pidgin on Linpus

[myst]

i successfully installed it from the repository (and obtained finally a good IM experience ).

you have to uninstall first the old libpurple installed (and you will "loose" also that creepy AcerIM which is based on that) and then install pidgin.

 

[yatfu]

Does all your other Acer software like the mail program and contacts program still work? I would also like to install regular Pidgin but don't want these other programs to stop working (except for the acerIM of course)

 

[carterleonard]

Good for you myst bro!

Would you be kind to show me the steps to install pidgin on the one, including how to delete those unwanted programs..

Thank U.

 

[myst]

ok

1) in advanced mode go to Add/remove programs
2) select search, find "libpurple" and deselct it
3)apply. it will uninstall libpurple and all the programs who are based on it (acerIM)
4) now, install pidgin

 

[gigiozzz]

sorry but i don't agree
on my acer (i'm italian) removing libpurple remove for dependencies
acerim
ame
libacerpimds

i don't need AME then i removed libpurple but if you need client mail/contact/organizer don't remove libpurple

 

[skateasian]

how do you install pidgin? its not letting me save the pidgin.repo in the yum.repo.d folder like the website says

EDIT--> oops, nevermind, no wonder i couldnt find it in the package manager, i kept typing pigdin!

 

[carterleonard]

sorry but i don't agree
on my acer (i'm italian) removing libpurple remove for dependencies
acerim
ame
libacerpimds

i don't need AME then i removed libpurple but if you need client mail/contact/organizer don't remove libpurple

Its working smoothly...

Thank U & God bless you my friend.

 

[carterleonard]

Ummm,.... a little help here....

After installing pidgin and running it smoothly, something strange happened. Some programs in the desktop are unable to run. Those programs are the mail client & calendar. They just wont open. When I click the icon, the loading wheel at the pointer just keep spinning for a time and then stops,... and nothing happen.

Any idea why such thing occurs? Is it because i removed libpurple? Can I get those programs work again?

Thank U for your help.

 

[gerarddelafas]

I have dinsintalled acerIM but when I try to reinstall it from ADD/Remove Packages I was not able to locate it, I also try to get it from acer web site but is not avaiable for download.

How can I reinstall it?

Help!!! I need it

 

[glibdud]

After installing pidgin and running it smoothly, something strange happened. Some programs in the desktop are unable to run. Those programs are the mail client & calendar. They just wont open. When I click the icon, the loading wheel at the pointer just keep spinning for a time and then stops,... and nothing happen.

Any idea why such thing occurs? Is it because i removed libpurple? Can I get those programs work again?

Read the last line of that post you quoted above (emphasis added):

i don't need AME then i removed libpurple but if you need client mail/contact/organizer don't remove libpurple

 

[gerarddelafas]

They just wont open. When I click the icon, the loading wheel at the pointer just keep spinning for a time and then stops,... and nothing happen.
Any idea why such thing occurs? Is it because i removed libpurple? Can I get those programs work again?

libpurple remove for dependencies these apps:
acerim
ame
libacerpimds

I also need them because I've disinstalled libpurple from my acer... very bad! :cry:

UPDATE: I've installed aMSN.. it's a good app.

 

[carterleonard]

Well,... if those apps wont start because of libpurple. Can we just re install it trough add/remove programs? And what is MSN anyway? where did you get it?

Thank U.

 

[ensoph]

I was trying to install Pidgin from the repository. But when verifying the dependencies (I didn't uncheck 'libpurple 2.2.x', btw) I get an error message that says that Pidgin can't be installed because it needs libpurple 2.4.x, which is not installed nor in the repository.
Has anyone else got that error and what can be done to fix it?

Thanks!

 

[within]

Hi there,

as far as I can read here, there is no way given to install Pidgin.
I'm searching on pidgin website and says only fedoracore7 or below are available.
Linpus is based on fc8, and using command line 'yum install pidgin' it stops because of dependencies problems related to fc8.

I tried using the add/remove tool (packet manager) but still dependencies troubles; it seems there is no pidgin version compatible with the libpurple available.

some help is required here from people who says they succeeded installing pidgin.
please, give step-by-step instructions as I'm a linux n00b

cheers,
within

 

[tonyroma27]

I unistalled libpurple for pidguin and now I haven't Acer IM. Pidguin doesn't work properly with msn even id it works with other accounts (as googletalk). At moment aspire one has installed lippurble 2.4.x but Acer IM still doesn't work. How can I rescue the old libpurple and IM ?
I got the liveupdate but I can try without IM.

 

[within]

weird.

today, a fix was available for windows messenger with AcerIM. I believe acer team fixed the libpurple dependencies with the IM of them. after update, my pidgin still works fine. I haven't tried with acerIM or anything else. I'll do and will tell you.