Install :: Pidgin, the universal chat client

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</div> <div id="body-inner"> <h1> Install </h1>  <h2 id="pidgin">Pidgin</h2> <h3 id="windows">Windows</h3> <p><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.14.14/pidgin-2.14.14.exe"><img src="/images/download.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>This version of Pidgin downloads an appropriate version of GTK. GTK is now installed locally for Pidgin, and not system-wide, thus Pidgin will not interfere with other GTK apps on your system.</p> <p>If you would like to have GTK included in the installer, we have an <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.14.14/pidgin-2.14.14-offline.exe">offline installer</a> that bundles everything except spell-checking dictionaries.</p> <p>If you’re looking for a portable version that doesn’t need installation, <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.14.14/pidgin-2.14.14-win32-bin.zip">we also have that available</a>.</p> <h3 id="linux">Linux</h3> <p>We do not provide pre-built packages for Linux and Unix distributions. We recommend installing Pidgin using your operating system’s standard package management tool.</p> <p>If your operating system doesn’t provide a pre-built package, or if their pre-built package is out of date and you want to upgrade, then you can try <a href="/development/building/">building from source</a>.</p> <h4 id="debianubuntu">Debian/Ubuntu</h4> <div class="highlight"> <pre style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">sudo apt update sudo apt install pidgin </code></pre> </div> <h3 id="freebsd">FreeBSD</h3> <pre><code>pkg install pidgin </code></pre> <h3 id="macos">macOS</h3> <p>For a native macOS experience we recommend <a href="https://adium.im/">Adium</a>, which uses libpurple (the core of Pidgin) for much of its protocol support.</p> <p>If you’re sure you want to use Pidgin on macOS, you may find the packages provided through <a href="https://brew.sh/">Homebrew</a>, <a href="https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/">pkgin</a>, <a href="https://finkproject.org/download/">Fink</a> or <a href="https://www.macports.org/install.php">Macports</a> more convenient than compiling from source. Please note, <em>we do not provide support for issues related to installing Homebrew, pkgin, Fink, Macports, or their packages of Pidgin</em>. Contact those projects directly with questions or concerns.</p> <p>If you’re sure you want to use Pidgin on macOS and you don’t want to use Homebrew, Fink or Macports, you can <a href="#source">download the Pidgin source</a> and compile.</p> <h3 id="source">Source</h3> <p><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.14.14/pidgin-2.14.14.tar.bz2"><img src="/images/download.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>This download is for the source code of Pidgin 2.14.14.</p> <p>If you want to <strong>use</strong> Pidgin, you should either download and use our Windows installer or look for pre-built packages from your operating system distribution.</p> <p>If you are looking to <strong>modify</strong> Pidgin, you may want to look at our <a href="/development/contributing/">instructions for contributing code from our repository</a>.</p> <h3 id="older-versions">Older versions</h3> <p>If you need binaries for older versions of Pidgin, visit our <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin">package repository main page</a>. That is also where you can find the checksums for each file and their corresponding gpg signatures.</p> <h2 id="finch">Finch</h2> <p>Finch is a text-based IM client written in C which uses the ncurses toolkit.</p> <h3 id="linux-1">Linux</h3> <p>We do not provide pre-built packages for Linux and Unix distributions. We recommend installing Pidgin using your operating system’s standard package management tool.</p> <p>If your operating system doesn’t provide a pre-built package, or if their pre-built package is out of date and you want to upgrade, then you can try <a href="/development/building/">building from source</a>.</p> <h4 id="debianubuntu-1">Debian/Ubuntu</h4> <div class="highlight"> <pre style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">sudo apt update sudo apt install finch </code></pre> </div> <h3 id="freebsd-1">FreeBSD</h3> <pre><code>pkg install finch </code></pre> <footer class=" footline"> </footer> </div> </div> <div id="navigation"> </div> </section> <div style="left: -1000px; overflow: scroll; position: absolute; top: -1000px; border: none; box-sizing: content-box; height: 200px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 200px;"> <div style="border: none; box-sizing: content-box; height: 200px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 200px;"></div> </div> <script src="/js/clipboard.min.js?1743696088"></script> <script src="/js/perfect-scrollbar.min.js?1743696088"></script> <script src="/js/perfect-scrollbar.jquery.min.js?1743696088"></script> <script src="/js/jquery.sticky.js?1743696088"></script> <script src="/js/featherlight.min.js?1743696088"></script> <script src="/js/highlight.pack.js?1743696088"></script> <script> hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad(); </script> <script src="/js/modernizr.custom-3.6.0.js?1743696088"></script> <script src="/js/learn.js?1743696088"></script> <script src="/js/hugo-learn.js?1743696088"></script> <link href="/mermaid/mermaid.css?1743696088" rel="stylesheet" /> <script src="/mermaid/mermaid.js?1743696088"></script> <script> mermaid.initialize({ startOnLoad: true }); </script> <footer id="footline"> <div class="footline-block"> Modified 2020-01-14 </div> <div class="footline-block footline-old-site-info"> This page was migrated from the old sites. 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