Debian package of character counting plugin for Pidgin
I finally got around to learning how to create a Debian package using the excellent Debian New Maintainers' Guide so that I could finally create Debian binaries for the character counting plugin for Pidgin that I whipped up last year.
There's a screenshot of Pidgin 2.3.1 running on Debian 4.0 (etch) with the plugin loaded. You can download it here:
If you need to build the plugin for a different architecture (I only have i386 readily available to me), here's what I used to package this:
- pidgin-convcharcount-plugin-2.3.1.tar.gz (10.6 kB)
If anyone wants to take this and make an RPM out of it, that'd be nice. If you do, leave a link to it in the comments so others can find it. Thanks!
Oh, so it was you who wrote the plugin? Lovin' it
Xeelee: Yes, it was me. It makes me happy that you find it useful. Thanks for letting me know.
This totally rocks. Your plugin has defeated my long-winded Twitter posts. Thanks!
I'm afraid it doesn't seem to work for me on Ubuntu 7.10.
I've downloaded the .deb file, opened it with GDebi Package Installer, and now it appears in Pidgin's plugin list.
However, it's grayed out, saying "Error: ABI version mismatch 2.3.x (need 2.2.x) Check the plug-in website for an update." - what am I doing wrong?
FND: A quick Google search for "ABI version mismatch 2.3.x" turned up this ubuntuforums.org link. At the end, it says:
UPDATE: purged libpurple0 and the abi stuff went away.
I'd recommend doing that, first.
I'm afraid that didn't help.
I did "sudo apt-get remove --purge libpurple0", which removed pidgin, libpurple0 and pidgin-convcharcoun-plugin. So I've reinstalled them, and still get the same error...
Thanks! Works for me with 2.3.1 in the Ubuntu Hardy beta. Any plans to get this into Sid or even push straight to Ubuntu?
Cristobal: Thanks for letting me know it works in Ubuntu Hardy. I don't have any plans on getting it into Debian Sid or Ubuntu, mostly because I don't really know what's involved in doing that.
Anyone who is familiar with the process and is willing to do it is more than welcome to. I will help however I can.
Duh! Turns out that the Ubuntu repositories only have Pidgin 2.2.1 (current version is 2.4.0) - that explains it, I guess...
FND: Indeed, Ubuntu Gutsy only has Pidgin 2.2.1, but Ubuntu Hardy has 2.4.0:
Great plugin, works like a charm, thanks very much. :)
I got it to work under Pidgin 2.4.1 on Fedora 8 by grabbing the .deb file and then taking the convcharcount.la and convcharcount.so files and putting them in /usr/lib/pidgin/ - then I opened the plugin dialog in Pidgin and it worked. Bingo. No other install required. :)
Callum: Ah, thanks for verifying that it works with the latest Pidgin on Fedora 8! At some point, I'll sit down and figure out how to create an RPM package, but for now, folks can do what you did.
Nice, this works great, just what I was looking for - only thing is you need to have the 'Formatting Toolbar' on to use it. Not a big deal, I'd just rather have it turned off. Thanks for the plugin, I can now update Twitter from Pidgin with confidence!
