[Ubuntu-BD] Installing Pidgin 2.6.3 showing broken package

[Saad M Niamatullah]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Junayeed Ahnaf Nirjhor
<zombiegenerator at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a getdeb.net fan. I generally don't wanna compile things which I can
> get there precompiled. A week ago I downloaded pidgin's latest version
> 2.6.3 from there. There was instruction to remove the package pidgin
> before installing this new package. But I accidentally removed the whole
> pidgin. Now the problem I am facing is:
>
> **I've gathered (libpurple0_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb
> pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb
> libpurple-bin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb  pidgin-facebookchat-1.60.deb
> pidgin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb) files in a folder
>
> **When ever I applied the command "sudo dpkg -i *.deb" in the folder it's
> showing:
>
> nirjhor at nirjhor-laptop ~/Pidgin $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
> (Reading database ... 149136 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libpurple0 1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1 (using
> libpurple0_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libpurple0 ...
> Preparing to replace libpurple-bin 1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1 (using
> libpurple-bin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libpurple-bin ...
> Selecting previously deselected package pidgin.
> Unpacking pidgin (from pidgin_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_i386.deb) ...
> Preparing to replace pidgin-data 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.4 (using
> pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement pidgin-data ...
> dpkg-deb (subprocess): short read in buffer_copy (failed to write to pipe
> in copy)
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error processing pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb (--install):
>  short read in buffer_copy (backend dpkg-deb during
> `./usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/pidgin.mo')
> Preparing to replace pidgin-facebookchat 1.60 (using
> pidgin-facebookchat-1.60.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement pidgin-facebookchat ...
> Setting up libpurple0 (1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1) ...
>
> Setting up libpurple-bin (1:2.6.3-1~getdeb1) ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of pidgin:
>  pidgin depends on pidgin-data (>= 1:2.6.3); however:
>   Version of pidgin-data on system is 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.4.
> dpkg: error processing pidgin (--install):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up pidgin-facebookchat (1.60) ...
> Processing triggers for menu ...
> Processing triggers for libc6 ...
> ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  pidgin-data_2.6.3-1~getdeb1_all.deb
>  pidgin
>
>
> **I tried to apply "sudo apt-get -f install" but that removes the
> application Pidgin.
>
> What should I do?
>
>
>
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1) Just install the latest pidgin from Synaptic/Add-Remove/apt-get.
This will give you the original pidgin, hopefully.
2) Stop depending on outside sources for your software needs. These
are made by amateurs and may mess up your system. If you really need
some new software, compile it inside your home directory and run from
there. So if you want the newest pidgin, download from their home
page, and use the option --prefix=/home/<your username>, while using
the ./configure command.

-- 
Saad M Niamatullah