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mattboy

Pidgin Facebook

Post by mattboy »

Hello all,

Just wondering if anyone out there has been having problems with facebook in pidgin this week. I keep getting server disconnected notifications.

mattboy
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b2a8r1

Re: Pidgin Facebook

Post by b2a8r1 »

yes facebook has dropped the xmpp, this guy has made a new plugin for it but you have to build yourself.
https://github.com/jgeboski/purple-facebook
I have a x64 build if you would like https://www.sendspace.com/file/7dcpi2
mattboy

Re: Pidgin Facebook

Post by mattboy »

Solved.

Thank you so much for the help. Facebook is up and working!

mattboyh
FiReSTaRT

Re: Pidgin Facebook

Post by FiReSTaRT »

Thanks for posting up the deb! Works for me as well!
BoscoBearbank
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Re: Pidgin Facebook

Post by BoscoBearbank »

b2a8r1 wrote:I have a x64 build if you would like https://www.sendspace.com/file/7dcpi2
Thanks for the deb. Pulled it apart and manually installed the pieces (running Fedora 23 Dev). Works great!
prestonR

Re: Pidgin Facebook

Post by prestonR »

Thanks, great.
b2a8r1

Re: Pidgin Facebook

Post by b2a8r1 »

Just wanted to let everyone know the creator now has a repo.
https://github.com/jgeboski/purple-face ... ng-on-*NIX
Sporax
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Re: Pidgin Facebook

Post by Sporax »

Thanks !!! Installing from .deb file is the easiest way

just download, right click where file is and choose terminal and then paste:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb


Done. :D
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