Howto compile Pidgin IM

[TravisNewman]

As you may know, Gaim has been renamed to Pidgin IM. Beta7 source is now available in testing. The only difference I see is the interface:
http://bomahy.nl/hylke/blog/?p=25
I don't guarantee that this won't break your system, so please be sure you make any necessary backups.

to install any dependencies you need to compile Pidgin, run the following:

sudo apt-get build-dep gaim

autogen also needs some files:

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev

Go to the pidgin dev site to get the code:
http://developer.pidgin.im/
extract the source, cd into the folder, and execute

sh autogen.sh

I got some warnings at this step but nothing that prevented me from continuing.

after that is finished, run

make && sudo make install

When it's ready to install it will ask for your password to copy the files over.

[Dual Cortex]

Thanks, got it compiled. Took quite a bit to do so...
Not much different, as you said.

Any idea if removing Gaim will kill any dependencies?

[TravisNewman]

I don't know... but since gaim and its libraries have changed names, I don't think there would be a problem with leaving the old gaim around.

[ubuntu27]

Can't find the source. Can someone give me a direct link?

[TravisNewman]

Can't find the source. Can someone give me a direct link?

One direct link coming up!
http://www.bomahy.nl/hylke/pidgin-mt...0070408.tar.gz

It's the one on the page that says it's the "Developer Snapshot"

[vicox]

The site is down (probably because it got digg'ed).
Can you upload the snapshot please ...

[TravisNewman]

Well, I didn't save it, so I'm making a new one
I edited out some group names and screen names to protect privacy

[vicox]

Thanks, but ... i meant the source code

[dyous87]

yes i want to compile pidgin im as well but i cannot get my hands on the source code.

[smbm]

Anyone got a deb handy?

I'm temporarily on dialup so downloading all the development stuff will take a while.

Thanks