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Pidgin not present in 12.10 repositories, how do i get one?

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I want to install Pidgin on my 12.10 clean install system. When I go to the Software Center and try to install the client I get an error saying:-

Not found
There isn’t a software package called “pidgin” in your current software sources.

Any ideas which repositories i need to import to get this done.

ERROR:-

Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin-data_2.10.6-0ubuntu1_all.deb 404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.156 80]

Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/pidgin/pidgin_2.10.6-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb 404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.92.156 80]

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answered 3 Years ago exceeeelh · Accepted Answer

pidgin is in the universe repository. Make sure you have the option to download and install packages from universe enabled.

Open software-center. Go to Edit menu --> Open software sources and check Universe option.

software-sources-gtk

After checking the option, run the following commands to install pidgin.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install pidgin