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Makoto

Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 2095 Location: Out wandering... maybe.
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Posted: Sun 10 Jan 2010, 16:35 Post subject:
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Is there a version of 2.6.4 available for Puppy 4.2.1? Just curious. Reading around the Pidgin support list, you'd almost think MSN wouldn't work unless you did upgrade to 2.6.4. But it still works in the 2.5.x version I'm using.
I'm also wondering if Puppy 4.3 and 4.2 won't require any GTK upgrades, as a result of the planned changes for Pidgin 2.7.0 (see this blog post for more details: http://theflamingbanker.blogspot.com/2009/12/quest-never-ends.html)
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Nevermore
Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Posts: 365 Location: Italy
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Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 04:03 Post subject:
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im curious why the plugins of skype and facebook dont work with this version of pidgin.
i tried installing in ~/.pidgin/plugins or /usr/lib/purple-2/ but it still doesnt get loaded...am i doing smth wrong?
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hladik
Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 49
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Posted: Fri 22 Jan 2010, 00:43 Post subject:
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Makoto wrote: | Is there a version of 2.6.4 available for Puppy 4.2.1? Just curious. Reading around the Pidgin support list, you'd almost think MSN wouldn't work unless you did upgrade to 2.6.4. But it still works in the 2.5.x version I'm using.
I'm also wondering if Puppy 4.3 and 4.2 won't require any GTK upgrades, as a result of the planned changes for Pidgin 2.7.0 (see this blog post for more details: http://theflamingbanker.blogspot.com/2009/12/quest-never-ends.html) |
What did they do to Yahoo IM so that Pidgin and Gaim can'i logon? Is there a version of the chat apps that works with Yahoo IM?
Thanks
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Makoto

Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 2095 Location: Out wandering... maybe.
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Posted: Fri 22 Jan 2010, 03:14 Post subject:
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Yahoo updated/changed their security policies, as I recall, so older versions of Pidgin (and Gaim) won't be able to connect. You need at least version 2.5.7 of Pidgin to be able to connect to Yahoo, though there were some hiccups they resolved in versions after that.
If you're using Puppy 4.3.x, use the setup you can find in the first post of this thread. Otherwise, you can find a .pet installer for v2.6.1 at http://www.killerhippy.de/pet.shtml - it's near the bottom of the page.
You could supposedly also get around the problem by changing the pager server for Yahoo in the advanced account options, but that's not really recommended (and I don't remember what you'd change it to, sorry.), and not guaranteed to work.
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hladik
Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 49
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Posted: Fri 22 Jan 2010, 09:35 Post subject:
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Makoto wrote: | Yahoo updated/changed their security policies, as I recall, so older versions of Pidgin (and Gaim) won't be able to connect. You need at least version 2.5.7 of Pidgin to be able to connect to Yahoo, though there were some hiccups they resolved in versions after that.
If you're using Puppy 4.3.x, use the setup you can find in the first post of this thread. Otherwise, you can find a .pet installer for v2.6.1 at http://www.killerhippy.de/pet.shtml - it's near the bottom of the page.
You could supposedly also get around the problem by changing the pager server for Yahoo in the advanced account options, but that's not really recommended (and I don't remember what you'd change it to, sorry.), and not guaranteed to work. |
Thanks, I tried Pidgin 258 but it won't start on my 3.01 Retro box. There was a msg from the installer that i'm missing some "purple" library. I would like to fix this or find an app that will hook me up to Yahoo IM. Thanks, again.
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Béèm

Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 11775 Location: Brussels IBM Thinkpad R40, 256MB, 20GB, WiFi ipw2100. Frugal Lin'N'Win
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Posted: Fri 22 Jan 2010, 09:46 Post subject:
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In /usr/local/lib you'll find libpurple libraries.
Copy them to /lib.
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Wolf Pup
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 637
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Posted: Sat 23 Jan 2010, 00:56 Post subject:
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Pidgin updated to 2.6.5
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dejan555

Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2805 Location: Montenegro
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Posted: Sat 30 Jan 2010, 18:58 Post subject:
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Mirror: pidgin-2.6.5_pup431.pet
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scabz

Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 366 Location: Tallahassee FL US
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Posted: Sun 31 Jan 2010, 14:42 Post subject:
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Nevermore wrote: | im curious why the plugins of skype and facebook dont work with this version of pidgin.
i tried installing in ~/.pidgin/plugins or /usr/lib/purple-2/ but it still doesnt get loaded...am i doing smth wrong? |
you are missing libjson-glib for facebook just put the lib in any lib folder.
-- edit --
i just compiled new libs so if you downloaded my old libs get these cuzz they are newer and clean up issues with facebook chat
Last edited by scabz on Wed 03 Feb 2010, 10:32; edited 2 times in total
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hladik
Joined: 19 Jun 2008 Posts: 49
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Posted: Sun 31 Jan 2010, 23:08 Post subject:
So far no good Subject description: I just want to mainly hook up to jacked-up Yahoo IM |
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Béèm wrote: | In /usr/local/lib you'll find libpurple libraries.
Copy them to /lib. |
Thanks for your help.
I tried, but Pidgin still won't start. Anymore suggestions?
Anyone?
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SmashOgre

Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 6 Location: Htown, TX
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Posted: Tue 02 Feb 2010, 05:24 Post subject:
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Thanx you guys. I needed this pet.
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dejan555

Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2805 Location: Montenegro
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Posted: Tue 02 Feb 2010, 05:38 Post subject:
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hladik: run it from terminal see if it reports missing dependencies.
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shariebeth
Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 271 Location: Florida
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Posted: Tue 02 Feb 2010, 11:50 Post subject:
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Using 2.6.5 and it's working great (puppy 4.3.1). But how do I get a desktop icon?
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scabz

Joined: 30 Apr 2009 Posts: 366 Location: Tallahassee FL US
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Posted: Tue 02 Feb 2010, 15:22 Post subject:
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shariebeth wrote: | Using 2.6.5 and it's working great (puppy 4.3.1). But how do I get a desktop icon? |
Go to /usr/share/applications/pidgin.desktop drag that file to your desktop and rename the file on you desktop if you want.
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shariebeth
Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 271 Location: Florida
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Posted: Tue 02 Feb 2010, 16:05 Post subject:
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scabz wrote: | shariebeth wrote: | Using 2.6.5 and it's working great (puppy 4.3.1). But how do I get a desktop icon? |
Go to /usr/share/applications/pidgin.desktop drag that file to your desktop and rename the file on you desktop if you want. |
I don' t have that....
I have /usr/local/apps/ but no pidgin.desktop there. I did a pfind and it says No files found!
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