Compile and install pidgin-2.2.2 In Ubuntu7.10

1. Download The pidgin's source code package pidgin-2.2.2.tar.bz2 (latest official version ). 2. Install and compile the dependencies required by Pidgin under Ubuntu7.10: idea. 1. Download The Pidgin source code package pidgin-2.2.2.tar.bz2 (latest official version ).

2. Install and compile the dependencies required by Pidgin in Ubuntu 7.10:
Sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev gettext libnss-dev libnspr-dev

3. decompress the source code package
Tar jxvf pidgin-2.2.2.tar.bz2

You may need to uninstall gaim and use the "New Software Package Manager" to find and delete it.

Basic compilation tool: build-essential Package. // This is a basic compilation tool, and you can't do anything without it;
Software packages on which pidgin depends: gettext, libglib2.0-dev, libxml2-dev, libgtk2.0-dev
Optional: libnss-dev, libnspr-dev, libgstreamer0.10-dev, libgtkspell-dev, libperl-dev, libsasl2-dev, libgnutls-dev, tcl8.4-dev
It should be noted that libnss-dev and libnspr-dev are required to ensure the running of MSN and Google-Talk plug-ins. Without installing these two packages, you cannot support MSN or Google-talk. Other optional packages support other features of pidgin and are not required for compilation. However, I personally think these functions are useful for pidgin and can be installed properly.
All the above development libraries for compilation can be found and installed under synaptic (New Software Package Manager.

4. install it in Ubuntu 7.10
It may appear during installation
You must have the GTK + 2.0 development headers installed to compile Pidgin.
If you only want to build Finch then specify-disable-gtkui when running configure.
Solution: first
Sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev