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dpkg-buildpackage # -us -uc if you can't be arsed with a PGP key | dpkg-buildpackage # -us -uc if you can't be arsed with a PGP key | ||
sudo dpkg -i ../pidgin*.deb ../libpurple*.deb | sudo dpkg -i ../pidgin*.deb ../libpurple*.deb | ||
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| + | * Use [[Prosody]] to run your own XMPP (jabber) server, it's easy. | ||
| + | * Use Conversations on your [[Android]] gadget. | ||
Revision as of 12:21, 13 November 2014
Pidgin is a multi-protocol IM client for GNU/Linux desktops. It is woefully crap in many technical ways, but mostly does what it says on the tin. Except:
Patch it to support XMPP XEP-0280 Message Carbons
This is the bit that lets XMPP clients track message history like Hangouts does, when you are using multiple clients in a conversation (e.g. phone, tablet, gaming PC, work laptop). The perfectly working patch by [] has been lurking on Ticket #15508 since January 2014 and nobody seems to be paying attention, because they think it's more important to support useless non-features like Realtime text and message receipts in the next release. Luckily, these instructions will build you a modified version you can install yourself:
apt-get source pidgin sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin cd pidgin-2.10.9 wget https://developer.pidgin.im/raw-attachment/ticket/15508/carbons.5.patch patch -p1 < carbons.5.patch dpkg-source --commit vi debian/changelog # bump to +nmu1 dpkg-buildpackage # -us -uc if you can't be arsed with a PGP key sudo dpkg -i ../pidgin*.deb ../libpurple*.deb