The Pidgin puzzle.

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:51 AM, HermanAA<hermanaa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If I try to install Pidgin, it says (in Synaptic):
>
> pidgin:
>  Depends: libdbus-glib-1-2 (>=0.78) but 0.76-1 is to be installed
>  Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>=2.16.0) but 2.14.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
>  Depends: libpurple0 but it is not going to be installed
>  Depends: perl (>=5.10.0-19ubuntu1) but 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3 is to be
> installed
>
> ......... so I find them and Mark them (for installation).
>
> Now we get dependencies of dependencies :
>
> libpurple0:
>  Depends: libdbus-glib-1-2 (>=0.78) but 0.76-1 is to be installed
>  Depends: libnspr4-0d (>=4.7.3-0ubuntu1~) but 4.7.1+1.9-0ubuntu4 is to
> be installed
>  Depends: libnss3-1d (>=3.12.2~rc1) but 3.12.0.3-0ubuntu5.8.10.1 is to
> be installed
>  Depends: perl (>=5.10.0-19ubuntu1) but 5.10.0-11.1ubuntu2.3 is to be
> installed
>
> If the system knows all this is needed, why is it not installing them?
>
> Do I have the wrong approach to install Pidgin perhaps?
>  (are there better ways?)
>
> I did remove the old Pidgin as part of a (non-Synaptic) upgrade.
>  Ended up with no Pidgin.
>
> Now trying to get back on track.
>
> My system:
> Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid), default.
>  Updated.
>
> Herman in PHL.
>

Standard Pidgin-Ubuntu releases are frequently buggy, I don't know
what is the last version at your Synaptic but,

please read:

http://www.pidgin.im/download/ubuntu/

if you include:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu

as an additional repository maybe you can get Ver. 2.58 (just three
files, for Jaunty, at least) if the other dependencies are met.

L.

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