Hi Mike,

I've have installed from repos (via apt) and have installed from source
before. However, I haven't done much, if anything in-between (which this
seems to be). Once this stuff gets in the repos, will I automatically get
updates, etc. (as opposed to when I install from source)?

BTW, here's a step-by-step for noobs (like me), because it took me a little
while to figure out how to do it. I'd post it in your site's comments, but
the comments are closed.

Thanks,
Jamie

sudo apt-get install libmeanwhile1 libavahi-compat-howl0
cd ~
wget http://www.trausch.us/wp-content/uploads/pidgin-feisty.tar
mkdir pidgin-feisty
cd pidgin-feisty
tar xvf ../pidgin-feisty.tar
sudo dpkg -i ./*



On 6/19/07, Michael Trausch <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 02:05 +0000, Jamie Jackson wrote:
>
> > Any guess as to when this might be available? I'm trying to weigh my
> > options...
>
>
> I don't know when there will be an official backport... however, I do
> have a package available (well, packages) available from
> http://www.trausch.us/pidgin/ where you can download a tarball with
> Pidgin 2.0.1 packages.  Included in the tarball are the following:
>
> - gaim_2.0.1-1_all.deb: dummy upgrade package to satisfy the
> ubuntu-desktop dependency.
> - pidgin-data_2.0.1-1_all.deb - replaces gaim-data (backported from
> Gutsy, then updated to 2.0.1 from upstream)
> - pidgin_2.0.1-1_i386.deb - replaces gaim (backported from Gutsy, then
> updated to 2.0.1 from upstream)
> - pidgin-guifications_2.14-1_i386.deb - Guifications plugin (built w/
> checkinstall with upstream tarball)
> - libotr_3.0.0-1_i386.deb - OTR library (built w/ checkinstall with
> upstream tarball)
> - pidgin-otr_3.0.0-1_i386.deb - OTR plugin (built w/ checkinstall with
> upstream tarball)
>
> The packages that are built with checkinstall will require that you
> uninstall the previous ones, if necessary (that is, you have to manually
> uninstall gaim-guifications, libotr, and gaim-otr from the Feisty system
> if you have them; they were not available from the Gutsy repo when I
> built Pidgin, though I can try to come up with the time tomorrow to make
> cleaner packages if necessary).  However, DO NOT UNINSTALL GAIM, as the
> gaim/pidgin-data/pidgin packages will cleanly replace their Feisty
> counterparts.
>
> There seems to be two added dependencies, that you must fetch from the
> repositories: libmeanwhile1 and libavahi-compat-howl0, both of which can
> be installed from the repositories.  libavahi-compat-howl0 is in
> Universe, while libmeanwhile1 is in Main.
>
> A note worth mentioning:  While I have been using these packages since I
> built them on May 29 without issue, I am not supporting the packages
> actively.  I am certainly willing to try to help with issues related
> directly to them, but I don't have a great deal of time due to school
> and all.  I can be reached by Internet mail if there are any questions.
> I don't know how to go about getting anything done in the backports
> system, though, so this is about the best that I know how to, and can,
> do for now.  Of course, 2.0.2 is out now, and I hear that 2.1.0 is
> coming soonish.  If I have extra time I will update my packages to
> 2.0.2.  And no, I don't have a repository setup, because I haven't had
> the time to figure out how to do all that yet, and I only expect to be
> keeping up with Pidgin until they are able to backport it.
>
>     — Mike
>
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