I personally only use Pidgin for Skype and Facebook, I prefer to use a command line IRC client connected to one of my VPS’ for my IRC use, that way even when my laptop is shut down, my IRC client is connected 24/7 remotely, and I can SSH into a my server, connect to a screen session I have with the IRC client, and snap into my IRC chat anytime I want.
There are multiple other plugins available for Pidgin across the net, so other chat programs you use may quite likely be able to be added as well. Pidgin also has the ability to connect to other protocols, such as but not limited to: When selecting the protocol, you want to select “Facebook†NOT “Facebook (xmpp)â€, and you’ll want to use “Skype (HTTP).†Final Thoughts Once everything is said and done, open Pidgin and add new accounts.
#Pidgin chat client review install
Sudo apt-get install purple-skypeweb pidgin-skypeweb
Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 Next, we add another PPA for the Skype plugin: Sudo sh -c "echo 'deb $(lsb_release -rs)/ /' > /etc/apt//jgeboski.list"Ĭd /tmp & wget $(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key Sudo pacman -S purple-skypeweb purple-facebookįor Ubuntu users, we first need to add the PPA, and install the Facebook plugin: Arch users have it much easier since both packages are available via pacman. However, these are not available in the official repositories for Ubuntu, and so we will use a PPA, which is a community made repository. They are purple-facebook and purple-skypeweb. The next thing we need to do, is install the packages needed for Facebook Messenger, and Skype.
0 kommentar(er)
