Questions tagged [pidgin]
An open-source instant messaging software that supports a variety of protocols.
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which yum repo has both finch and pidgin for IRC?
While I'm able to install pidgin, I'm only after the CLI variant of finch for IRC.
More generally, I don't recall the specifics of how to add a repo, nor would I know which repo.
Primarily: how ...
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set XMPP priority of the jabber client in pidgin
I'm using pidgin Jabber client (pidgin-2.13.0-alt6 on ALT Sisyphus), and I'd like to set XMPP priority in pidgin.
The reason:
I'm also connecting to my Jabber account with another client from mobile ...
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How to "put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"?
machine:
Toshiba MK1646GSX, intel atom [email protected], 2048Mb. 32bit.
OS:
LINUX LITE 3.8
i was trying to install the PIDGIN dependencies:
~> sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin
and then i got this ...
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Mint 19 - Pidgin IM Purple plugin - Error while configuring: No package 'json-glib-1.0' found
System: Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon 64-bit, based on Ubuntu 18.04.
Pidgin: Built from source, version 2.13.0.
Purple Facebook: I'd like to build it from source, version 0.9.5.
But I get missing package ...
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Mint 19 - Pidgin IM - Error while launching: libpurple.so.0: cannot open shared object file
System: Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon 64-bit, based on Ubuntu 18.04.
Pidgin: Built from source, version 2.13.0.
Pidgin would not launch from the GUI, so I tried it from terminal if I can see any error and ...
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Installing apt-get on redhat
Is it possible to install apt-get on redhat? I'm under the impression that you can't, but I just wanted to be sure. If it is possible, life would be MUCH easier when installing various programs, ...
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Lync2013 + Pidgin Error:Web ticket request
I am running pidgin + sipe plugin.Below the settings
Server:blank
Connection type:auto
User Agent:UCCAPI/15.0.4420.1017 OC/15.0.4420.1017 A
uthentication scheme: TLS-DSK
When I enable the account I ...
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Import gmail certificate in Pidgin
There is a bug with Pidgin, where the certificate for gmail.com cannot be validated.
The problem is discussed here and there is also a solution:
openssl s_client -showcerts -servername gmail.com -...
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Pidgin-Latex has an "Error while reading the generated image!"
I had no errors installing pidgin-latex via apt-get and pidgin runs fine before and after. The plugin is activated. The only problem I have is that (almost) every time a Latex message should be shown, ...
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How to install Skype plugin into Pidgin on Linux?
Having installed the latest version of Pidgin, how do I install the Skype plugin into Pidgin on Linux?
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Handshake failed in Pidgin
I am trying to connect to our in-house XMPP server using piding in Arch Linux, but I always get SSL Handshake Failed error in Pidgin.
These are the error lines I get when running pidgin -d:
(10:52:...
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How to compile and install Pidgin client and add Google Talk (~ Hangouts) into it on Linux?
How does one compile and install Pidgin client and add Google Talk (~ Hangouts) into it on Linux? Not only it is possible, but with relatively high security.
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Is there a Facebook IM client for Mint (or Ubuntu)?
A few years ago pidgin worked fine, but now I can't find one IM client that connects on Facebook.
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Debian Farstream dependencies
I am having trouble getting pidgin to build from source. Running the ./autogen.sh
I fail on not finding FARSTREAM but I have that package installed.
blubee@naibed:~/Development/pidgin-main$ sudo ...
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How to import OTR key into Pidgin?
How can I import an existing OTR key (i.e. from another Pidgin instance) into Pidgin (here version 2.10.9) with installed pidgin-otr plugin?
I tried just copying ~/.purple/otr.private_key and ~/....
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