What?
This project seeks to provide a port of the bleeding-edge version of Pidgin for the Maemo platform:
Where?
You can install Pidgin on your Nokia Internet tablet with Application Manager.
Note:If you've install Pidgin from the maemo.org .install file and you would like to install more of Pidgin's components, skip to step 3.
- Start Application Manager and choose "Tools → Application catalogue" from the menu
- Click "New". Fill out the dialog that pops up as follows, depending on your OS:
Then, click "OK". Click "Close" on the catalogue list as well. At this point, Application Manager will ask whether you want to refresh your catalogues. Refresh them.
Pidgin Internet Messenger pidgin 
Catalogue name: Maemo Garage (new gregale) Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ Distribution: gregale Components: free non-free 
Catalogue name: Debian Nokia repository Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras Distribution: bora Components: free non-free
Catalogue name: maemo Extras Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/ Distribution: chinook Components: free non-free
- On application manager's main screen, click "Browse installable applications". In the list that follows, find "instantmessaging" and click it.
- From the list that appears, choose those parts of Pidgin that you wish to use. For each package, click "Install", and click "OK" on all subsequent messages.
- Some Pidgin components require additional repositories. Below is a list of which components require which repositories:
Sametime Support purple-protocol-sametime Catalogue name: maemo-hackers Web address: http://maemo-hackers.org/apt Distribution: mistral Components: main
Catalogue name: maemo-hackers Web address: http://maemo-hackers.org/apt Distribution: mistral Components: main
Catalogue name: maemo-hackers Web address: http://maemo-hackers.org/apt Distribution: mistral Components: main
Pidgin "Off-the-record" Secure Messaging pidgin-otr Catalogue name: Maemo Gregale Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/ Distribution: gregale Components: free non-free
Catalogue name: Repository.maemo.org Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/ Distribution: bora Components: free
Bonjour Support purple-protocol-bonjour Catalogue name: Repository.maemo.org Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/ Distribution: bora Components: free
Who Else?
- Pidgin On Maemo is derived from Pidgin
- A Maemo plugin that'll make your LED blink when you have new IMs can be found here. I haven't tested this with Chinook yet.
Older Versions
Pidgin used to be called Gaim, so some of the versions below are called Gaim. If you would like to install an older version of Pidgin or Gaim,- Uninstall all Gaim- and Pidgin-related packages.
- Make sure you have a repository whose Web address is one of those below, and whose distribution is "/" and whose components are left blank.
Web Addresses: (for older versions of Gaim and Pidgin) 
Pidgin: http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/pidgin-dist-2.1.0-2nix0-otr-3.1.0/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/pidgin-dist-2.1.0-2nix0/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/pidgin-dist-2.1.0-0nix0/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/pidgin-dist-2.0.0-1nix2/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/pidgin-dist-2.0.0-1nix1/ * No sametime support Gaim for N770: http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-n770-2.0.0-0nix25/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-n770-2.0.0-0nix24/ * gaim-sounds package has no sounds http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-n770-2.0.0-0nix23/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-n770-2.0.0-0nix20/ Gaim for N800: http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-2.0.0-0nix25/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-2.0.0-0nix24/ * gaim-sounds package has no sounds http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-2.0.0-0nix23/ http://idefix.go-nix.ca/nix/gaim-dist-2.0.0-0nix22/ - Update your application catalogues
- Install the old version of Pidgin or Gaim from "Browse installable applications" → "instantmessaging"
Bugs?
Please report bugs you encounter while using the latest version of Pidgin.
Comments?
There is a general discussion forum around, for whatever reason.
Questions?
Below are a few tips you might want to consider before asking for help:
- Can't close the debug window? Tap-and-hold the stylus over an empty spot on the toolbar, such as a separator, and choose "Icon Only" from the menu.
- To be able to click on URLs you receive in conversations, go to the buddy list window and choose "Tools" → "Preferences" from the menu. In the preferences window go to the "Browser" tab, and choose "OSSO".
- To get the cool "blinking-in-the-panel" effect, add the "Message Notification" plugin from the list available from the buddy list menu's "Tools" → "Plugins" option. Check off at least "Set window manager 'URGENT' hint". You might also want to check off all the notification removals.
- If you want the old-style Gaim 1.5.0 sounds, install the "pidgin-sounds-old" package. However, you will have to manually pick those sounds for the events you want:
- Go to "Tools" → "Preferences" → "Sounds" from the buddy list menu
- Under "Sound Events", select the sound you wish to modify
- Click "Choose...", browse over to /usr/share/sounds/pidgin/old, pick your sound, and click "Open"
- Make sure the sound works: Click "Test"
- Don't like the tooltips? Install pidgin-extprefs and go to Tools→Plugins, check off "Extended Preferences", and click "Configure". In the dialog that follows, turn off the tooltips.
Wanna hack?
I now have a page about getting started with hacking Pidgin on Maemo. Note that Pidgin uses Monotone to keep track of its source code, and so does Pidgin on Maemo. For a crash course, check out the Pidgin dev main page, and, in particular the Pidgin-specific Monotone page.