In my last post I gave an insight on how empathy is a challenge for pidgin.Today I am going to run through the steps as found on livegnome.org for installation of empathy.
You can get the latest version of Empathy by changing your repositories as follows: First add the public key from the developers:
1 | sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FA3A1271 |
Next add the following repositories depending upon your Ubuntu version to /etc/apt/sources.lst or graphically in System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager->Settings->Repositories:
For Jaunty(9.04) Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
For Intrepid(8.10) users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
For Hardy(8.04) users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
You then need to update the source list using the following command
1 | sudo apt-get update |
Installing the appropriate packages
Then in a terminal, enter the following command:
1 | sudo apt-get install empathy telepathy-mission-control telepathy-stream-engine telepathy-gabble telepathy-butterfly telepathy-haze telepathy-idle telepathy-salut telepathy-sofiasip python-msn empathy-megaphone-applet |
Optionally, you can add more functionality/integration with the following:
1 | sudo apt-get install nautilus-sendto-universe galago-telepathy-feed libtelepathy-farsight0 python-tpfarsight galago-eds-feed python-galago python-galago-gtk |
The application will show up in Applications->Internet->”Empathy Instant Messenger”
