.
Use –disable-dbus if you do not need D-Bus support.
-> libdbus-1-dev, simple interprocess messaging system (development headers) is not the one, so I put down “… no” here.
Perl development headers not found.
Use –disable-perl if you do not need Perl scripting support.
-> libperl-dev, Perl library: … yes
Neither GnuTLS or NSS SSL development headers found.
Use –disable-nss –disable-gnutls if you do not need SSL support.
MSN, Novell Groupwise and Google Talk will not work without GnuTLS or NSS. OpenSSL is NOT usable!
-> libgnutls-dev, the GNU TLS library - development files…yes
Tcl development headers not found.
Use –disable-tcl if you do not need Tcl scripting support.
-> tcl8.4-dev, Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.4 - development files… yes
Tk development headers not found.
Use –disable-tk if you do not need Tk scripting support.
-> tk8.4-dev, Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 - development files…yes
So eventually, the command becomes …
# ./configure –disable-screensaver –disable-avahi –disable-dbus
Then I followed the README and INSTALL files inside pidgin-2.4.3 folder..
# sudo make
# make check
# sudo make install
# make clean
# make distclean
# pidgin or # finch
or MainMenu > Internet > Pidgin
15 Santo // Jul 22, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Having problems regarding sudo apt-get add -. Root-terminal freezes, and nothing happens. Followed every step along the way and still nothing. whats that all about??
16 Litio // Aug 12, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Thank’s a lot…
17 Robin Hood // Aug 21, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Thank you. Works like a charm.
18 Litio // Oct 10, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Thanks a lot, I visited a lot of pages and here I found the answer to my question, I’m really begginer
19 Whuuu // Aug 27, 2009 at 10:32 am
If someone still runs into dependency problems like Ray did:
apt-get build-dep pidgin
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