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EionRobb / pidgin-opensteamworks

Steam plugin for Pidgin/libpurple
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Adds generic install instructions for Linux #146

Closed davorb closed 8 years ago

davorb commented 8 years ago

This makes it a little bit clearer for new users, who are not familiar with Pidgin plugins.

EionRobb commented 8 years ago

Thanks :)

xvitaly commented 8 years ago

On some distributions plugins will not work from ~/.purple/plugins/. You should build and install package.

davorb commented 8 years ago

@xvitaly Really? That seems really weird. Why would that be?

In any case, it's a good starting point for someone who just wants to get the thing up and running, and doesn't want to spend too much time fiddling with it. It's all about minimising friction for the end users...

xvitaly commented 8 years ago

Really? That seems really weird. Why would that be?

This depends on maintainer of Pidgin package.

In any case, it's a good starting point for someone who just wants to get the thing up and running, and doesn't want to spend too much time fiddling with it. It's all about minimising friction for the end users...

End users should install package from repository or build it manually from sources. Binary dynamically linked plugins is bad way. If *.so plugin built for Ubuntu, it may not work on Fedora and so on.

davorb commented 8 years ago

@xvitaly I agree with your points.