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Installing Pidgin IM From The Source

Gaim has a new name, Pidgin! Not just a new name, they also have a new look for their website, a new project URL (www.pidgin.im), a new mascot and many features.
Install Pidgin In Ubuntu
1. First step is to get pidgin source code, in your terminal
wget http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=235&filename=pidgin-2.0.0.tar.bz2
2. Then, install required development package.
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev [...]

Posted on May 6th, 2007 by SMD
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