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Pidgin Installation and Configuration
September 16, 2013/GovMail Team
Pidgin
• What is Pidgin?– Pidgin is an open source chat program that lets
you log in to accounts on multiple networks simultaneously
Pidgin
• Will it run on any Operating System?– Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux and other UNIX
operating systems
– For Mac OS X, Pidgin recommends Adium, which is also an open source messaging application
Pidgin Installation
• Installation – Linux– Download Pidgin: pidgin.im/download/ubuntu
– Terminal [sudo]• apt-get update• apt-get install pidgin
Pidgin Installation
• Installation – Windows– Download Pidgin: pidgin.im/download/windows
– Installation: Mac OS X• Pidgin recommends Adium
Pidgin Configuration
• How to manage an account– Type: Pidgin [open Pidgin Internet Messenger]– Press the ADD button. The “Add Account”
window appears
Pidgin Configuration
• Configuration (add account)– Basic Tab
• Login Options:– Protocol: XMPP– Username: [liham username]– Domain: icto.dost.gov.ph– Resource: [make it blank]– Password: [liham password]
• User Options:– Local Alias: [liham username]
Pidgin Configuration
• Configuration (add account)– Advanced Tab
• Connection Security:– Require encryption
• Connection Port: 5222
• Connect Server:– usap.gov.ph
• File Transfer Proxies:– usap.gov.ph
Pidgin Configuration
• Configuration (add account)– Proxy Tab
• Proxy Type: no proxy
• Click: Save Button• Then … Accept
Pidgin Groups
• How to add groups– Go to Menu > Buddies > Add Group
Pidgin Roster
Buddy Listor
Roster
Pidgin
• How to configure accounts [Yahoo and Gmail]– Open Pidgin– Click Manage Accounts– Click Add
• This window appears: “Add Account”
Pidgin
• Yahoo configuration– Basic Tab
• Login Options:
– Protocol: Yahoo
– Username: [yahoo username]
– Password: [yahoo password]
• User Options:
– Local Alias: [optional]
Pidgin
• Yahoo configuration– Advanced Tab
• Pager Port: 5050
– File transfer server: filetransfer.msg.yahoo.com
• File transfer port: 80
– Chat room locale: us
• Encoding: UTF-8[ ] Ignore conference and chatroom
[x] Use account proxy for http and https connections
Pidgin
• Yahoo configuration– Proxy Tab
• Proxy Type: no proxy
Pidgin
• Gmail configuration– Basic Tab
• Login Options:
– Protocol: XMPP
– Username: [gmail username]
– Domain: gmail.com
– Password: [gmail password]
• User Options:
– Local Alias: [optional]
Pidgin
• Gmail configuration– Advanced Tab
• Connection Security: Require encryption
• Connect Port: 5222
• Connect Server: [blank]
• File transfer proxies: proxy.eu.jabber.org
– Proxy Tab• Proxy Type: Use GNOME Proxy Settings
Thank you!
Pidgin