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An open-source instant messaging software that supports a variety of protocols.

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Installing apt-get on redhat

Is it possible to install apt-get on redhat? I'm under the impression that you can't, but I just wanted to be sure. If it is possible, life would be MUCH easier when installing various programs, especially because yum really doesn't have as many…
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How to "put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list"?

machine: Toshiba MK1646GSX, intel atom [email protected], 2048Mb. 32bit. OS: LINUX LITE 3.8 i was trying to install the PIDGIN dependencies: ~> sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin and then i got this instead of installing the build-dep: Reading package…
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How do I launch Pidgin when I click on an irc:// link?

Is there a way that when you click an IRC url (such as irc://##linux) that it will open Pidgin? I believe it has something to do with gconf-editor, but I do not know the terminal command to start an IRC chat in Pidgin. I am using Linux Mint, if…
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Why do Pidgin sounds change the volume of music for their duration?

I am running Debian 8 (Jessie). Pretty plain install except I'm running AwesomeWM, no desktop environment, and Gnome is pretty much nowhere to be seen. PulseAudio is setup with defaults. I use Pidgin as my instant messenger. I am currently using…
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Is Pidgin integrated with Gnome Shell?

Does Pidgin integrate well with Gnome Shell, compared to Empathy? I'm using Linux Mint 12 right now. Would I be better off installing Empathy?
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pidgin-blinklight not working with thinkpad_acpi (T430)

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 on my ThinkPad T430 and want to use the pidgin-blinklight plugin. The plugin says it needs ibm-acpi, but that's depricated as far as I can tell, and thinkpad_acpi is loaded by default on my machine: $ sudo lsmod| grep…
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Pidgin & Lync - Some buddies are not recognized

I'm running RHEL 6 and using Pidgin to connect to the corporate Lync server. Overall it works quite well. My problem is that, apparently randomly, some of my 'buddies' are not properly looked up from the Lync server. In most cases I can add a new…
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How to import OTR key into Pidgin?

How can I import an existing OTR key (i.e. from another Pidgin instance) into Pidgin (here version 2.10.9) with installed pidgin-otr plugin? I tried just copying ~/.purple/otr.private_key and ~/.purple/otr.fingerprints to the corresponding directory…
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Can't get DBUS data for automatic statuschange of pidgin

I'm using a script based on the work posted here: Update pidgin status using cron I'm trying to make a wicd script that automaticly disconnects before Wifi-disconnect and reconnects on Wifi-reconnect. But somehow dbus/pidgin can't seem to find the…
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Pidgin won't connect to MSN, claims "Invalid response"

I'm using Pidgin on Debian Wheezy, Debian's package version 2.10.6-3. A few days ago I started getting sign-in errors on MSN; specifically, Pidgin complains about Windows Live ID authentication:Invalid response. Looking at the Pidgin web site, there…
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Line spacing in chat using pidgin

I started using pidgin again and I cannot find the option to configure line spacing in chat. the default appears to be 1.5 lines between messages. How can I change that? Or is it another "feature" that all users will love so there is no way to…
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sipe (plugin pidgin-gaim) unable to find libpurple headers

I downloaded : pidgin 2.10.6 and sipe 1.14.1 from sourceforge. I install pidgin with the following command in the folder of pidgin (2.10.6): ./configure --prefix=/home/tony/soft/pidgin_sipe --disable-screensaver --disable-gtkspell --disable-vv…
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set XMPP priority of the jabber client in pidgin

I'm using pidgin Jabber client (pidgin-2.13.0-alt6 on ALT Sisyphus), and I'd like to set XMPP priority in pidgin. The reason: I'm also connecting to my Jabber account with another client from mobile smartphone (aTalk), and I'd like to set XMPP…
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Make GAIM (Pidgin) wait longer before starting new logfile for idle chat?

If I'm chatting w/ someone via GAIM, and the chat idles for a certain amount of time, GAIM creates a new logfile when the chat resumes. Example from /home/barrycarter/.gaim/logs/jabber/[email protected]/id-of-person/…
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Import gmail certificate in Pidgin

There is a bug with Pidgin, where the certificate for gmail.com cannot be validated. The problem is discussed here and there is also a solution: openssl s_client -showcerts -servername gmail.com -connect gmail.com:443 That outputs the certificate…
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