Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of Installing Pidgin

Timestamp:

Sep 23, 2007, 3:03:04 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

John Bailey

Comment:

Last necessary question from the old FAQ.

Installing Pidgin

@@ -8 +8 @@
 The Windows build instructions are [wiki:BuildingWinPidgin here].
 
-=== Is there a way to install Spellchecking support (Aspell) manually? ===
+=== Is there a way to install Spell-checking support (Aspell) manually? ===
 Yes, if the installer isn't able to successfully download and install Aspell, you can do so manually.  You can download both the Aspell core and a dictionary from [http://aspell.net/win32 the win32 Aspell website].
 
@@ -27 +27 @@
 
 === Are the packages signed? If so, by whom, and how can I get the key? ===
-Yes, all packages are signed. The signature for the tarball and bzip2 archive are provided by separate downloads. The RPMs we provide are signed by either Ethan Blanton, Mark Doliner, or Stu Tomlinson. Usually the Mandrake RPMs are signed by Mark Doliner, the Fedora Core RPMs are signed by Stu Tomlinson, and the Red Hat 8 and 9 RPMs are signed by Ethan Blanton. The keys can be obtained from any key server. http://pgp.mit.edu/ is popular.
+Yes, all packages are signed. The signature for the tarball and bzip2 archive are provided by separate downloads. The RPMs we provide are signed Stu Tomlinson. The keys can be obtained from any key server. http://pgp.mit.edu/ is popular.
 
 === Can I run Pidgin on IRIX? ===
@@ -45 +45 @@
 
 === Why are there no packages for my system? ===
-WhyPackagesExist
+See the WhyPackagesExist wiki page for a complete answer to this question.
 
 == Compiling ==
+
+=== Why can't I compile Pidgin? ===
+You're probably missing some dependencies.  The configure script will tell you when you are missing required dependencies.  Remember that if you're using packages for a RPM or Debian-based system (including Ubuntu) that having just a library's package installed is not sufficient--you must also have the -devel (RPM systems) or -dev (Debian-based systems) package installed.  If configure is succeeding, but make fails, this is harder to diagnose and you will probably want to drop by the IRC channel or XMPP conference listed on PidginCommunity to get help.
+
+If you're on a Debian-based distribution, you may find `apt-get build-dep pidgin` useful; this requires that you have a `deb-src` line configured in `/etc/apt/sources.list`.
 
 === How do I apply the patch "something.diff"? ===