There were initial issues and people were recommending waiting for Pidgin to get included in the official repositories…
However, the version I found here works perfectly on Ubuntu. It installs along with Gaim and imports all the required settings.
Looks neat.
This post is being written on Ubuntu on my Laptop running through Wubi. Safest way to play with Ubuntu at
I am currently using Ubuntu 7.04 - the Feisty Fawn thanks to this wonderful application named Windows based Ubuntu Installer. It
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May 29th, 2007 at 01:37 pm
good to see that it runs fine!
May 29th, 2007 at 01:37 pm
I would have compiled it from source.
May 29th, 2007 at 02:10 pm
not bad, man.
May 29th, 2007 at 07:01 pm
It runs great for me too. Much better interface than Gaim 2 betas that I was using. Mercifully, it finally connects to XMPP protocol too.
I downloaded the deb file. Right click. By default, it should say “install package by using GDebi file manager”. It would download the required dependencies on it’s own. It also imports the contacts and the required information from Gaim if already installed.
Cool stuff. No sweat at all. No complicated terminal stuff indeed. This is the true power of Ubuntu linux by making it totally hassle free. Of course, it’s becoming as easy as using exe files in Windows; though you need to assign user priveleges to the installation.
Your take on it?
May 30th, 2007 at 01:45 am
would have been better if pidgin was supplied as an important update through update manager.