This is how I installed on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.
Removed existing Pidgin:
sudo aptitude purge pidgin pidgin-data libpurple0 libpurple-binAdd the following repositories to Software sources:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty mainsudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys A1F196A8Update and install:
sudo aptitude updateFor audio/video calls:
sudo aptitude install pidgin
Double click the buddy andIf the buddy does not have audio/video facility the options will be greyed out.
Click on Conversation/Media in the new window.
3 comments:
Good. Better than compiling pidgin 2.6.1.
I'm to the point where the option for video isn't greyed out, but when I try to connect - it stays in the mode of "calling", even though both computers have the option for video chat.
Any suggestions for debugging this?
Thanks!
Shannon VanWagner
humans-enabled.com
To tell you frankly the voice chat is working only when you call from Pidgin on Linux to Gtalk on Windows. It is not working when you call from Windows Gtalk to Pidgin on Linux and between Pidgin on two Linux machines. I have started a thread on UF. For debugging you can click on Help/Debug_Window before attempting to call.
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