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http://www.pathin.org/tutorials/ubuntu-11-10-debian-6-build-newest-pidgin-from-source/
Many people seem to be struggeling with installing Pidgin from source.
That’s why I decided to write a little tutorial about how to build and install the famous “Instant Messenger” Pidgin from source.
What is Pidgin?
Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously.
This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.
How to build and install pidgin
This tutorial is written for Ubuntu 11.04 – Natty Narwhal and might differ for other distributions.
If you have problems, following this tutorial, please be kind and drop a little comment!
Step 1: Preperations
To be able to compile and install pidgin from source, we need to get sure, that we meet all the dependencies.
This can be acomplished by running the following command from the Linux Terminal:
sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin
This will add all the dependencies needed to build pidgin from source.
Step 2: Download and prepare compiling
Next step is to download the source itself.
Go to the Pidgin download site: http://www.pidgin.im/download/source/, download the newest version and save it to your personal home folder. (In my case it’s /home/pathin)
For this tutorial i will refer to the version: 2.8.0 with the packet name: pidgin-2.8.0.tar.bz2
Open a new Terminal Window
To unpack pidgin-2.8.0.tar.bz2 type in the following:
cd ~/ tar -xjvf pidgin-2.8.0.tar.bz2
this will create a new folder called “pidgin-2.8.0″.
Let’s change into this folder:
cd pidgin-2.8.0/
Step 3: Compile and install pidgin
First of all we need to run the configure script, which is checking if all the dependencies we installed in Step 1 are met.
To do this run the following command inside the pidgin-2.8.0 directory:
./configure
If the script returns “configure complete, now type ‘make’” we are fine. If not, please recheck the dependencies!
Let do this! Insert make into the terminal window!
make
This might take some while, feel free to grab some coffee.
Now, it’s time to finally Install pidgin.
Insert this into the terminal window:
sudo make install
This will install pidgin into the correct directories, set the correct chmod flags and sets up the Gnome Menu Entries.
Step 4: Start Pidgin
At standard Pidgin should appear at Applications -> Internet -> Pidgin.
If it doesn’t you might want to restart your XServer or reboot.
Alternatively you can start pidgin from a terminal window:
pidgin
We are done!
You are free to delete the directory you installed pidgin from now or move it somewhere else if you like to.
Links:
German Translation by d4nza:
http://d4nza.de/blog/tutorials/ubuntu-11-04-%E2%80%93-pidgin-vom-source-code-kompilieren/
Written on 13.06.2011
Category: Debian, Linux, Tutorials, Ubuntu.
Tags: debian, linux, pidgin, source, tutorial, ubuntu.
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