Hardware Hacks

• Posted by Randy Coleman on June 20th, 2008

In order to download, compile, and install Pidgin, you may follow this guide!

First, download the source, do this command in a terminal:
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.4.2.tar.bz2

Next, change to that directory and do "./configure" like this:
cd pidgin*
./configure
Then do:
make
As shown in pidgin make.png
Then do make install:
make install
As shown in pidgin make install.png
Next and finally do
make clean
As shown in pidgin make clean.png

As shown in wget pidgin.png
Note: You can install the mininum pidgin by using:
./configure --disable-screensaver --disable-sm --disable-startup-notification --disable-gtkspell --disable-gstreamer --disable-meanwhile --disable-avahi --disable-sm --disable-nm --disable-perl --disable-tcl

Instead of:
./configure

COMING SOON.....XFIRE PLUGIN TO GO WITH PIDGIN!