Friday, April 16, 2010

Enable Facebook chat in pidgin



To use facebook chat in pidgin enter the followig commands

1.sudo apt-get install pidgin-facebookchat

2.wget http://pidgin-facebookchat.googlecode.com/files/pidgin-facebookchat-1.38.deb

Now you should have pidgin-facebookchat-1.38.deb package.Install this .deb package using the following command

3.sudo dpkg -i pidgin-facebookchat-1.38.deb

This will complete the installation.After installation you need to restart Pidgin! You will then have a FacebookChat option in your accounts manager dialog.

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