Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of Installing Pidgin

Timestamp:

Nov 19, 2008, 5:45:10 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

asher

Comment:

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Installing Pidgin

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 === I have the source; how do I build this thing? ===
-Assuming you have all of the necessary libraries (sudo apt-get source pidgin) and their headers installed (see the next few questions), you compile libpurple, Pidgin and Finch just like most applications:
+Assuming you have all of the necessary libraries (sudo apt-get source pidgin and libgtk) and their headers installed (see the next few questions), you compile libpurple, Pidgin and Finch just like most applications:
 
 {{{
@@ -60 +60 @@
 % cd pidgin-2.x.y
 % ./configure && make && sudo make install
-}}}
-
-To build Pidgin you must have GTK.  Other development libraries may not be needed to build Pidgin.  With a fresh Ubuntu install you can build Pidgin using the following commands.
-
-{{{
-% tar xjvf pidgin-2.x.y.tar.bz2
-% cd pidgin-2.x.y
-% ./configure --disable-screensaver --disable-startup-notification --disable-gtkspell --disable-gstreamer --disable-meanwhile --disable-dbus --disable-perl --disable-tcl && make && sudo make install
 }}}
 
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 === How do I install the dependencies on Fedora (or similar)? ===
+
 
 RPM-based distribution users may find `yum-builddep pidgin-VERSION.src.rpm` useful if a source RPM is available and the distribution uses the yum tools.