pidgin problem after installing the most recent f10 updates

[Joachim Backes]

Hiisi wrote:

>> Hi Hiisi,
>>
>> after downloading the pidgin-2.5.5 source from sourceforge.net and 
> after
>> installing a lot of devel packages:
>>
>> meanwhile-devel
>> gtkspell-devel
>> gstreamer-devel
>> NetworkManager-devel
>> tcl-devel
>> tk-devel
>>
>> I was able to build with "./configure --disable-avahi" (weird: the
>> avahi-devel pkg was already installed).
>>
>> Compiling and installing was successful, and after I had re-enabled my
>> account, pidgin-2.5.5 now runs successfully.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Joachim Backes

> There's no pidgin rpm for Fedora on sourceforge.net.


Right, but a source package, and why not install from scratch if this 
solves my problem?

And don't you dare
> to say you installed it from source?

No. I have no problem with installation software by source, and I think 
this is a recommended way if a binary package is not available!

  I don't want to be scare, but
> you're in a real world of trouble from now. It's not a recommended way 
> of installing software, you know.

No, I don't know, and I cannot agree with you.

Why not install open source software by source (I must repeat myself).

> What for myself - it's only my girlfriend who needs Pidgin for ICQ 
> messaging. I'll be wait for updates while using Kopete.
> --
> Hiisi.
> 


-- 

Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

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