How to install Pidgin on Ubuntu 17.04
To install Pidgin on Ubuntu 17.04
Pidgin is a free and widely used instant messaging chat application, which gives you the ability to log into multiple chat network accounts simultaneously. This application allows you to chat with friends on most of the popular chat services like Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, and Zephyr. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Pidgin on Ubuntu 17.04.
Installation Procedure
To proceed with the installation procedure, add the required dependency package into repository via ppa.
root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/backports
Backports of various (low impact) packages to Trusty and Xenial
More info: https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/backports
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
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gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
Next update the machine by executing the apt-get update command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Ign:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/backports/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Ign:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/backports/ubuntu zesty Release
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/backports/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages.
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Reading package lists... Done
The target system is updated with the required repositories. Now install pidgin application by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install pidgin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-nice libavfilter6 libavresample3
libebur128-1 libfarstream-0.2-5 libgadu3 libgssdp-1.0-3 libgtkspell0
libgupnp-1.0-4 libgupnp-igd-1.0-4 libmeanwhile1 libnice10 libpostproc54
libprotobuf-c1 libpurple-bin libpurple0 librubberband2v5 libzephyr4
pidgin-data pidgin-libnotify.
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Setting up pidgin-libnotify (0.14-9ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...
The installation is now complete. Now go to Ubuntu dashboard and type pidgin. Click on the icon to run the application.
The application is up and running. The welcome page of pidgin appears on the screen. Click add option to create new account.
Fill the required details to create a new account and click Add option.
The Chat box of pidgin appears on the screen.
Thus the installation of Pidgin on Ubuntu 17.04 is done without any glitches.
# add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/backports