We need these to build it
apt-get install gettext libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev
perl-xml libraries may also be needed
apt-get install libxml-perl
To build it with ssl (needed for msn and google talk), we need the gnutls development headers
apt-get install libgnutls-dev
Get the source
http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pidgin/pidgin-2.3.1.tar.bz2
Build it
tar jxvf pidgin-2.3.1.tar.bz2
cd pidgin-2.3.1
./configure --enable-gnutls=yes
make
make install
pidgin is at /usr/local/bin/pidgin
Worked a treat.
Thanks for the guide!
Comment by James — January 16, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
Great howto! Thank you very much!
You should run ‘make install’ as root.
Comment by Benji — February 16, 2008 @ 2:01 am
Thanks! It`s great article
Comment by volodymyr — February 16, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
Thanks Benji, ‘make install’ should indeed be done as root.
Comment by BSDSpot — February 16, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
Hi again, do you know how can I build it with dbus support? (I have a python script that uses dbus in order to communicate with pidgin)
Thank you in advance
Comment by Benji — March 17, 2008 @ 10:55 am
Ok, I found, just added the option –enable-dbus after –enable-gnutls=yes
Comment by Benji — March 17, 2008 @ 11:30 am