Hello, I'm very new to this!

I recently upgraded my preinstalled Linux to Release 12.04 (precise) 32-bit, Kernel Linux 3.2.0-34-generic, GNOME 3.4.2

In the previous three versions I used Pidgin and loved it. Unlike most of my other programs however it did not follow me this time. When I went to install it from my Ubuntu Software Center, I got the following message:

Package dependencies cannot be resolved
The following packages have unmet dependencies:

pidgin: Depends: perlapi-5.14.2 but it is a virtual package

Your help would be much appreciated!