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Questions tagged [facebook]

Facebook is a major social networking site. This tag should be used for questions regarding using Ubuntu software with Facebook, such as connecting an IM client, difficulties using a particular web browser with it, etc.

Facebook is one of the two most popular social networking sites, the other being Twitter. Its competitors include Myspace, Diaspora and Google+.

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Is there a Facebook messenger app

I am looking for desktop application for Facebook messenger. I know Pidgin can work with Facebook chat, but it cannot work with any messenger with a person who is offline. Is there a program which can do this?
superbriggs
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Why does Pidgin refuse to connect to Facebook Chat?

I have searched around the net for a solution to my problem. I gave myself an account user name for facebook so I could use the chat in Pidgin 2.10.3. However, no matter what I do, Pidgin refuses to enable the account and it gives me the same…
lisalisa
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Ubuntu Gnome Facebook login error

I am not able to login into Facebook on online accounts of Gnome Ubuntu 13.10. Always get this message (shown in screenshot) Your popup is too small to display this page. Please enlarge it to proceed. What should I do?
rajan
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Desktop Facebook application for Ubuntu

There is an excellent desktop Twitter application for Ubuntu. It is called Corebird. Is there any such application for Facebook?
Silent Predator
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Not able to install the extensions in Google Chrome

Could not install package: 'UTILITY_PROCESS_CRASHED_WHILE_TRYING_TO_INSTALL'. Could not install package because a utility process crashed. Try restarting Chrome and trying again.
Prashant Patil
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empathy "Facebook account requires authorization" problem

I am trying to connect to my Facebook account from Empathy on Ubuntu 13.04. When setting up the account in Empathy everything looks OK, but then Empathy just shows the message: Facebook account requires authorization According to bug #1170832,…
Martin Wiebusch
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Can't connect facebook to online accounts in 13.04

Just install 13.04 and am having trouble setting up online accounts with facebook. It opens up firefox and when I log in it comes up with a security warning. Any ideas why this is or what I could do to fix it?
mark howard
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Facebook Chatting Software in Ubuntu

I wonder if there is any facebook chatting tool available for Ubuntu. The tool might contain these features: Chatting without opening facebook.com website Latest message alert Low bandwidth usage Firefox prompted me to install a facebook tool. I…
Roy Emmarson
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Prox* authentication issue with online accounts (12.10)

I want to use Ubuntu's online accounts feature to access my Facebook account. The thing is, my school has a proxy server you have to use to access https sites. So I configured my proxy settings accordingly. I am pretty sure the proxy setting is…
tofurator
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How can I do Facebook video calls?

My question is how I can do video calls on Facebook, I'm new to Linux, recently installed Ubuntu 11.10. I really like the OS but I can not make video calls on Facebook and this is terrible. Please anyone who can help in this.
Ernesto
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Firefox freezes frequently in Ubuntu 16.04

Firefox freezes frequently in Ubuntu 16.04. It only happens with Firefox, everything else works fine. Most of this occurs when i am browsing facebook, it freezes for a while and then displays unresponsive script error. What is the underlying issue?
Shahzaib Rahim
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Gwibber will not allow me to log into facebook

I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 and it does not work, it hasn't worked since the beta I believe, any ideas? By the way this is a clean install, and it does not work on my older install either.
TheXed
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What TweetDeck, or Gwibber alternatives are there that support Facebook?

TweetDeck I really enjoyed until I installed Ubuntu, as Adobe doesn't have a 64-bit version of Adobe AIR (which is necessary to run TweetDeck) so I can't use it anymore. Are there any alternatives that support Facebook? Note - there is a similar…
Alan
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Upload photos to Facebook page (not personal profile)

A couple of the various Linux photo organizer applications (Shotwell & f-spot, at least) let you upload pictures to Facebook, but as far as I can see, that's limited only to albums on your personal page. Am I just missing something, and it is…
Yewge
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Empathy online contacts do not show up

The problem After upgrading from 12.10. to 13.04. empathy doesn't show online contacts anymore. All accounts seem to be affected by this (facebook, ICQ). Sporadically a contact is listed as online for a few moments but then disappears again (I guess…
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