Howto compile Pidgin IM

[Elrohir]

Due to doing a fresh install of Feisty on one of my computers, I compiled Pidgin from very scratch... Here are the packages needed:

• libglib2.0-dev
• libgtk2.0-dev
• libxml2-dev
• libnss-dev
• gettext
• html2text

Optional, for documentation, you may install

• doxygen
• graphviz

with all the dependencies met, extract the source code, configure, make, make install:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Cheers!

[bryan1]

After doing

make

I get this

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/pidgin'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/pidgin'
Making all in m4macros
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/m4macros'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/m4macros'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/po'
file=`echo af | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
          && rm -f $file &&  -o $file af.po
/bin/sh: -o: not found
make[2]: *** [af.gmo] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/po'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any idea?

[Elrohir]

After doing

make

I get this

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/pidgin'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/pidgin'
Making all in m4macros
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/m4macros'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/m4macros'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/po'
file=`echo af | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
          && rm -f $file &&  -o $file af.po
/bin/sh: -o: not found
make[2]: *** [af.gmo] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/po'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any idea?

do you have the gettext and html2text packages installed? if they are, run

$ ./configure && make

[bryan1]

Thanks for the help! doing "make" seems to be working right now

then I tried

make install

and got this

bryan@laptop:~/Desktop/pidgin$ make install
Making install in libpurple
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make  install-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
Making install in gconf
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule purple.schemas 2>&1 | \
                grep -v "^WARNING: failed to install schema" | grep -v "^Attached schema" 1>&2
Resolved address "xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
None of the resolved addresses are writable; saving configuration settings will not be possible
test -z "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas" || mkdir -p -- "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas"
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/etc/gconf': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [install-schemaDATA] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
bryan@laptop:~/Desktop/pidgin$

what is it this time haha

[berserker]

Thanks for the help! doing "make" seems to be working right now

then I tried

make install

and got this

bryan@laptop:~/Desktop/pidgin$ make install
Making install in libpurple
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make  install-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
Making install in gconf
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule purple.schemas 2>&1 | \
                grep -v "^WARNING: failed to install schema" | grep -v "^Attached schema" 1>&2
Resolved address "xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
None of the resolved addresses are writable; saving configuration settings will not be possible
test -z "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas" || mkdir -p -- "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas"
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/etc/gconf': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [install-schemaDATA] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
bryan@laptop:~/Desktop/pidgin$

what is it this time haha

Try

sudo make install

[Elrohir]

Thanks for the help! doing "make" seems to be working right now

then I tried

make install

and got this

bryan@laptop:~/Desktop/pidgin$ make install
Making install in libpurple
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make  install-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
Making install in gconf
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule purple.schemas 2>&1 | \
                grep -v "^WARNING: failed to install schema" | grep -v "^Attached schema" 1>&2
Resolved address "xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
None of the resolved addresses are writable; saving configuration settings will not be possible
test -z "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas" || mkdir -p -- "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas"
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/etc/gconf': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [install-schemaDATA] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple/gconf'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bryan/Desktop/pidgin/libpurple'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
bryan@laptop:~/Desktop/pidgin$

what is it this time haha

For installing Pidgin (make install) you need root permission, thus you install with this command

sudo make install

[bryan1]

It worked, thanks!

[bryan1]

Sorry for double post but where are those pidgin icons in? It didn't make desktop launcher so I had to make it myself and can't find pidgin icons

[berserker]

Sorry for double post but where are those pidgin icons in? It didn't make desktop launcher so I had to make it myself and can't find pidgin icons

locate pidgin.png

Mine are here:

/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/pidgin.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/pidgin.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/pidgin.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/pidgin.png

[cor2y]

I compiled Pidgin with no problems and it basicly works , however i am unable to get the links posted in IM chat to open with firefox by clicking on them like it worked in gaim or any of the new email notifications except msn to work when you select Open Mail.

Anyone know what the problem could be ?