Getting QQ IM working in Ubuntu - Pidgin

[nicknefarious]

To use QQ in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty onwards you need to install Pidgin IM. It is a multiple protocol IM client. See here http://pidgin.im/. It is easy to find in the Software Centre in Ubuntu 11.04 onwards. Currently in Pidgin however the QQ protocol is either out of date or has problems with the QQ security verifications. By adding the PPA on this page and following the instruction to install libqq-pidgin - http://code.google.com/p/libqq-pidgin/wiki/UbuntuUsers from the Google Code project you can quickly and easily install their new libqq-pidgin package and this will allow you to use QQ in Ubuntu without any problems. Install it and check it out.

To do all this all you need to do is add the PPA and install as follows in a terminal...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lainme/libqq
sudo apt-get install libqq-pidgin

[IAmCorbin]

I have installed pidgin 2.10.3

and then:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lainme/libqq
sudo apt-get install libqq-pidgin


and I can see QQ in pidgin but then whenn I try and enable an account I get:

尊敬的用户，您的QQ版本已经停止使用，
请到http://hi.qq.com
下载并安装最新的QQ版本。
给您带来不便，敬请谅解！

Which I believe is telling me to update to the latest version of QQ? Is this due to outdated libqq-pidgin code?

[Hotwheelz79]

I have installed pidgin 2.10.3

and then:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lainme/libqq
sudo apt-get install libqq-pidgin


and I can see QQ in pidgin but then whenn I try and enable an account I get:

尊敬的用户，您的QQ版本已经停止使用，
请到http://hi.qq.com
下载并安装最新的QQ版本。
给您带来不便，敬请谅解！

Which I believe is telling me to update to the latest version of QQ? Is this due to outdated libqq-pidgin code?

Hi,

I got it working for a friend as recently as Saturday following the steps listed

But apparently it has since stopped working sighting temporary login restrictions have been applied.

I haven't checked in with my friend today to see if this is still the case.

Thanks.

[dandyling]

Hi,

I got it working for a friend as recently as Saturday following the steps listed

But apparently it has since stopped working sighting temporary login restrictions have been applied.

I haven't checked in with my friend today to see if this is still the case.

Thanks.

I have just recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 and one of the first thing I tried was to get it working with Empathy.. and failed..

Do tell me if your friend get it to work. Thanks

[Ordes]

i never had long luck with QQ and linux. even when it was running with pidgin. it was never really stable to me. i therefore just use the web version
http://web2.qq.com/webqqpic/

[lainme]

The QQ 2010 protocol is deprecated, but the libqq-pidgin is not upgraded for the new protocol.

Here is another one for pidgin: https://github.com/xiehuc/pidgin-lwqq

Currently there is no deb package for pidgin-lwqq, but you can refer to this page for compiling it yourself: https://github.com/xiehuc/pidgin-lwq...tall-on-ubuntu

After install, open pidgin and choose 'WebQQ' as the protocol to add your account.

[rd79]

this works for me

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