Questions tagged [pidgin]

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Pidgin may be downloaded Here and Pidgin support is available Here.

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.

Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows, GNOME2, KDE 3, and KDE 4.

Pidgin is free and contains no ads. All code is open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License. This means you can get Pidgin's underlying code and modify it to suit your needs, as long as you publish the changes you make for everyone to benefit from as well.

87 questions
2
votes
2 answers

Using Pidgin via Perl: undefined symbol:g_free

Pidgin, the generic IM client allows us to interact with it using Perl. I downloaded the source of Pidgin 2.7.10, built it. Pidgin itself works. Then I tried to load the Purple module using perl -MPurple -e1 but got the following error: perl…
szabgab
  • 6,202
  • 11
  • 50
  • 64
2
votes
1 answer

How to set Pidgin status from command line?

How can I set/change my status (like Available/Busy/Away) in Pidgin instant messenger from the command line? I needed this to make sure that my status changes to 'Away' whenever I lock my screen. I installed the 'awayonlock' plugin, but it doesn't…
2
votes
1 answer

gdk_display_get_name: assertion 'GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed trying to run pidgin

I compiled and installed pidgin on my MacOSx Mavericks, everything seem to went fine on make install but when I try to start pidgin from terminal I get following error: $ pidgin (Pidgin:68719): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_get_name: assertion…
Ciasto piekarz
  • 7,853
  • 18
  • 101
  • 197
2
votes
2 answers

Pidgin IRC with ZNC and multiple networks

I am using pidgin and ZNC as an IRC Bouncer. In my ZNC I have configured two networks and I would like to use both with pidgin. My problem is: I don't know how to choose the network when joining a new channel. I always connects me with the first…
Peterchen
  • 31
  • 4
2
votes
1 answer

Pidgin - Error “SSL peer presented an invalid certificate” on gtalk connection

Pidgin can't connect to gtalk and offers to accept an unknown certificate. this is the pidgin error: SSL peer presented an invalid certificate i saw another question that has been solved, but it was related to system date, i checked it and date is…
Morteza
  • 2,097
  • 5
  • 28
  • 47
2
votes
2 answers

What's the name of the behaviour of the "buddy list" window of pidgin?

I noticed the following feature of the "buddy list" window of pidgin on windows: If you drag the window not far from the top right corner of the desktop, the following things happen: The appearance of the border slightly changes: Before: After:…
Samuel Rossille
  • 18,940
  • 18
  • 62
  • 90
2
votes
2 answers

Unable to find a source package for pidgin (Linux Mint)

I want to start developing Pidgin plugins under Linux Mint 13. I've read the official tutorial and at the beginning there's said that I should install the development dependencies for pidgin using the command: apt-get build-dep pidgin But it ends…
Moonlit
  • 5,171
  • 14
  • 57
  • 95
2
votes
1 answer

Compiling libpurple for Android

I want to implement libpurple in android to integrate all the IM chat support to Android application, for that I'm using following links to work with: Compiling libpurple on Android Following is the repository for android [soc.2012.android…
Dipali
  • 374
  • 2
  • 5
  • 22
1
vote
1 answer

xmpp client with server ejabberd

I am using ejabberd as server and want to deploy it on a large scale. Can you suggest me the client best suited so that I can plug it in seamlessly. I am thinking of using wokkel or pidgin but not really sure of the best possibility. Any sort of…
Him
  • 103
  • 2
  • 4
  • 7
1
vote
1 answer

File transfer using libpurple

I'm kind of stuck trying to code an example of file transfer using libpurple. My first try was to reuse the nullclient example from the libpurple/examples source directory and call serv_send_file. That seems to compile and execute fine but then…
Fabian Pedregosa
  • 6,329
  • 1
  • 22
  • 20
1
vote
1 answer

Fetching xmpp resource string using pidgin dbus python api

I was using the pidgin dbus api to print the names of my gtalk buddies and their status by writing the following python code snippet: import dbus # Initiate a connection to the Session Bus bus = dbus.SessionBus() # Associate Pidgin's D-Bus…
JoeRP
  • 61
  • 1
  • 6
1
vote
2 answers

Node.js and interacting with a native chat like Pidgin?

Is there a way to interact easily with a native messaging client (for example Pidgin) when using Node.js ? I tried to create a simple chat system with the XMPP protocol with Node.js (with https://github.com/astro/node-xmpp then…
Unitech
  • 5,781
  • 5
  • 40
  • 47
1
vote
1 answer

Send/receive email using Pidgin (GAIM)?

Can I send and receive email using Pidgin/GAIM? I realize I'll need a special incoming address that "redirects to GAIM" (ie, encodes incoming email in Jabber format + sends it to a Jabber server). Other than that, it seems easy (though not…
user354134
1
vote
2 answers

pidgine messages to all

ejabberd 16.01-2 client Pidgin 2.13.0 (libpurple 2.13.0) I send message to all user if user is offline will not receive a message. I want to send a message to everyone (mod_announce) via pidgin 2.13.0 (offline and online). Message to offline users…
Piotr
  • 11
  • 2
1
vote
0 answers

Custom pidgin plugin crashes (GTK library and GLib on C )

I am developing plugin for Pidgin. I want to share one of my windows that are open on my computer with other user via VNC. When I select the window to be shared and press the button, Pidgin freezes and closes. Here is working well: opening vnc…
markus
  • 25
  • 5