Linux newbie needs install help!

Asked by Tal Scudi

I'm sorry to come and waste time, but I'm desperate to have this plugin back now that I've switched over to Linux (I'm used to Windows). I'm a total newbie with Linux, though, and I can't figure out what I'm doing or what I need to do (I don't even know where to start). Could someone please explain in more for-newbies terms?

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kgraefe (konradgraefe) said :
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Are you using Ubuntu?

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Tal Scudi (talscudi) said :
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Debian 3.2.35-2

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kgraefe (konradgraefe) said :
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Okay. So are you familiar with the terminal? Did you install Pidgin throught the package manager or from source?

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Tal Scudi (talscudi) said :
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I have the basics of the terminal, and I installed pidgin with apt-get.

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Best kgraefe (konradgraefe) said :
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Great.

- Download the source tarball (pidgin-extended-blist-sort-1.7.1.tar.gz) and change into your download directory using the terminal.
- Extract it: tar xzvf pidgin-extended-blist-sort-1.7.1.tar.gz
- Change into the source directory: cd pidgin-extended-blist-sort-1.7.1
- Configure it: ./configure --prefix=/usr
  Note: Normally self-compiled stuff will be installed to /usr/local where your Pidgin from the repository does not look for it. That's why you have to adjust the installation prefix.
- Build it: make
- Install it as root: make install

Make sure that every step finished successfully before doing the next one.

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Tal Scudi (talscudi) said :
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Thanks kgraefe, that solved my question.