linux下安装编译pidgin

原创人：李骥平

pidgin.im/download 下载源码包pidgin-*.tar.bz2

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev gettext libnss-dev libnspr-dev

tar jxvf pidgin-*.tar.bz2
cd pidgin-*
编译
./configure （建议使用 ?help 查询需要用到的参数）
make
sudo make install

./configure 这一步可能出现的错误

1：
configure: error:
You must have the GTK+ 2.0 development headers installed to compile Pidgin.
If you only want to build Finch then specify ?disable-gtkui when running configure.

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev

2：
configure: error:
You must have libxml2 >= 2.6.0 development headers installed to build.

sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev

3
configure: error:
The msgfmt command is required to build libpurple. If it is installed on your system, ensure that it is in your path. If it is not, install GNU gettext to continue.

sudo apt-get install gettext

使用 GTalk 或 MSN 时出现错误

SSL Library/Libraries……… : None (MSN and Google Talk will not work
without SSL!)

sudo apt-get install libnss-dev libnspr-dev

安装拼写检查功能：
sudo apt-get install libgtkspell-dev