How to fix the pidgin-data 2.7.8 error

[ridin]

If you got the latest pidgin from removed you'll have an error about an image being the same in pidgin-facebookchat. Here's how I got it working, however you'll not be able to install pidgin-facebookchat again:

First thing I did was deactivate all repos from the Software Sources (Menu -> Administration -> Software Sources)
Click the Tab where it says "Other software" and uncheck everything you see there.

Next, open up /etc/apt/sources.list as root and add a # in front of each line. DO NOT DELETE IT!

Open up a terminal and type in sudo apt-get update. If it hits and repos, you missed something.

Next,

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sudo apt-get -f install

, which should remove pidgin and libnotify-bin. It also tells you that pidgin-data isn't needed anymore, but you don't need to worry about that.

sudo apt-get remove pidgin-facebookchat , it might tell you that some directories are not empty, but that's okay.

now,

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cd /var/cache/apt/archives

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sudo dpkg -i pidgin-data_1%3a2.7.8-1~removed1_all.deb

(If it says file not found then you'll need to renable the removed repo from the Software Sources then sudo apt-get install pidgin-data instead)

Activate all the repos again, by removing the #'s in /etc/apt/sources.list and from the and Software Sources. Then sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install pidgin.

Happy "Pidgining"!

[bug67]

Yay! This fixed my issue with Pidgin!

The only thing I would would be that, I had to completely uninstall Pidgin before I began your procedure. After that, it worked like a charm!

[henry_700]

During application of this procedure, I have lost two packages from my system: mint-meta-gnome and mint-meta-x64 - command line output below.
Have opened new topic to confirm that this solution is final and stable: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=62367

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black ~ # apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  mint-meta-gnome mint-meta-x64 pidgin pidgin-libnotify
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 2,208kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
(Reading database ... 149094 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing pidgin-libnotify ...
Removing mint-meta-x64 ...
Removing mint-meta-gnome ...
Removing pidgin ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...

[ridin]

Oh, I forgot about the meta packages. It's totally fine, you don't need to worry. Pidgin doesn't need mint-meta packages, however that package needs pidgin since it's included inside mint by default.

[ibm450]

my word!!!!

all this just to install a app in linux........

[WSiaB]

Not to install an app, rather to fix a problem with an app. Pidgin is creating internal conflict problems.

[ibm450]

mine finally worked after uninstalling the facebook plugin for pidgin