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== SLES ==
 
== SLES ==
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This description has worked for SLES 11 on 2011-05-02.
 
* 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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  cd pidgin-2.7.11/
 
  cd pidgin-2.7.11/
 
  ./configure --disable-vv && make -j8 && make install
 
  ./configure --disable-vv && make -j8 && make install
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* for running, you will need libpurple, so do a
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yast -i libpurple
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= Plugins =
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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. 

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.

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