As everyone knows “Pidgin” is a very popular multi-featured instant messaging desktop client that is used by millions of Linux users. It supports a wide range of chat networks like Yahoo!, AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and IRC. You can even send and receive SMS (Text Messages) for free via Pidgin. So if it can do all these,why cant we make it tweet for us too ??
Well we can make it tweet for us too. Thanks to twitgin plugin from Microblog-purple we can now “add twitter in pidgin.”
[For those who do not have Pidgin installed type "sudo apt-get install pidgin"
(without quotes) in your terminal]
For Ubuntu users, here’s a simple tutorial on installing this Twitter plugin on Pidgin
Open up you terminal and issue this command :-
sudo add-apt-reprository ppa:ikuya-fruitsbasket/ppa && sudo apt-get update
This will install the necessary ppa and update your sources list
Now install the plugin by issuing the command
Well we can make it tweet for us too. Thanks to twitgin plugin from Microblog-purple we can now “add twitter in pidgin.”
[For those who do not have Pidgin installed type "sudo apt-get install pidgin"
(without quotes) in your terminal]
For Ubuntu users, here’s a simple tutorial on installing this Twitter plugin on Pidgin
Open up you terminal and issue this command :-
sudo add-apt-reprository ppa:ikuya-fruitsbasket/ppa && sudo apt-get update
This will install the necessary ppa and update your sources list
Now install the plugin by issuing the command
sudo apt-get install pidgin-microblog
Open Pidgin from Applications->Internet then go to Tools –> Plugins and make sure to check “twitgin”
We can now add Twitter from the list of protocols. To do this, simply open the “Manage Accounts” window,click add account, and select TwitterIM from the “Protocol” drop-down menu
You can now start tweeting via Pidgin
Note:- you can also use these commands inside the Pidgin Twitter window:
/replies – get all replies to you
/refresh – get new tweets instantly
/tag, /btag, /untag – automatically tag all your message
/refresh – get new tweets instantly
/tag, /btag, /untag – automatically tag all your message
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