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What's the reason for not providing the latest version of pidgin on ppa?
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- Pidgin Edit question
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- Solved by:
- joshoekstra
- Solved:
- 2009-01-14
- Last query:
- 2009-01-14
- Last reply:
- 2009-01-14
There's no particular reason other than packager maintainer time availability :)
The latest 2.5.4 pidgin source works really well into Intrepid so it's up to packager time to do the next level.
If you absolute need the latest Pidgin I invite you to test this package here:
http://
this package does not require root or installation to works and run on Debian 5 Lenny, Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 (and all GNOME/XFCE based derivatives including gNewSense) and Linpus Lite on Acer AspireOne.
or build yourself with this simple steps:
sudo apt-get build-essentials
wait
sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin
wait
mkdir working
cd working
wget http://
wait
tar -xf pidgin-
wait
cd pidgin-2.5.4
export CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -march=i686"
./configure --prefix=
make && make install
This will try to build a fresh pidgin 2.5.4 into your $HOME/opt new folder then you can PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH there and try your own personal pidgin from the original source
joshoekstra (j-hoekstra) said : | #2 |
I'll wait for the packager then ;)
Thanks for clearing it up as I normally use launchpad to get more up2date versions which are deemed stable by it's devs :)