Pidgin install issue :(

[jmadero]

I had a system failure while running pidgin and it screwed it up pretty bad, my accounts were deleted and when I set them back up the program would exit when I tried to IM someone. I did a complete removal of the program and downloaded the newest version and am getting a problem while doing make install:

make install
Making install in libpurple
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple'
make install-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple'
Making install in gconf
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple/gconf'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults /usr/bin/gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule purple.schemas 2>&1 | \
grep -v "^WARNING: failed to install schema" | grep -v "^Attached schema" 1>&2
Resolved address "xml:merged:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 0
None of the resolved addresses are writable; saving configuration settings will not be possible
test -z "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas" || mkdir -p -- "/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 'purple.schemas' '/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas/purple.schemas'
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/etc/gconf/schemas/purple.schemas': Permission denied
make[4]: *** [install-schemaDATA] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple/gconf'
make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple/gconf'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jmadero/pidgin-2.1.1/libpurple'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1


Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all


jmadero

[arochester]

So why are you compiling?

If, as it says, your distro is Ubuntu then Pidgin is available through the repositories. You should be able to input in a teminal

sudo apt-get install pidgin

Make life easy for yourself and use a package manager. Synaptic is the best

sudo apt-get install synaptic

You can also IM from the web. Go to meebo.com

[MikeTbob]

Another thing to keep in mind for future reference, you must login as root or use sudo for make install. If you did that, then just ignore my post.

[devils casper]

Which version of Ubuntu do you have?
Gaim is pre-installed in Ubuntu and there is no need to install Pidgin. There isn't much difference in Gaim and Pidgin. Gaim will be upgraded to Pidgin pretty soon. Pidgin is pre-installed in Gutsy ( Ubuntu Dev ).

Synaptic is also pre-installed in Ubuntu.

[jmadero]

I wasn't logged in as root (lame), that fixed the issue. I know GAIM is installed but Pidgin is the new GAIM and I prefer being on the newest stuff if it's stable. I don't understand why Pidgin isn't supported in the repos yet, it's stable, has more features than GAIM and looks better.

jmadero

[devils casper]

Pidgin is not stable right now. Its available for Ubuntu Development Branch ( Gutsy Gibbon ) only.

[jmadero]

I've been using pidgin since it was released and have experienced almost no issues (this most recent issue came up when my computer crashed while pidgin was open so I don't blame pidgin). What kind of instabilities are in the software? I used GAIM for several years and I would say that I had as many issues with GAIM as I have with Pidgin (both have been minimal). Pidgin transfer support to AIM is much better than GAIM (have tried with Yahoo once and worked flawlessly as well). GAIM always had issues connecting to AIM and Yahoo users who weren't using GAIM. I'm interested to know what kind of instabilities are still in the program.


jmadero

[Thrillhouse]

As far as I know, version 2.1.1 of pidgin is stable. Maybe casper knows something I don't. He might mean it's not yet stable on Gutsy.

[devils casper]

Pidgin is not recognized as Genuine Ubuntu Package by Launchpad yet and Launchpad is not accepting Pidgin/Feisty bugs.

Around 120 Bugs have been reported at Launchpad ( Pidgin/Gutsy Gibbon ), 19 confirmed and others are undecided.
Pidgin doesn't work with Nautilus Sendto, It crashes while logging in Gmail XPPM account, Pidgin encryption doesn't work and it crashes with SIGSEGV fault ( compiz ).