> So I got tired of waiting for the ubuntu PPA for pidgin to be updated > from 2.9.0 to 2.10.0 (advertised as being behind a couple days -- > more like a couple weeks at this point) and decided to compile from > source. (Running ubuntu 10.04)... After installing a dozen or more > prerequisite packages as ./configure demanded them one at a time, i > got make && sudo make install to run without any fatal errors. > > However, when running Pidgin now, About displays version 2.10.0, but > libpurple version 2.9.0, and a number of included plugins which have > their version listed as 2.10.0 will not run as a result -- a number of > which I was actually using... >
Fixed my own problem. If you're having the same problem and have the same system setup, try this: sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libpurple* /usr/lib [ You will have to re-enable any plugins that were disabled, but their settings should be intact. ] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
