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SiMuLaCrUm:
OK, I am stuck. I want to install the newest version of Pidgin (2.5.1) instead of the one that Xubuntu came with, but apt-get won't find it, and I have no idea how to compile from a tarball. Help please :D
I'm still rather new to Linux, having used Windows for the past 12 or so years of my life...

worker201:

--- Code: ---tar zxf tarball.tar.gz
cd tarball
./configure
make
make install
--- End code ---

Obviously, you'll want to substitute the name of the actual archive and the resulting folder.  Use jxf instead of zxf if it is a bzip2 archive.  You will need to be admin to run make install, so you should probably su or sudo that step.

Of course, these are only the barest instructions, which may not actually work at all.  Try:

--- Code: ---./configure -h
--- End code ---
to find configuration options.  And even the crappiest of programs has an install file somewhere.

SiMuLaCrUm:
I try running make but it says no target and no makefile found  :|

worker201:
You should be in the directory where the tarball is located, yes.

SiMuLaCrUm:
OK,I got it extracted, but configure told me that the C compiler could not create executables. And make won't work...

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