expired pidgin

[purple_angel]

hello everyone..
im new in using linux os.. i am using eeepc 1.0.2 (GNU linux 4.0)
my yahoo messenger is expired and needs to upgrade. i downloaded yahoomessenger beta and pidgin-2.6.2.tar.bz2 but i didn't know how to install it. can anyone help me with this? pls.. thanx!

[reed9]

Some kind soul has packaged pidgin 2.6.2 for the eee pc and made the download available.

Details at this thread.

Basics are to remove pidgin-data first. So open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) Then

sudo apt-get remove pidgin pidgin-data libpurple0

Download the package here.

Then install

sudo dpkg -i pidgin-2.6.2-4.deb

[purple_angel]

i followed ur instructions but it couldn't find the libpurple0..
what is the problem?

[reed9]

Shouldn't be a concern. Actually, I think older version of pidgin might not have had that library. But you should be fine to install the newer version.

[purple_angel]

i tried but this is the reply ::dpkg: error processing pidgin-2.6.2-4.deb(--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory

[reed9]

You're not in the correct directory. Use the full path to the file. So if you had the file saved in a folder called "Downloads" do

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/pidgin-2.6.2-4.deb

[purple_angel]

it says: cannot access archive.. im having a hard time installing in linux.

[reed9]

There's a graphical front end you can use for install deb files. I assume (hope) it's in the xandros repositories.

Try

sudo apt-get install gdebi

If it finds that, you can just double click on the package to install.

Otherwise, can you tell me the location the package is in, the exact command you put in, and the exact error message?

[purple_angel]

i followed ur instructions.. here is what hapened..
sudo apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package gdebi

[purple_angel]

i put the file in My Home/My documents/My Ebooks located in the file manager