For anyone that is like me and dislikes the new Pidgin Philosohpy of "While Pidgin is a multiprotocol IM client, the goal is to hide protocols from the user as much as possible.", this guide is for you. When I found out they removed the independent protocols from the buddy list, I thought it was a mistake. Unfortunately, it is not. And until they come up with a way to bring that back (which they refuse to do), I will be sticking with gaim.
Here is how to install gaim 2.00 beta 6 from the gaim source files in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy gibbon as of Dec 07 2007.
Code:
sudo apt-get remove pidgin
Code:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libxml2-dev libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev
Download the source files here
Code:
tar -jxvf gaim-2.0.0beta6.tar.bz2
Code:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libgaim.so.0 /usr/lib/
Now you should have "Gaim Instant Messenger" under Applications -> Internet
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