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The brief summary:<br>The machine is an ASUS EEE, running the stock OS, which appears to be a Xandros/Debian Etch hybrid. It came with Pidgin 2.0.x.<br><br>I installed (with apt-get) the various required packages, as well as the optional spelling, GnuTLS, and gstreaming packages.<br><br>I compiled Pidgin 2.3.1 - it works just fine. I was impressed by the descriptive error messages for missing packages.<br><br>I compiled libotr.<br><br>I compiled pidgin-otr.<br><br>While the pidgin-otr appears in my /usr heirarchy as expected, I do not see Off The Record listed in my Pidgin Plugins list, even after restarting, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, rebooting entirely, and recompiling Pidgin and rebooting, just in case.<br><br><br>All compilation and configuration was done with sudo, i.e. as root.<br><br /><hr />Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows Live. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_powerofwindows_122007' target='_new'>Get it now!</a></body>
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