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is intended to be the core of an IM program. When using libpurple, you'll basically be writing a UI for this core chunk of code.

Who uses libpurple?

​Adium - A user-friendly graphical IM program for OS X.
Finch - A text-based IM program that works well in Linux and other Unixes.
​Instantbird - A graphical IM program based on Mozilla's XUL framework.
​Meebo - (Discontinued.) Between 2006 and 2012, Meebo provided a web-based instant messaging application that allowed users to log in with their AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, XMPP, etc. accounts. This functionality was powered by libpurple running on Meebo's servers. Meebo also powered IM functionality on several social networks via "The Meebo Bar." The functionality was based on XMPP and used libpurple running on Meebo's servers.
​Palm - Maybe used in the messenger on the Palm Pre?
Pidgin - A user-friendly graphical IM program for Windows, Linux and other Unixes.
Spectrum - Open source XMPP transport/gateway.
Telepathy-Haze - A connection onalmanager for the Telepathy IM framework.

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Whatsapp on Ubuntu 15.10 desktop *without having access to a smartphone*

I currently don't own a proper smartphone that would be capable of running Whatsapp, and I don't have an account there yet. What I need is a way to run any Whatsapp client on my Ubuntu (64bit, currently 15.10) desktop that allows me to register an…
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How to grant application access for Facebook account

Good day to all! I've been trying to use Empathy for Facebook chat for quite some time now but whenever I try to enable it, I get the "Applications can no longer access your Facebook online account blah, blah, blah..." and so I tried going to Online…
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How do you use Qutecom to connect to other services?

I read on Wikipedia that it uses libpurple, but I can't figure out how to connect to other services (like jabber for example). Am I missing something or is the feature just not there anymore?
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No package 'purple' found

I am trying to fix pidgin facebook but i get such an error: configure: error: Package requirements (purple < 3) were not met: No package 'purple' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a…
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Can I use `purple-facebook` with empathy?

Facebook dropped the XMPP support. Since pidgin solution is to merge with purple-facebook... and empathy uses libpurple... can I somehow use empathy with purple-facebook? I installed the package but there's no new protocol showing in empathy. With…
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freeze on purple screen when installing 14.04

I've tried to install 6 different variants of ubuntu today and failed everytime always the same problem. It boots up, I'm greeted with a screen that asks if I want to test or install ubuntu (there were probably more options) (I've tried both…
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IDE for libpurple (Pidgin)?

I'm interested to develop an app using pidgin & libpurple, but how can I "import" the code to some IDE that manages GTK? someone use/is aware of one like that?
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Uninstallable Dependencies while Installing package "purple-facebook"

Following the steps listed here Among other things, the package "facebook-purple" itself doesn't show up in synaptic and cannot be found by terminal; I have updated my package lists and so forth, and when looking around in synaptic, I DID find the…
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Pidgin purple-facebook based account opens up many chatboxes automatically

I installed the pidgin purple-facebook plugin. Whenever I create an account using this plugin, after pidgin logs into the facebook account, automatically my last 50 or so facebook chats open up in the chat-boxes. This freezes pidgin up for a while.…
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