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* Download Pidgin from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.7.11/pidgin-2.7.11.tar.bz2/download here] | * Download Pidgin from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.7.11/pidgin-2.7.11.tar.bz2/download here] | ||
* install some [[dependencies]] | * install some [[dependencies]] | ||
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./configure && make -j8 && make install | ./configure && make -j8 && make install | ||
** from yast | ** from yast | ||
| − | yast -i libxml2-devel libidn-devel meanwhile-devel libavahi-devel | + | yast -i libxml2-devel libidn-devel meanwhile-devel libavahi-devel dbus-1-glib-devel NetworkManager-devel libgnutls-devel \ |
| + | tcl-devel tk-devel | ||
** also install all avahi libs that you see fit | ** also install all avahi libs that you see fit | ||
* unzip Pidgin | * unzip Pidgin | ||
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cd pidgin-2.7.11/ | cd pidgin-2.7.11/ | ||
./configure --disable-vv && make -j8 && make install | ./configure --disable-vv && make -j8 && make install | ||
| + | * for running, you will need libpurple, so do a | ||
| + | yast -i libpurple | ||
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| + | = Plugins = | ||
| + | To compile plugins you may need libpurple-devel. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:47, 2 May 2011
Pidgin is chatting software for Linux. It features as well instant messaging as instant relay chat.
Get it
To install Pidgin, find out your distribution and proceed accordingly:
SLES
This description has worked for SLES 11 on 2011-05-02.
- Download Pidgin from here
- install some dependencies
- intltool
- get it
- intltool
wget http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/intltool/0.35/intltool-0.35.5.tar.bz2
- unpack it
bunzip2 intltool-0.35.5.tar.bz2 tar xvf intltool-0.35.5.tar
- install it
cd intltool-0.35.5/ ./configure && make -j8 && make install
- from yast
yast -i libxml2-devel libidn-devel meanwhile-devel libavahi-devel dbus-1-glib-devel NetworkManager-devel libgnutls-devel \ tcl-devel tk-devel
- also install all avahi libs that you see fit
- unzip Pidgin
bunzip2 pidgin-2.7.11.tar.bz2 tar xvf pidgin-2.7.11.tar
- install Pidgin
cd pidgin-2.7.11/ ./configure --disable-vv && make -j8 && make install
- for running, you will need libpurple, so do a
yast -i libpurple
Plugins
To compile plugins you may need libpurple-devel.
