A Linux software that supports multiple chat tools.
Install
1. Download from http://pidgin.im;
2. Decompress tar-jxvf **. bz2 to enter the installation directory;
3. Compile and specify the installation path:./configure -- prefix = ~ /Program;
3.1. error, prompt: "You must have the glib 2.0 development headers installed to build ."
According to the following article
Http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/weblog.php? W = 734
Http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/about54035.html
Install the missing package.
3.2. It takes more than 50 MB to install the second package. I have to download the source code package and specify the installation and compilation options:
3.2.1. Download http://packages.debian.org/stable/libdevel/libgtkmm2.0-dev
3.2.2. During installation, the system prompts that other packge support is required. According to the APT-get prompt, there is still a lot to be asked. Just give up manual compilation and let it do it by yourself;
4. Execute make
4.1. make to the final error:... Rm-F $ file &-o $ file Af. Po...
Check pidgin/po/makefile, which is caused by the absence of gmsgfmt definitions;
4.2. For solutions, see http://blog.ericsk.org/archives/613:
4.2.1. By the way # apt-Get install libgnutls-dev;
4.2.2. Modify makefile, gmsgfmt = msgfmt. Msgfmt cannot be found in the report;
4.2.3. Run # sudo apt-Get install gettext to install msgfmt;
4.2.4. Execute make again;
5. Because the installation path is not specified again during retry, the installation path is still in/usr/local, with less space. Depressing...
6. Start pidgin. MSN prompts that SSL is required. In fact, support has been added in 4.2.1, but it seems that you need to execute 4.2.1 first and then configure pidgin;
Use
Qq failed;
MSN failed;
Gtalk is successful. For details, refer to http://linuxtoy.org/archives/configure-pidgin-for-google-talk.html. Note: You need to set port to 443 and select two options for OK.
This indicates that there is no problem with the system proxy, but it is likely that the ports commonly used by QQ and MSN are blocked.